Program Specialist
About The Position
As a core member of California’s Tuberculosis (TB) Control Branch, the Program Specialist (PS) applies high-level professional skills and subject matter expertise to lead a wide variety of highly visible activities in the Tuberculosis Control Branch, California Department of Public Health. The position provides administrative and strategic leadership and analysis for complex and diverse projects to the Branch Chief and others including monitoring progress in real-time on complex initiatives, independent high-level communications for scheduling and responding to executives in other agencies, developing presentations and highly visible and/or sensitive communications and correspondence, including documents of a highly technical nature. The position requires extensive leadership and independent action in diverse functions, tact and diplomacy in an effort to navigate and communicate within complex and highly sensitive areas internally and outside of the Branch. The PS will design and develop a variety of critical reports and communication materials, produce executive summaries, resolve a variety of issues, assist staff in gathering data and information and leads and independently executes responses to a variety of governmental requests in a busy environment with competing deadlines; also performs routine office work. The PS will serve as the lead for TB elimination and health equity communications and developing and tracking these efforts for the TB Control Branch.
Requirements
- High-level professional skills and subject matter expertise.
- Extensive leadership and independent action in diverse functions.
- Tact and diplomacy to navigate and communicate within complex and highly sensitive areas internally and outside of the Branch.
- Ability to work in a busy environment with competing deadlines.
- Routine office work.
Responsibilities
- Lead a wide variety of highly visible activities in the Tuberculosis Control Branch.
- Provide administrative and strategic leadership and analysis for complex and diverse projects.
- Monitor progress in real-time on complex initiatives.
- Conduct independent high-level communications for scheduling and responding to executives in other agencies.
- Develop presentations and highly visible and/or sensitive communications and correspondence, including documents of a highly technical nature.
- Design and develop a variety of critical reports and communication materials.
- Produce executive summaries.
- Resolve a variety of issues.
- Assist staff in gathering data and information.
- Lead and independently execute responses to a variety of governmental requests.
- Serve as the lead for TB elimination and health equity communications.
- Develop and track TB elimination and health equity efforts for the TB Control Branch.
Benefits
- Total compensation information available at https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
