STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION:
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM CHIEF
Class
Code: 7205-24 Date Established: 03-21-74
Occupational
Code: 7-4-1 Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC
PURPOSE: To plan, manage, supervise and coordinate one
or more programs at the Division of Public Health Services.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Plans
and evaluates policies, procedures, and protocols for program operations.
·
Monitors
grants to contract agencies, including proposal development, review and
approval policy setting, clinical and administrative practice, statistics,
expenditures, and resource allocation.
·
Facilitates
meetings with contact agencies to communicate program requirements and developments,
and to discuss programmatic issues.
·
Prepares
applications for grant awards and service contracts to funding sources and
develops and monitors budgets for programs.
·
Monitors
completion of activities for federal and other grant awards and prepares
reports for funding sources.
·
Oversees
the development of program manuals, training materials, and educational
materials as needed.
·
Conducts
surveys, studies, evaluations, needs assessments and prepares reports to direct
program planning and resource allocation.
·
Assists
in development of methods and identification of resources to provide effective
personal health and related services to target populations.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill:
Requires skill in developing formats and procedures for special
applications OR in investigating and reviewing the use of equipment and data
for a specialized function.
Knowledge:
Requires logical or scientific understanding to analyze problems of a
specialized or professional nature in a particular field.
Impact:
Requires responsibility for achieving direct service objectives by
assessing agency service needs and making preliminary recommendations for the
development of alternative short-term program policies or procedures. Errors at this level result in incomplete
assessments or misleading recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs
or policies.
Supervision:
Requires direct supervision of programs or of employees doing work which
differs from the supervisor, including disciplining employees, solving
personnel problems, recommending hiring and firing employees, and developing
work methods. The supervisor in this position
manages a working unit or section with responsibility for employee performance
appraisal.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in
a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job elements and
little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including continuous
walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time as well as
occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication:
Requires reviewing summaries and reports and making management level
decisions to solve problems or to achieve work objectives as well as
articulating and expressing those solutions and goals. This level also requires formal presentations
of solutions and goals to employees and the general public to increase the
responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client system.
Complexity:
Requires coordinating a combination of diverse job functions in order to
integrate professional and technical agency goals. This level also requires considerable
judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.
Independent
Action: Requires independent judgment in planning and
evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of professional,
technical and managerial standards under administrative direction and according
to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Possession of a Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or
university with a major study in public health, management, nutrition, criminal
justice, human services, or a related field.
Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for
one year of required work experience.
Experience:
Five years' experience in a public agency or private industry working in
the area of administration, management, planning, consultation or retail
operations with at least two years in a supervisory capacity. Each additional year of approved work
experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.
License/Certification:
Valid New Hampshire driver's license.
Eligibility for licensure as a registered nurse if necessary for
performing job accountabilities. Any
additional license or certification requirement must be stated on the
supplemental job description and approved by the Division of Personnel prior to
posting at the agency level.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment consideration, Public
Health Program Chief applicants must successfully participate in a structured
interview measuring possession of knowledge, skills and abilities identified as
necessary for satisfactory job performance by this class specification. The structured interview is developed and
administered, according to Division of Personnel guidelines, by representatives
of the state agency in which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Thorough knowledge of the principles and
practices of health care management theory and methods. Working knowledge of the general care and
treatment programs offered at the local, state and federal levels. Working knowledge of community organization
and health care information. Working
knowledge of organization and administration of public health services, and
inter-relationships in the fields of public health, welfare, private health
care providers and agencies, and the third party payors. Knowledge of methods and tools of public
information and public relations programs.
Ability to plan work, establish priorities and carry out planned
activities. Ability to administer
statewide programs. Ability to establish
and maintain harmonious relationships with governmental officials, professional
and civic groups, associates and the general public. Ability to articulate pertinent public health
principles to a wide variety of public health providers and consumers. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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