Job Description

The Oregon Health Authority has a fantastic opportunity for a Public Health Director to join an excellent team. This is a Full-Time, Permanent, Executive Service position with the Oregon Public Health Division.

What you will do!

This position promotes, oversees and provides leadership in Public Health to all people of Oregon. Under guidance from the OHA Director, this position represents and speaks for Public Health to the Governor, Legislature and other high-level officials from State and Federal level agencies. This position serves as a trusted expert on public health and the individual, community and policy-level actions at all levels that can be taken to prevent disease and promote lifelong health.

The Public Health Director must successfully partner with the community, the Governor’s Office, legislators, lobbyists, state legislative committees, the Conference of Local Health Officials, the Public Health Advisory Board, the Oregon Health Policy Board and other policy-setting organizations to identify and implement policy and budget priorities for the public health system. This position leads a dynamic team to carry out the mission of the Public Health Division.  This position is responsible for a biennial budget of $1.34 billion and 929 positions. This position ensures that all actions taken by the Public Health Division and long-term strategies are dedicated to the elimination of health inequities.

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What’s in it for you?

We offer a workplace that balances productivity with enjoyment; promote an atmosphere of mutual respect, dedication, and enthusiasm. You will collaborate in an open office with a team of bright individuals to work with and learn from. We offer full medical, vision and dental with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and eleven paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans. If you’re driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, the Oregon Health Authority is the place for you.

Salary Range: $10,674 – $16,520 / monthly

The Oregon Health Authority is committed to developing and promoting culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and a diverse and inclusive workforce representing the diversity, culture, strengths and values of the people of Oregon. Click here, to learn more about OHA’s mission, vision and core values. OHA is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information or any other protected class under state or federal law.

What we are looking for:

• Nine years of management experience;

OR;

• Six years of management experience and a bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Requested Skills:

Executive Leadership

• Demonstrated experience leading large organizational divisions, units or teams.
• Ability to facilitate growth and learning across a large organizational division, unit or team.
• Demonstrated and effective experience working with elected officials.
• Demonstrated and effective experience partnering with members of organizational leadership to develop and advance shared outcomes.
• Demonstrated and effective experience decreasing and eliminating health inequities

Strategic Partnership

• Demonstrated experience with large-scale change efforts toward improved equity and public health service delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to engage partners in collaborative decision-making and implementation of shared goals.
• Ability to exercise creativity and flexibility in working with strategic partners.

Administration

• Demonstrated experience identifying and mitigating agency risks.
• Demonstrated experience managing division, organization, unit or team budgets that leverage multiple funding sources.
• Experience with long-range organizational planning, including financial and position management.

Long-Range Planning

• Demonstrated experience leading the development of multi-sector strategic plans for public health.
• Experience and effectiveness developing and reaching strategic goals.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and transparency in planning and implementation efforts related to public health services.
• Applied skills in identifying health equity impacts, engaging communities disproportionately impacted by health inequities in planning and implementation processes.

Policy Development

• Demonstrated experience in using public health data and science to develop legislative policy concepts and budget requests.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing policy and systems changes to eliminate health inequities.
• Experience working with partners to advance public health policy agendas.

The Oregon Health Authority is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to work force diversity.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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