STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE BRANCH JOBS

Health Program Supervisor (35 Hour)

Hybrid

Recruitment #240416-7209HC-002

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Introduction

Do you want to utilize your skills and make a difference? Are you looking to take the next step in your career? If so, please read on to learn more about this exciting opportunity!  

The Position:
The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH), is currently seeking a motivated and experienced individual to join our team as a Health Program Supervisor.  

This individual will fulfill leadership duties in the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response Cities Readiness Initiative Program.  This position will work alongside three other talented supervisors and will report to the Public Health Section Chief.

                                                                   
Highlights:
  • LOCATION: Hartford, CT 
  • SCHEDULE:  Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm
  • WORK HOURS: Full-Time, First Shift, 35 hours per week with the opportunity for a partial hybrid (office/telework) schedule to support a healthy work-life balance.
What We Can Offer You: 
  • The opportunity to work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule
  • A Platinum Healthcare Plan, the nation’s best for state employees and dependents, according to a report by Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reform and article by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D., along with comprehensive benefit offerings
  • Extensive pension plan and supplemental retirement offerings
  • Generous paid time off, including 13 paid holidays per calendar year
  • Professional growth and development opportunities
  • A healthy work/life balance to all employees
  • State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information.

You Will Discover The Opportunity To:

  • Engage in a rewarding career;
  • Showcase your talents in a meaningful role;
  • Thrive in an exciting environment;
  • Provide support to a division that is passionate about the work we do;
  • Work together in a collaborative team environment.

The Role:

This position will have the opportunity to lead the following work:

 

  • Supervise staff in the Cities Readiness Initiative Program within the DPH Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response.
  • Build and enhance public health emergency preparedness and response for the public health system.
  • Review and evaluate medical countermeasures (MCM) operational readiness, and develop best practices for operational readiness in communities.
  • Develop guidance, and resources as well as provide technical assistance to enhance local public health preparedness.
  • Convene and attend regional meetings of public health preparedness workgroups and committees on a monthly and quarterly basis, and represent the agency at state and federal meetings.
  • Act as a State Emergency Operations Center liaison, and DPH Emergency Command Center liaison during activations, and fulfill operations, planning, or logistics section roles during emergencies and disasters.

About Us: 
The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state. 

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

Selection Plan

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To Apply:
  • In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
  • You must specify your qualifications on your application. You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application for this posting to the JobAps system.
  • In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.
  • All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
  • This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.
Important Next Step Information for After You Apply:
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  • Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
  • The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
  • Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.

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  • For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
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  • Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment please contact Julie Barker via email at Julie.Barker@ct.gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a state health program or project this class is accountable for supervising professional staff in the implementation of one or more specific health programs for which this class retains full accountability.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

The specific duties and responsibilities of this generic class vary widely, depending on the nature of the program and the point that it is at in the life cycle of the program. Typical examples of duties include the following: 

  • Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff; 
  • Provides staff training and assistance; 
  • Conducts performance evaluations; 
  • Determines priorities and plans program work; 
  • Establishes and maintains program procedures; 
  • Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards; 
  • Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures; 
  • Prepares reports and correspondence; 
  • Plans, organizes, directs and monitors implementation of one or more specific statewide health programs or projects retaining full accountability for program as functional manager of program(s); 
  • Supervises or personally handles public relations; 
  • Estimates costs of a program; 
  • Develops a budget; 
  • Controls and reviews expenditures; 
  • Oversees and negotiates contracts and grants with subcontractors; 
  • Negotiates and accountable for actively pursuing continuity of funding received by program; 
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of
    • purposes, plans, objectives and programs of public health agencies including changing pattern of preventive medicine and environmental health; 
    • relationships between risk factors and incidence of health problems; 
    • changing aspects of social-medical philosophies; 
    • state and community organizations and programs involved in field of public health; 
  • Knowledge of research and design methodologies; 
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • oral and written communication skills; 
  • Ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret data; 
  • Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Eight (8) years of professional experience in a health organization.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the advanced working level in health care program administration, a health systems agency or other health care organization in at least one of the following areas:

  • grant writing or monitoring;
  • formal program planning, development, management or evaluation;
  • program consultation.

NOTE: 

  • For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Health Program Associate.
  • A health care organization is defined as a large multi-dimensional agency with responsibility for developing health programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  • A Master's degree in health education, hospital administration, public administration or public health may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
  • For state employees one (1) year as a Health Program Associate may substitute for the General and Special Experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience working in public health preparedness or emergency.
  • Experience leading and supervising a team in a dynamic environment to develop staff and drive public health emergency preparedness systems improvement. 
  • Experience working with diverse partners and local public health professionals to develop and test plans, and objectively evaluate response readiness.
  • Experience preparing grant-related narratives, work plans and budgets; and drafting contract language and vendor statements of work.
  • Experience developing standard operating procedures, resources, templates and technical guidance for statewide public health plan development, exercises and emergency response.
  • Experience or education in incident command system (ICS) structure operations, including roles in a command center during declared emergencies and/or disasters.

    • SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

    Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

    Conclusion

    AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

    The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.




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