The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is currently hiring for a Chief (Chief, Alcohol Harms Reduction) within the Center for Healthy Communities.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge and/or experience in:

Desirable Qualifications (Reordered)

• Public health, particularly in the field of substance use or behavioral health.
• Planning, coordinating, and implementing public health activities and services with population-based equity principles.
• Population-based strategies to improve health outcomes, including policy, systems, and environmental change strategies.
• Providing consultation and guidance on cross-cutting and sensitive programmatic and policy issues.
• Fosters and sustains trusting and cooperative working relationships with internal and external multidisciplinary partners and stakeholders.
• Understanding how the historical, systemic, institutional, and community conditions have shaped public health disparities.
• Utilizing data-driven approaches to inform policy and prevention efforts, informed by key performance indicators
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and building productive relationships.
• Experience with strategic planning or program development.
• Experience thriving in a collaborative telework team environment.
• Communicates with clarity and strength, both verbally and in writing, to inspire and lead.
• Excels in planning, coordinating, organizing public health initiatives grounded in health equity.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Under the general direction of the Health Program Manager II, Behavioral Health Promotion Section (BHPS) Chief, the Health Program Manager I (HPM I) functions as the forward-thinking unit chief, leading skilled program consultants in areas of sensitivity in training, program development, health education, and related policy for the BHPS. The HPM I will lead the work of inter-agency collaboration about alcohol, other substance misuse, addiction, and substance-related harms with key public health partners and stakeholders, policy, public health systems, and environmental change strategies, and resource leveraging. The HPM I will also serve as part of the branch leadership team and will support strategic planning and may be involved in cross-cutting initiatives on topics such as opioids, cannabis, gambling, and community wellness. Minimal travel within the State of California (up to 5%) to provide collaboration and to meet with stakeholders is required.

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