APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$45,560.16 to
$67,692.96
PAY GRADE: 35
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
Health Program Specialists plan, develop, implement and evaluate health services and activities; develop goals, objectives, program requirements and procedures; provide technical information regarding specialized health related conditions; and participate and provide support to various committees, advisory boards and other work groups.
This is a Health Program 1 position within the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDPHP) Section in the Bureau of Child, Family and Community Wellness, Division of Public and Behavioral Health located in Carson City, Nevada. This position requires surveillance and evaluation coordination and management for the Chronic Disease Section and Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Position will manage program evaluation activities that include designing and identifying measures that track program change. Experience in program evaluation, including professional practice, situational analysis, project management and systematic inquiry to help achieve measurable health outcomes. Creation of logic models that describe the sequence of events that brings about change. Lead the collection, analysis and interpretation of chronic disease data and develop a timely dissemination plan. Experience in developing data collection tools and preparation of data reports and presentations utilizing primary and secondary data systems and sources.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a health science, behavioral science or closely related field applicable to the program area and two years of health-related experience which included researching, collecting, and analyzing data and statistics, developing objectives, protocols, and procedures, providing health education services to target groups or the general public, and/or investigation and prevention of communicable or chronic diseases; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Requirements
A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items.
The Examination
Application Evaluation Exam
The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Please describe your experience in program evaluation, including professional practice to help achieve measurable health outcomes.
2) Do you have experience in creation of logic models that describe the goals and objectives that bring about change? If yes, please describe in detail this experience.
3) Please describe your experience in developing data collection tools.
4) Do you have experience in preparation of data reports and presentations utilizing Excel, Word and Powerpoint for program decisions? If yes, please describe in detail this experience.