Health Program Associate (Viral Hepatitis HPA, PCN 161012)

Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partnership; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid leave

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

The Alaska Department of Health is seeking a data-focused professional to join the Infectious Disease Program in Anchorage. You will analyze and improve how viral hepatitis data are processed and used, collaborating with the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator and epidemiology staff to develop data-processing methods and algorithms.

You will have opportunities to create meaningful data displays, communicate findings through presentations, and strengthen your skills in epidemiology, data

Qualifications

• Competencies in protecting and improving community health.
• Ability to work with data, databases and reporting systems.
• Strong analytical and communication skills for presenting findings.
• Experience interpreting public health data and surveillance information.

Responsibilities

• Join the Infectious Disease Program to analyze and improve hepatitis data processing.
• Collaborate with program staff to develop data-processing methods and algorithms.
• Create meaningful data displays and communicate findings through presentations.

Skills

Public Health

Technical Competence

Problem Solving

Job description

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What you will be doing:

Join our Infectious Disease Program and contribute to efforts to improve viral hepatitis surveillance and prevention across Alaska. In this position, you’ll collaborate with the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator and infectious disease database staff to analyze and improve how viral hepatitis data are processed and used. You’ll have opportunities to develop data-processing methods and algorithms, create meaningful data displays, and communicate findings through presentations. This role offers an opportunity to strengthen your skills in epidemiology, data analysis, and public health while making a meaningful impact on disease prevention.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

The mission of the Division of Public Health is to protect and promote the health of Alaskans. The Section of Epidemiology keeps Alaskans safe from communicable diseases, injuries, as well as environmental, occupational, and other health hazards. As a member of our team, you will contribute every day to the improvement of the health of Alaskans and their families.

The Division of Public Health exemplifies these values:

• Accountability - We are committed to responsible use of human, financial, and environmental resources.
• Respect - We provide services without discrimination or judgment.
• Human potential - We are committed to developing each Alaskan's potential as a healthy individual, as well as fostering strong, healthy communities.
• Integrity - We are honest and ethical in all we do.
• Scientific Excellence - We are committed to adding to and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge and using the best available knowledge and data to set public health policy.

The benefits of joining our team:

Join a dynamic, diverse, and high-performing team where no two days are the same, and you’ll have opportunities to use your professional talents to make meaningful contributions to public health. While the primary focus is viral hepatitis data, shared systems and workflows will let you work across a variety of infectious diseases and public health conditions. You’ll collaborate with local and national partners while building and applying new skills in a supportive, mission-driven environment. This role offers variety, meaningful impact, and the chance to work alongside a skilled team, along with a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid leave, and a flexible work schedule.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is based in midtown Anchorage, with offices overlooking the Chugach Range and offering convenient on-site covered parking; telework may be available in accordance with current State of Alaska policies.

Our team includes experienced, long-term, dedicated, knowledgeable, and fun staff. We have a fast-paced, successful work environment that values each employee's contributions while collaborating with Alaskans across the state. This position is part of a friendly, collaborative group of professional staff with years of experience and a high level of dedication to Alaskans.

Who we are looking for:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

• Public Health: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.
• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Health Program Associate: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

• Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education in a biological, health, or behavioral science; public, healthcare, or business administration; data management or a closely related field;

AND/OR

Progressively responsible paraprofessional experience supporting a health and social service program and delivery system; applying requisite rules, regulations, and terminology used in the work; completing medical billing, medical claims, medical transcriptions, and/or medical coding; and/or using computer applications, databases, and reporting systems required to process, store, and maintain data and information subject to privacy and confidentiality laws and rules.

Special Note

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.

For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at:

Louisa Castrodale / Infectious Disease Program Manager

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]