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In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Under immediate supervision, incumbents perform duties below the journey level while receiving training for advancement to an entry-level professional health/human services class. This is a Health Program Specialist 1 underfill position located in Carson City within the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDPHP) Section in the Bureau of Child, Family and Community Wellness. This position oversees the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program including writing grants, subgrants, and reports, evaluating program activities, collaborating with communities, providing technical assistance to subgrantees, and managing the fiscal component of the program. It serves as the designated expert/specialist to inform and educate state policy makers, program administrators, and the public on the importance of prevention, diagnosis, and management of heart disease and stroke prevention. This position will take the lead on implementing the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Taskforce and monitor, analyze, and apply the latest research, best practices, federal and recognized organization guidelines, and strategies used to improve the health of people at risk of or diagnosed with hypertension, heart disease, and stroke.

Nevada's landscape and economy are a few reasons to join the Silver State workforce! Additional benefits include: medical, dental, life and disability insurance programs; participation in the public employees' retirement plan; 11 paid holidays; and accrual of 3 weeks of annual and 3 weeks of sick leave each year. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. ***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*** At the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, our mission is to protect, promote and improve the physical and behavioral health of the people of Nevada.

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: