ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS

DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES The Arizona Department of Health Services promotes and protects the health of Arizona’s children and adults.
Our mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona.
We strive to set the standard for personal and community health through direct care, science, public policy, and leadership.
ADHS promotes alternative work schedules, flexible hours.
We have positions that can fit any stage in your career, from entry to senior level.
We offer a robust benefit package, including the ADHS Student Loan Assistance Program, where eligible employees can receive up to $437.
50 per month for their outstanding student loans.
Come check us out and see how you can make a difference in the lives of all Arizonans.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS Job Location: Address: 150 N.
18th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85007 Posting Details: Salary: $148,500 Grade: E4 Job Summary: The Assistant Director of Preparedness reports directly to the Public Health Services Deputy Director.
This position provides direction and vision to the Preparedness Services division.
It is responsible for directing the overall planning, development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of the programs for the following Bureaus: Infectious Disease Services, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System, Immunization Services, and the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory.
The position is accountable for the effective and efficient administration of more than 70 public health programs and approximately 300 FTE.
Budget and programmatic oversight is subject to change based on emerging diseases and focused grants to address the need.
The position serves as part of the Department's executive leadership team and is responsible for the development and implementation of Department policy and goals within the Division.
The position will represent the Department at meetings with local, state, and federal government officials as well as other community partners.
This position fills a leadership role within the Public Health Emergency Operations Center to provide policy guidance during real-world health emergencies and exercise events.
This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.
The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust.
Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces.
All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.
Job Duties: Directing the overall planning, development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of the programs for Public Health Preparedness.
This includes personnel management, financial management, policy development (administrative rules and proposed legislation), public health emergency management, and strategic visioning for the division.
Participates or leads agency, division, or bureau strategic initiatives, including advancing health equity, public health accreditation, and continuous quality improvement.
Responsible for representation of the Department at meetings with other state agencies, external partners, health officials from the federal government, other states, and local counties.
Build collaborative partnerships with external organizations to advance health equity and achieve health outcomes.
Participate in the Department leadership team and carry out the development and implementation of Department policy and goals within the Division.
Communicate about Preparedness Services programs and issues through media interviews, blogs, presentations, reports, and other verbal and written forms of communication to various audiences and Other duties as assigned as related to the position.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs): Knowledge of: - Public health principles and practices, health equity, program planning implementation and evaluation, research, principles of administration and organizational behavior.
- Federal, state, and local legislation and regulations as they relate to public health quality assurance methodologies, principles of budgeting and accounting.
- Essential Emergency Medical Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control, Public Health Emergency Preparedness and the Arizona Public Health Laboratory.
- Principles of social determinants of health and health inequities and how they influence public health practices - Disparities in health outcomes for vulnerable populations including socio-economic and environmental facts that affect health outcomes and cause disparities - Performance Management (PM), Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), and Lean methodologies.
Skill in: - Assimilate a broad spectrum of information in order to conceptualize relevant elements for program management.
- The use of problem-solving approach to decision-making, while considering the impact of alternative solutions.
- Effective oral and written communications.
- Using group process to achieve desired outcomes.
- Interpersonal relationships.
- Collaborative partnership building and community engagement with diverse organizations in public and private sectors - Working with equity-seeking populations Ability to: - Work well in a team-oriented management capacity.
- Effectively communicate in individual and group settings.
- Understand roles and relationships that exist at the federal, state, and local levels of government.
- Market public health programs to decision-makers.
- Plan and organize work, and implement plans and execute decisions.
- To negotiate to achieve common goals and objectives.
- Support and implement advancement of health equity in public health programs - Demonstrate commitment to improving health equity - Demonstrate experience in or ability to work with diverse communities or underserved populations - Support a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment, and creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination.
Selective Preference(s): Master's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university and seven years of professional level work experience in public health services, five of those years will be work in progressive management experience in public health and/or supervising individuals and teams at various levels within a large public health program.
Pre-Employment Requirements: Driver's license NOTE: If position is required to drive on state business, the position will require the possession of and ability to retain a current, valid state-issued driver's license appropriate to the assignment.
Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records and must complete any driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R2-10-207.
11).
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.
All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
Benefits: The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including: Affordable medical and dental insurance plans Paid vacation and sick time Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
10 paid holidays per year Wellness program and plans Life insurance Short/long-term disability insurance Defined retirement plan Award-winning Infant at Work program Credit union membership Transit subsidy ADHS Student Assistance Pilot Program By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive.
Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right.
An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.
Retirement: To help you build a financially secure future, the State makes monthly contributions to finance your retirement benefit.
The State will contribute to the ASRS in an amount equal to your contribution.
In other words, you and the State will each pay 50% of the total cost of the benefit.
New State employees have a 27-week wait period for contributions to begin.
Contact Us: The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 542-1085.
Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.
DHS is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
All newly hired employees will be subject to E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.