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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 07/15/16

Applications Due10/15/16

Vacancy ID31569

AgencyHealth, Department of

TitleCommunity Health Program Manager 3 - JB/CHPM3/NR

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary Grade664

Bargaining UnitM/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $98605 to $124437 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.50

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Westchester

Street Address Metropolitan Area Regional Office - New Rochelle

145 Huguenot Street, 6th Floor

City New Rochelle

StateNY

Zip Code10801

Minimum Qualifications Permanent Appointment Current Department of Health employee with contingent-permanent or permanent competitive service as a Community Health Program Manager 3 (CHPM3) M-4; OR current NYS employee with one year or more of contingent-permanent or permanent competitive service in a title at grade 29/M-3 or higher that has been deemed eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 or 70.4 of the Civil Service Law. Provisional Appointment: One year contingent-permanent or permanent competitive service as a CHPM 2; OR A Bachelor’s or higher degree AND seven years of professional administrative work experience in a governmental agency’s community health/preventive health program, including program management and supervision of professional staff, four of these years must have included second level supervision* and program management**.

*Second-level supervision must have included supervision of professional staff, who in turn, supervises professional staff. **Program management responsibilities must have involved oversight of the design and/or implementation of public health outreach and prevention or chronic disease or communicable disease surveillance or control programs focusing on the delivery of public health services to the general public. This experience must include five or more of the following responsibilities: program planning; program implementation; program evaluation; program monitoring; preparation of grant requests or grant administration; development of policy and/or procedures to implement policy; contract management; budgeting and fiscal management; staffing and staff development; inter-governmental communications and relations. Experience limited to administrative support of public health programs such as personnel, budgeting or health care finance is not considered qualifying, nor is the provision of medical services to a fixed population considered qualifying.

Preferred Qualifications
The preferred candidate will have a Doctoral or Master’s degree in Public Health or Epidemiology, and progressively responsible professional work experience related to the management of a large, multi-faceted communicable disease control program; administrative leadership, program management, and first and second level supervisory experience in a public health program; strong organizational, analytical, interpersonal, and written/verbal communication skills; and the ability to effectively handle multiple, competing priorities. Working knowledge of the discipline of epidemiology and disease control is desirable.

Duties Description The Community Health Program Manager 3 (CHPM3) will serve as the Communicable Disease Control Program Director for the Metropolitan Area Regional Office (MARO) Communicable Disease Control Program, which includes the following eight communicable disease programs: Anonymous HIV Counseling and Testing; Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control; HIV/AIDS Epidemiology; Hospital Acquired Infection Reporting; Immunization; Regional Epidemiology; Sexually Transmitted Disease Control; and Tuberculosis Control. The CHPM3 will manage and direct Regional Office professional staff in the performance of program responsibilities that include support to the nine Local Health Departments, as well as various other agencies that offer disease prevention/control activities to the public for a broad range of topics including surveillance, investigation and control of community and nosocomial communicable disease outbreaks, and emergency preparedness and response activities. Major responsibilities will include:
• Provide direction, management and supervision to regional, as well as contractor/grantee staff, either through program staff or directly, in the performance of program activities related to disease surveillance and control.
• Provide direction and consultation, in collaboration with appropriate disease control supervisors for specific programs, to the LHDs, Article 28 health care facilities including hospitals and nursing homes, as well as other health care settings.
• Provide leadership on emergent surveillance, control and emergency preparedness activities related to the development and implementation of methods that improve infectious disease surveillance and reporting, and seek opportunities to maintain, integrate, enhance, or expand effective infectious disease surveillance systems.
• Serve as the point of contact between the Metropolitan Area Regional Office (MARO) communicable disease programs, the Western and Central Regional Communicable Disease Directors, the Central Office Division of Epidemiology, and the Aids Institute.
• Serve as the primary MARO contact for emergency preparedness and response activities including contribution to the Department of Health (DOH)’s emergency response plans.

Additional Comments Full Time, competitive. This position involves travel which may include locations not served by public transportation.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Human Resources Management Group - JB/CHPM3/NR

Telephone 518-486-1812

Fax 518-473-3395

Email Address resume@health.ny.gov

Address

Street Room 2217 Corning Tower

Empire State Plaza

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12237

 

Notes on ApplyingSubmit resume to Human Resources Management Group, JB/CHPM3/NR, Room 2217, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237-0012, or by fax to (518) 473-3395, or by email to resume@health.ny.gov, with Reference Code JB/CHPM3/NR included in the subject line. Failure to include the required information in the subject line of your email or fax may result in your resume not being considered for this position. Resumes accepted until October 15, 2016.

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