One Health Coordinator (Public Service Administrator, Opt.4)
About The Position
The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking an innovative leader to oversee the statewide “One Health” digital public health dashboard, integrating infectious, communicable, and environmental health data to strengthen early warning detection and coordinated response. This role collaborates across programs and partner agencies to unify data systems, develop clear visualizations, enhance data literacy, and guide Office wide One Health initiatives. The ideal candidate brings strong analytic, technical, and program management expertise to advance data driven decision making and improve Illinois’ public health infrastructure.
Requirements
- Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college.
- Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a Food, Drugs and Dairies, animal-contact, and/or infectious/communicable diseases programs.
- Requires two (2) years of highly technical experience in statistics, data collection, and compilation or related professional experience.
- Requires one (1) year of experience using Python, R, or related software to manipulate and analyze data.
Nice To Haves
- Two (2) years’ highly technical experience in statistics, data collection, and compilation or related professional experience.
- One (1) year of experience using Python, R, or related software to manipulate and analyze data.
- Two (2) years’ experience conducting quality control of data to ensure all requirements in data management are met.
- Two (2) years’ experience with an electronic surveillance system either in and/or a combination of disease, environmental, drugs/dairy, or related professional experience in surveillance systems.
- Two (2) years’ experience structuring, maintaining, and analyzing large datasets.
- One (1) year experience writing SQL scripts to manipulate and analyze data.
Responsibilities
- Leads and manages the statewide infectious, communicable, and environmental diseases/exposure maintenance of the “One Health” integrated dashboard to improve outbreak investigation, response, and control.
- Manages Office-wide technological system for all Office programs and key decision makers.
- Assists Assistant Deputy Director in planning, developing and directing programs to increase efficiency and to maintain uniformity in program administration.
- Manages special projects, grants, and contracts for the Office.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid work schedules are available in many program areas (when available and dependent upon position)
- Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans.
- Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
- Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
- Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
- 10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
- 12 paid sick days annually which carryover year to year
- 3 paid personal business days per calendar year (pro-rated dependent on start date)
- 13-14 paid holidays per year
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
