REQ-65187
Close date: Open until filled
Salary: $6,751 to $10,442 monthly
Location: Portland, OR
This position is open until filled. At the agency’s discretion, this recruitment can close at any time.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention (HPCDP) section in Portland, OR, is seeking diverse candidates to fill the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Section Manager position. This position provides strategic leadership, mentorship, and management for the statewide data, policy, systems change, legislative analysis, and grantee program initiatives in HPCDP.
The Oregon Health Authority strategic goal is to end all health inequities by 2030.
The OHA mission is helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental, and social well-being through partnership, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care. OHA’s work is organized into three broad goals: Improve the lifelong health of all Oregonians; increase the quality, reliability, and availability of care for all Oregonians; and lower or contain the cost of care so it is affordable to everyone.
Most of this work may be temporarily performed remotely at an alternative worksite with full access to the needed operating systems and technology.
What will you do?
As the HPCDP Section Manager, you will provide strong and supportive leadership that honors staff expertise while empowering staff to do their best work. In HPCDP, our collective work focuses on preventing risk factors for chronic disease, including substance use and addiction, and chronic disease self-management. This work is accomplished by increasing opportunities for all people in Oregon, no matter where they live in the state, to eat better, move more, live tobacco free, drink less alcohol, and take charge of their own health. Your experience as a leader and innovator, including addressing other issues, can help our section thrive.
As a leader within OHA, your focus will be to advance the goal of eliminating health disparities and achieving health equity by 2030. The HPCDP Section Manager clearly communicates this vision to motivate other organizations and individuals to make health equity a reality. You will also communicate the vision internally to support staff working on policy and systems change and other public health strategies. The HPCDP Section has an approximately $44 million biennial budget. Much of this funding supports organizations and partnerships that reflect community priorities and context. You will engage and support a complex array of partners and policymakers, including state government partners, local public health, tribes, community-based organizations, and healthcare systems.
In this position, you will:
What are we looking for?
Minimum Requirements
OR
Three years of management experience in a public or private organization related to public health which included responsibility for each of the following: a) development of program rules and policies, b) development of long- and short-range goals and plans, c) program evaluation, and d) budget preparation;
AND
45-48 quarter hours (30-32 semester hours) of graduate level coursework in management.
NOTE: In the "Work History" section on your application, you must clearly describe your experience in each of the a), b), c), d) areas listed. Failure to provide this information may result in eliminating your application from further consideration.
Requested Skills
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Contact Information
Cyndi Phipps-Roman
503-569-0066
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The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a state agency dedicated to helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental and social well-being through partnerships, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care. We are absolutely committed to ongoing innovation in the delivery of services, and to recruiting, developing and retaining dedicated employees.
OHA includes most of the state's health care programs, including Public Health, Health Policy and Analytics, Health Systems Division, and Oregon State Hospital. Incorporating the state's health care programs within one agency gives the state greater purchasing and marketing power to begin tackling the issues of cost, quality, and access to care.