Environmental Health Section Program Manager
The Division of Public Health is recruiting for a Program Manager to oversee the Environmental Health Section in the Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention. Program oversight includes the Food Protection, Environmental Health, Toxicology, and Childhood Blood Lead Programs. This position will be responsible for program administration and direction of these statewide programs, including overall management, planning, evaluation, communication, coordination, grants, budgets, and personnel supervision.
Responsibilities:
- Provide clear focus, direction and leadership for the Environmental Health Section, including health program managers and Public Health Toxicologist
- Manage federal and state funds, including budget development, monitoring, and preparation of grant-required financial reporting
- Ensure coordination of federal funding application submission, reporting, and performance measurement of grants within the Section
- Oversee development of contracts and subgrants within the Section
- Seek opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, partnership, and integration with other programs, bureaus, agencies, and initiatives
- Ensure program quality, integrity, and compliance with state and federal program requirements
- Support quality improvement and performance management for programs within the Section.
- Maximize use of program resources to support program quality and innovation
- Evaluate the impact of programs to improve health status of targeted populations
- Identify public health policies to address identified risks and needs of target populations
- Align policies and services with the mission of the Bureau, Division, and the Department
- Hire, train, and supervise professional and administrative environmental health staff
Benefit Information:
Our generous benefits package increases the total compensation of a full-time (benefits eligible) Program Manager making $32.88/hour to an estimated $45.56/hour.
We offer a competitive benefits package to eligible employees which includes:
- excellent medical, dental and vision insurance-employee only coverage for PPO $65/month for medical and vision & $11.00/month for dental
- generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start
- 11 paid holidays a year
- paid parental leave
- participation in PERSI - one of the Nation's best state retirement systems (the state currently contributes 11.94% of gross wages to an employee’s PERSI account)
- multiple savings plans, optional 401K, and optional 457
- basic life insurance for employee and family
- employee covered at one times annual salary
- spouse covered at $10,000
- child covered at $5,000
- wellness programs
- ongoing training opportunities
- an opportunity for student loan forgiveness
- and more!
If you have previously applied for Program Manager and wish to be considered for the current vacancy, you must reapply under this announcement. Previous scores will not be used.
Example of Duties
- Provide clear focus, direction and leadership for the Environmental Health Section, including health program managers and Public Health Toxicologist
- Manage federal and state funds, including budget development, monitoring, and preparation of grant-required financial reporting
- Ensure coordination of federal funding application submission, reporting, and performance measurement of grants within the Section
- Oversee development of contracts and subgrants within the Section
- Seek opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, partnership, and integration with other programs, bureaus, agencies, and initiatives
- Ensure program quality, integrity, and compliance with state and federal program requirements
- Support quality improvement and performance management for programs within the Section.
- Maximize use of program resources to support program quality and innovation
- Evaluate the impact of programs to improve health status of targeted populations
- Identify public health policies to address identified risks and needs of target populations
- Align policies and services with the mission of the Bureau, Division, and the Department
- Hire, train, and supervise professional and administrative environmental health staff
Minimum Qualifications
You must possess all the minimum qualifications listed below to pass the exam for this position. Click on the Questions tab associated with this announcement for the details regarding minimum qualification requirements. The Supplemental Questions on the application are the exam questions. If it is a written answer, please make sure you answer each question with enough detail to determine how you meet the requirements. Do not put see resume as your answer to written questions. Answer each written question thoroughly. Failure to do this may result in not passing the exam and disqualify you from being considered for this position.
- Some knowledge of management practices
- Experience managing a major program and supervising staff
Supplemental Information
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXTRA CREDIT:
Below are additional qualifications. They are not required, however, having the minimum qualifications and the education and/or experience below will increase your score. Please answer each item below with enough detail to determine you meet each requirement to receive extra credit.
- Knowledge of epidemiology principles and practices. Gained by undergraduate studies with an emphasis in public health epidemiology and at least one year of at least half-time experience applying epidemiology principles and practices at a professional level OR a degree in public health.
- Experience managing complex, multi-stream budgets. Gained by at least two years of experience managing multiple funding sources to support programmatic activities.
- Knowledge of state and federal food safety regulations. Gained through undergraduate education in environmental public health or safety and sanitation OR at least one year of experience working in a program that oversees food safety activities.
- Certification in an environmental health field.
To be considered you must apply online at the link below. To learn more about this position and to apply by 07/06/22, copy and paste this link into your browser (Chrome works best):
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/idaho/jobs/3604612/program-manager-environmental-health-section
EEO/AA/Veteran
Hiring is done without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability. If you need special accommodations to satisfy testing requirements, please contact the Division of Human Resources at (208) 334-2263.
Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.