Health Project & Planning Specialist (Injury Prevention Program Lead) (Class Code 5502)

City of New Orleans • New Orleans, LA

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About The Position

The Injury Prevention Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing projects that increase safety and reduce morbidity and mortality from injuries. Target injury prevention focus areas include motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian crashes, drowning, falls, poisonings, unintentional firearm injuries, fires and burns. Within those priority areas, the Injury Prevention Specialist must analyze the current data to identify the frequency, patterns, and risk for injury in the community. Based on their analyses, the Specialist will advocate for legislative and enforcement strategies, educational/behavioral change strategies, and engineering and technology interventions to reduce injuries. This position will coordinate and collaborate with local health care agencies, state agencies, nonprofits, the media, and the general public to raise awareness about the causes of injuries and prevention strategies; and related duites as required.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in public health, social work, a social science or a closely related field.
• Four (4) years of professional experience developing and implementing community health or wellness programs.
• Professional experience is paid experience gained after the receipt of a Bachelor's Degree in a position that required a Bachelor's degree upon entrance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively engage the public along all demographics.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Must provide original documents of qualifying credentials prior to start date.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

• A Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in public health, public administration, planning, social work, a social science or a closely related field may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement projects that increase safety and reduce morbidity and mortality from injuries.
• Analyze current data to identify the frequency, patterns, and risk for injury in the community within focus areas such as motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian crashes, drowning, falls, poisonings, unintentional firearm injuries, fires and burns.
• Advocate for legislative and enforcement strategies, educational/behavioral change strategies, and engineering and technology interventions to reduce injuries.
• Coordinate and collaborate with local health care agencies, state agencies, nonprofits, the media, and the general public to raise awareness about injury causes and prevention strategies.
• Perform related duties as required.

Benefits

• The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, creed, culture, or ancestry.
• Requests for alternate format or accommodations should be directed to Shana Parker at [phone] or TTY/Voice at [phone] or [phone].
• Domicile requirements are currently waived for the purpose of application. However, all new full-time employees hired into this classification on or after January 1, 2013, must be domiciled in Orleans Parish within 180 days of hire.
• Public safety employees such as commissioned law enforcement officers hired by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), firefighters hired by the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD), emergency medical technicians hired by the New Orleans Emergency Medical Services (NOEMS) and the recruits for these positions hired by these departments are excluded from this provision.
• Airport employees are excluded from this provision if the actual domicile of the employee is nearer to the employee’s job site than the distance from the job site to the nearest point of Orleans Parish.
• The working test (probationary) period for all positions in the classified service is one year.
• The City of New Orleans has a comprehensive program of substance abuse testing.
• Candidates for employment for certain positions where the health, welfare and/or safety of the public, co-workers and the individual employee is at risk will have to undergo pre-employment substance abuse screening.
• Candidates for all other original entrance positions will have to undergo an unannounced substance abuse screening during their working test period.
• A MEDICAL EXAMINATION is required for all original entrance probationary appointments to ACTIVE classifications, and may be required for re-employment, promotions and/or transfers.
• A MEDICAL SCREENING, which may result in a medical examination, is required for all original entrance probationary appointments to non-active classifications.
• Good moral character is required of all applicants.
• Any applicant may be disqualified if his/her character or past employment record is found to be unsatisfactory as determined by the Department of City Civil Service.
• Forgery, misrepresentation of facts, or cheating on examinations is punishable by disqualification, fine and other penalties.
• Applicants who are licensed to drive should have a current license on their person for purposes of identification during all phases of an examination.
• In lieu of such license, the Department of City Civil Service may require that applicants have some form of picture identification.
• On original entrance examinations, veterans (as defined in Article X, Section 10(2) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana), disabled veterans, certain spouses and parents of veterans shall receive additional credit if claimed as provided on the Veterans Preference claim form which can be obtained in this office.
• To obtain credit, this form must be submitted with the required proof (at the minimum, a DD214) before the final filing date.
• High School diplomas from foreign countries will be accepted if the applicant submits a statement of educational equivalency from one of the evaluation services accepted by the Department of Civil Service.
• College diplomas from foreign countries will be accepted if the applicant submits a statement of educational equivalency from one of the evaluation services accepted by the Department of Civil Service.
• Experience credit will be granted for related provisional appointments (internal applicants).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level