Program Specialist

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Alameda County Public Health Department, Tobacco Control Program, is recruiting for a

• temporary

PROGRAM SPECIALIST

$43.22-$60.82 Hourly

Alameda County Human Resource Services

TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT POOL

Temporary Assignments : Assignments vary in duration depending on the needs of the department. An assignment may end at any time. To obtain a regular position, the appointee will need to compete successfully in a County Exam when open.

About Us

Alameda County Public Health Department has an array of programs and services designed to protect the health and safety of County residents. The backbone of Public Health includes assessments of the health status of residents, disease prevention and control, community mobilization and outreach, policy development, education, and assurance of access to quality medical and health care services.

To be effective, we actively seek community involvement - partnerships with grass roots and corporate entities, with individuals and groups. In fact, partnering is a key component of our mission.

Alameda County Public Health Department covers :

THE POSITION

Under direction, to provide program planning, technical assistance, review and evaluation functions to direct client service delivery programs where such services are provided by community-based organizations (CBO's), contract service providers and / or County staff in a wide variety of service areas; to act as County liaison with service providers and funding sources and ensure that program regulations and procedures are followed; and to do related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

This professional-level class provides technical programmatic services in a wide variety of client service areas; however, all positions are typically characterized by the following elements :

This class is distinguished from Senior Program Specialist, which provides work direction or supervision to a support staff in addition to providing direct program review and evaluation. It is further distinguished from Program / Financial Specialist in that the latter has financial service responsibilities in addition to technical program responsibilities.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES

NOTE : The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all duties listed.

PROGRAM SPECIALIST

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education :

The equivalent to graduation from an accredited four year college or university (180 quarter units or 120 semester units) with major coursework in business or public administration, a social science or a field related to the program area to which assigned.

(Additional experience as outlined below may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.)

AND

Experience :

The equivalent to three years of full-time professional-level or supervisory work in the direct delivery of services to clients or the oversight of such services in the program area to which assigned, one year of which must have included program planning and evaluation, or in program administration, contract negotiations, grants management and similar financial services.

OR II

Substitution :

Possession of a Master’s degree in business, public administration, social science or a related field to the program area to which assigned from an accredited college or university, may be substituted for two years of the required experience.

HOW TO APPLY

An Alameda County application is required to be considered for this recruitment.

Please email the Job Application and a cover letter to :

Tyler Clark, (HCSAJOBAPPS@acgov.org)

Alameda County’s job application template is available online on Alameda County’s Online Employment Center at

NEW USERS can click on “ Fill out an application ” to fill out an application template. Once the application is completed, please click on the “ Review ” tab to “ Print / Save My Application ”. A PDF version or digital scan of the application must be submitted to the email address above.

Alameda County Health Care Services Agency is enriched with a diverse workforce. We believe the best way to deliver optimal programs and services to our communities is to hire and promote talents that are representative of the communities we serve. Diverse candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.