Lead Testing Support Unit Manager, Public Health Consultant Manager-2

State of Michigan • Lansing, MI

32d • Hybrid

About The Position

The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit our MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan. This position is the unit manager for the Lead Testing Support Unit. The person in this position is responsible for the statewide strategy for increasing blood lead testing overall and specifically increasing capillary to venous confirmatory testing for children under age 6. The person in this position is responsible for coordinating blood lead testing activities, programming, policies, procedures, and guidance with other state, federal, and local health agencies, health care providers, and the public. The person is responsible for overseeing budgets and contracts, providing leadership statewide to develop and implement evidence-based approaches to blood lead testing, educating health care providers about blood lead testing recommendations and requirements, and conducting program improvement activities based on continuous program evaluation activities. The person is responsible for recruiting, hiring, and supervising staff, and evaluating work performance, in accordance with equal employment opportunity and laws and employment policies of the State of Michigan.

Requirements

• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
• Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
• Attach a cover letter.
• If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s).  We accept scanned copies of official transcripts.  We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts.  Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.
• Possession of a master's degree in public health, health communication, health services administration, community development, urban planning, population and health sciences, international studies, political science, health policy or a public health related field such as nursing, epidemiology, health education, health economics, dietetics/nutrition management, genetics, or speech and audiology; a master's degree in public or business administration with a health care administration concentration; a master's degree in social work; master's degree in counseling, or master's degree in education or special education with specialization in blind/visual disabilities.
• Five years of professional, post-master's experience as a consultant in a field of public health equivalent to a Public Health Consultant, including three years equivalent to a Public Health Consultant P11, two years equivalent to a Public Health Consultant 12, or one year equivalent to a Public Health Consultant 13.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the statewide strategy for increasing blood lead testing overall and specifically increasing capillary to venous confirmatory testing for children under age 6.
• Responsible for coordinating blood lead testing activities, programming, policies, procedures, and guidance with other state, federal, and local health agencies, health care providers, and the public.
• Responsible for overseeing budgets and contracts, providing leadership statewide to develop and implement evidence-based approaches to blood lead testing, educating health care providers about blood lead testing recommendations and requirements, and conducting program improvement activities based on continuous program evaluation activities.
• Responsible for recruiting, hiring, and supervising staff, and evaluating work performance, in accordance with equal employment opportunity and laws and employment policies of the State of Michigan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees