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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is committed to effectively delivering essential public health services directly and/or through strong and effective partnership. CDPH is a nationally accredited health department—mobilizing communities and institutions to transform policies and systems toward a culture of equity, antiracism, healing and health for all people and our planet.

The CDPH continues to build and strengthen a work culture where all employees are inspired to share their talents and ideas, to become part of a team that works to better serve the needs of California’s diverse communities by delivering innovative solutions and quality resources. We are committed to creating an environment where all employees are included, treated with dignity and respect, and in a position to contribute to protecting the health of all Californians.

The Health Program Specialist (HPS) I serves as a Project Officer responsible for providing technical assistance and training to Local Health Departments (LHDs) funded to conduct obesity prevention interventions. The HPS I provides highly skilled, technical public health expertise across the branch and with public and private sector partners that work together to advance the vision, mission and programmatic priorities of CDPH’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Branch.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

Desirable Traits:

  • High degree of professionalism
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with others
  • Effective at team building
  • Ability to learn new tasks quickly and to prioritize workloads

Experience in:

  • Providing guidance and consultation on public health programs in communities experiencing significant health disparities and resolving complex issues/challenges by recommending and implementing effective courses of action. 
  • Analyzing and providing highly skilled public health expertise on materials, program guidance,  procedures, and bill analyses.
  • Providing leadership for diverse workgroups and projects while fostering positive collaboration and partnerships.
  • Professionally representing employers/programs at meetings, conferences, webinars and trainings with high-level stakeholders.
  • Assessing and/or recommending policies, systems and environmental change strategies that may positively impact the public’s health.

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Experience and/or education in public health, nutrition, physical activity, and/or obesity prevention.
  • Experience providing training and technical assistance to agencies/organizations implementing public health programs with an emphasis on obesity prevention, healthy eating, physical activity, and policy, systems and environmental changes.
  • Ability to work with a high degree of independence and effectively as part of a team.

How To Apply

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.