Health Specialist (Planner) - Health in All Policies
The City of Bloomington is seeking an individual to support the Division in the analysis and adoption of policies and systems that promote, protect, and improve health for residents in the Bloomington, Edina, and Richfield (BER) communities.
Examples of Essential Functions
- Works closely with various departmental staff (transportation, community development, planning, parks and recreation, public safety and public health) and community partners in the three communities of Bloomington, Edina and Richfield to develop a vision and action plan for incorporating a Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework into decision-making processes within the three cities
- Supports a shared planning and decision-making process with community members and state, local, and non-government partners to implement the action plan and accomplish HiAP goals
- Maintains effective public relations and communications with community agencies, organizations and health care facilities
- Understands the function of the City and how local policy change happens; shepherds policies through the local law making process.
- Analyzes laws, ordinances and other local policies that influence the health of the community
- Develops written reports, memos and policy assessment for various audiences in support of the Division’s mission and community health needs
- Prepares and deliver presentations on community health to various audiences in plain language
- Facilitates various community workgroups with internal and external partners to explore, analyze and make recommendations for policy change; Assists with the adoption and implementation of these policy changes as approved
- Contributes to and conduct stakeholder assessments to inform policy work, including community assessments, focus groups and key informant interviews
- Supports the Division in maintaining standards for PHAB accreditation process and assisting the agency through the reaccreditation operation
- Serves as a resource to the Division and community partners on Health in All Policies
- Performs public health emergency response functions as trained and assigned within the department’s emergency response plan
- Performs other related duties as apparent or assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Baccalaureate degree in public or community health, public policy, law, or related field
- Experience in participatory decision-making and/or consensus-building techniques
- Experience developing trusting partnerships across sectors and within organizations
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Valid driver's license, car insurance and dependable car or access to reliable transportation required to perform job duties.
Desirable Qualifications
- Advanced degree or certification related to nursing or public health.
- Experience working in a policymaking setting, such as within a local or state government, or for a non-governmental organization that does policymaking/advocacy.
- Advanced professional degree in public or community health, public policy, law or related field
- Experience advocating for marginalized stakeholder groups within institutional settings
- One year of recent, within the last five years, work experience in public health/public health policy.
- Experience with statistical software packages for data analysis, such as R
- Experience in using geographic information systems (GIS) to share information
- Experience in grant writing
- Experience in developing and implementing evaluation plans
- Experience in successfully using project management tool to bring projects to completion
- Ability to speak a language, other than English, that is prevalent in the community, i.e., Spanish, Somalia, Vietnamese, Hmong, etc.