Health Program Manager 4 - (Deputy Section Chief - PCN 061522)

State of Alaska•Anchorage, AK

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

This individual position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply. Welcome to the Department of Health! We’d be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today! This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify. Serve as the Deputy Section Chief for the Section of Public Health Nursing (SOPHN), providing executive-level leadership and supporting the coordination of statewide programs, operations, strategic initiatives, and legislative priorities. As a member of the Section of Public Health Nursing, you will contribute every day to the improvement of the health of Alaskans and their families. The Division of Public Health exemplifies these values: Accountability - We are committed to responsible use of human, financial, and environmental resources. Respect - We provide services without discrimination or judgment. Human potential - We are committed to developing each Alaskan’s potential as a healthy individual as well as fostering strong, healthy communities. Integrity - We are honest and ethical in all we do. Scientific Excellence - We are committed to adding to and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge and using the best available knowledge and data to set public health policy.

Requirements

A valid driver’s license at the time of employment is required.
Competency in Program Planning: Ensures state/Tribal/community health improvement planning uses community health assessments and other information related to the health of a community (e.g., current data and trends; proposed federal, state, and local legislation; commitments from organizations to act)). Develops program goals and objectives.
Competency in Community Dimensions of Practice: Distinguishes the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental organizations in providing programs and services to improve the health of a community.
Competency in Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
Competency in Public Health: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.
Competency in Human Capital Management: Builds and manages workforce based on organizational goals, budget considerations, and staffing needs. Ensures that employees are appropriately recruited, selected, appraised, and rewarded; takes action to address performance problems. Manages a multi-sector workforce and a variety of work situations.
Competency in Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
Competency in Conflict Management: Encourages creative tension and differences of opinions. Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations. Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in biological, health or behavioral science; health practice; education; public, healthcare, or business administration; or a closely related field; AND/OR Progressively responsible professional supervisory experience performing health program planning, development, coordination, evaluation, or implementation; providing technical health care assistance and consultation; conducting health care utilization or quality assurance examinations; and/or delivering health care service.

Nice To Haves

Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules
Organizational Performance Analysis: Knowledge of the methods, techniques, and tools used to analyze program, organizational, and mission performance; includes methods that deliver key performance information (for example, comparative, trend, diagnostic, root cause, predictive) used to inform decisions, actions, communications, and accountability systems.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Deputy Section Chief for the Section of Public Health Nursing (SOPHN), providing executive-level leadership and supporting the coordination of statewide programs, operations, strategic initiatives, and legislative priorities.
Plans, coordinates, and monitors programs to ensure that federal, state, and/or local government program requirements and plans are met, providing professional consultation on the specialized services of the program or associated project(s).