Public Health Specialist 2 (Adolescent Health Program Specialist )

Job Description

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today!

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out the

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

What you will be doing:

Under the direction of the Child and Adolescent Health Unit Manager, this position oversees the federal

Personal Responsibility and Education Program (PREP)

grant and helps implement

Fourth R Healthy Relationships and Healthy Relationships Plus

. This position requires communication, relationship building, grant and program management, and data collection and evaluation. This position supports educators and state partners, leads semi-annual data collection and grant reporting, and collaborates with the other regional PREP coordinators to help strengthen local youth education programs.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

The

Division of Public Health

works to promote the health of all Alaskans.   Join our

Adolescent Health Program

within the

Section of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health

for rewarding work to promote positive youth development and positive health outcomes. As a member of our team, you will contribute every day to the improvement of the health of Alaskans and their families and develop stronger youth education programs that serve the needs of all Alaskans.

The benefits of joining our team:

The Child and Adolescent team consists of six members, working in a supportive environment that values diverse perspectives and life experiences. We offer rewarding and challenging work that positively impacts the lives of Alaskans, particularly the youth we serve. By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference in supporting the well-being and development of young people and their mentors, while growing professionally in a dynamic and collaborative setting.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is in the Frontier Building in midtown Anchorage. The 7.5-hour days can be flexibly scheduled (typically between 7:30 am and 6 pm). A hybrid telework schedule, if desired, is possible after successful completion of initial training, with one day per week in the office required to accomplish certain job functions.

Who we are looking for:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

Interpersonal Skills:

Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

Manages and Organizes Information:

Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information: determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.

Program Oversight:

Plans, coordinates, and monitors programs to ensure that federal, state, and/or local government program requirements and plans are met, providing professional consultation on the specialized services of the program or associated project(s).

Special Notice

:

This position may require up to two out-of-state trips per year.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for

Public Health Specialist 2:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/

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Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.  They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Oral and Written Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Project Management:

Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.

Public Health

: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including, promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and/or injury prevention, and/or detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.

Research

: Knowledge of the scientific principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.

Technical Competence:

Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or professional level experience in public health, health administration, nursing, epidemiology, health sciences, health education, community health, emergency medical services, psychology, the social sciences, the biological sciences, social work, biostatistics/statistics, education, or a closely related field.

Special Note:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according