Permanent Transfer: Current DOH employee with permanent or contingent-permanent status as a Community Health Program Manager 1, M2 OR current NYS employee with one year or more permanent or contingent-permanent service at or above a SG-25 or M1 and eligible to transfer under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law.
Provisional: A bachelor's degree AND five years professional public health experience in a governmental public health agency or public health program* that receives funding from a public health governmental agency. Of the five years required experience, two years must include supervision of professional staff and the following management responsibilities: program planning and implementation, AND program evaluation and monitoring, AND development and implementation of policies and procedures. The required professional experience must include either: Designing or implementing a public health outreach, promotion, or disease prevention program; OR Conducting disease surveillance or a disease control program. * For the purposes of this exam, a public health program focuses primarily on the prevention of disease through outreach and public health education or health promotion, including population-based plans of care, not just plans of care for individual patients, or the study of the prevalence or causes of disease through population-based studies.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in Public Health as well as; strong administrative skill/background; organizational, written and oral communication skills; familiarity with communicable disease surveillance and outbreak response activities. Strong organization, communication (oral and written), and interpersonal skills. Excellent decision-making ability. Detail-oriented with ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Customer focused. Strong supervisory ability

As the manager, the incumbent will oversee the daily operations and management of the Regional Program in the Metropolitan Area Regional Office (MARO). This includes the HIV/STI Field Services Program, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Contact Tracing Unit, Immunization Program, Hospital Acquired Infection Program, the Tuberculosis Control Program and the Regional Epidemiology Program. The incumbent may assist with the Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control Program. Through leadership, direction, and supervision, the incumbent will provide oversight, supervision and guidance to staff, both Health Department and contract, and will establish priorities, implement program policies and procedures, evaluate activities and staff performance, identify problem areas and implement strategies to resolve, and ensure the efficient scheduling of staff to achieve program goals and mandates