JOB
This position is only open to Colorado Residents. This is a hybrid position. Be BOLD and make a real difference. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities. If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
- Employee wellness programs and facilities
- Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
- Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
- Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
- Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
- Medical and dental health plans
- Paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
- Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
- Tuition assistance for college-level courses including Masters degree programs
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules
- A variety of employee resource groups
Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to: Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
About The Work Unit: The Office of Public Health Practice, Planning and Local Partnerships promotes state and local governmental public health agencies functioning as a seamless system, working in partnership to improve health outcomes. The Office is guided by the 2008 Public Health Act and coordinates with department leadership to focus on the functions of:
- Partnerships: Assuring strategic partnerships between the state and local public health agencies to meet mutual goals;
- Assessment and Planning: Developing and implementing assessment and planning systems in accordance with best practices and the Act, toward systems improvements and better health outcomes;
- Practice: Facilitating a trained public health workforce to cover all counties, promoting practice competencies, training and innovation.
Key Activities for the Office include:
- Partnership: Develop, lead and facilitate successful stakeholder and communication networks and systems among CDPHE and LPHA leadership, professional public health organizations, and boards of county commissioners/local boards of health to promote collaborative relationships in pursuit of mutual goals.
- Elevate issues of concern among CDPHE partners to agency leadership for coordination and direction.
- Practice: Support collaborative efforts to continue to build and modernize Colorado’s public health system, using nationally recognized performance standards and innovations in public health practice.
- Evaluate, monitor and support the capacity of local public health agencies to promote the provision of the core public health services.
- Facilitate education and training for members of the public health workforce on public health competencies (e.g., assessment, planning, strategy development and evaluation) and provide support for new local public health directors.
- Advise county commissioners or boards of health as requested as they seek to fill vacant public health director positions.
- Research, disseminate and advocate for model strategies that improve the public health system and health outcomes.
- Use credible evidence through literature reviews, standards and other model programming to advise the statewide public health improvement plan and the CDPHE internal strategic plan on best practices to move the needle.
Planning
In accordance with the Public Health Act, work with department leadership and local public health agencies to develop a state public health assessment and public health improvement plan every 5 years. Develop standardized community health assessment and planning processes, and increase local capacity to perform these activities toward improved health outcomes. Promote alignment between LPHAs and the statewide plan in accordance with the Act, and facilitate processes to implement strategies in the plan. Improve the availability and use of data, technology and public health informatics on both a state and local level.
What You Will Be Doing: This position exists to provide vision, leadership and direction to The Office of Public Health Practice, Planning and Local Partnerships. The position directs the office to lead statewide public and environmental health systems improvement efforts, ensuring strong connections between CDPHE and LPHAs, Tribal health authorities, the Colorado School of Public Health and other partnering public health organizations. The primary functions of this position include:
- Assuring a strong partnership function with effective communication systems and staff in a liaison role to facilitate successful relationships between CDPHE and 54 local public health agencies and 2 Tribal health authorities.
- Providing oversight and direction for Colorado’s assessment and planning system, assuring the development and implementation of Colorado's Statewide Public Health Improvement Plan in accordance with the 2009 Act and facilitating technical assistance to LPHA’s in the areas of assessment and planning.
- Providing vision for collaborative efforts to continue to build and modernize Colorado’s public health system, by using nationally recognized performance standards and innovations in public health practice.
- Executing CDPHE’s executive leadership’s vision and direction for Colorado's state and local public health partnerships.
This role was developed for a visionary leader with a broad understanding of public health innovation models, public health practice and the core functions of assessment and planning. The position has oversight of a team and management responsibilities to assure office activities are effective. The position serves as a member of the department’s leadership team and is an advisor to the department’s Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer. The position assures that the ED and CMO are regularly updated on office activities; are able to provide strategic direction when appropriate; and are engaged early on issues with local public health agencies that could negatively impact the agency.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
A Complete Application Must Include:
- A completed state of Colorado application
- A COVER LETTER
- A RESUME
- If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.
The Selection Process
All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications. A top group, of up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.
E-Verify: CDPHE uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities. You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.
ADAAA Accommodations: The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Dan McKenna, at daniel.mckenna@state.co.us or call 303-692-2060, option 5.
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