Job Title
Manages a major statewide public health program of the State health agency, and performs other related duties as assigned.
Distinguishing Characteristics: This class reflects responsibility, as a non-physician manager, for managing a major statewide public health program located in a major division of the State health agency. Such responsibilities include developing and implementing policies and procedures for the branch; planning, coordinating, directing, and evaluating program services; and preparing program plans and evaluations, including budgeting and staffing requirements.
A position in this class works under the general supervision of the head of a major division in the State health agency and within a broad framework of laws, rules, regulations, and policies.
Personal contact are with other departmental personnel, personnel in other governmental agencies, and community groups, health care professionals, and others, for purposes of planning and coordinating methods to improve the effective delivery of health services provided and the effective utilization of existing community resources.
Basic Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university.
Excess work experience as described under the Specialized Experience, below, or any other responsible administrative, professional, or analytical work experience that provided knowledge, skills, and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree with the above coursework, may be substituted on a year-foryear basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level, and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Experience Requirement:
- Specialized Experience: Three and one-half (3-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional experience in social work, public health, or other related field which provided knowledge of public health laws, rules and regulations, public health programs and services; community health organizations and the services and/or programs they offer to the community; and an awareness of current public health problems and related social and economic conditions and concerns.
- Supervisory Experience: Two (2) years of work experience, which involved supervising a professional staff.
- Managerial Aptitude: Applicants must possess managerial aptitude.
License: Some positions may require a valid driver's license. Please attach a copy to your application.
Substitution of Education for Experience:
- A master's degree in public health administration, or other related field, from an accredited college or university, which provided the applicant with the knowledge mentioned above, may be substituted for one (1) year of the Specialized Experience.
- Ph.D. degree in public health administration, or other related field, from an accredited college or university, which provided the applicant with the knowledge mentioned above, may be substituted for two (2) years of the Specialized Experience.
Who May Apply
The State of Hawaii requires that all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
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Recruitment deadlines are continuous.