Chief, Outreach and Communications

Are you looking to join an exciting, dedicated team of professionals that work to improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children and adolescents and families in California? To carry out its mission, the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division (MCAH) maintains partnerships, contracts, and agreements with state, federal, and local agencies in both public and private sectors. MCAH hosts an array of programs and initiatives to serve the state's diverse populations and regions providing important resources, information and data about reproductive health, family planning, pregnancy, birth outcomes and more.

This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by promoting health and wellness through the development of key public health messages; by mobilizing partnerships within and outside the Department to strengthen collective impact; and enhancing services through agile operations by tailoring our messaging practices to best meet the communities we serve.

The candidate  works under the general direction of the Maternal Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Assistant Division Chief. The Staff Services Manager (SSM) I is responsible for the overall management, coordination and integration of outreach and education activities for the MCAH Division. The SSM I will supervise the Outreach and Communications team and evaluates all aspects of this unit. The SSM I assist MCAH with developing the Division’s external communication and health education outreach strategies. Performance of these duties involves interaction with a broad range of branch chiefs, specialized program managers, and external constituencies representing a range of MCAH interests.  The SSM I will also be responsible for coordinating with other units to ensure efforts relating to data products, communication toolkits, and health education to widely disseminate to a variety of MCAH external and internal partners.

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:

• Ability to prioritize workload, adapt to changes in workload, and shift focus when needed.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative, productive, and professional working relationships with departmental leadership, various government entities and internal and external partners.
• Ability to work on confidential and sensitive assignments, and consistently exercise a high degree of initiative, independence, sound judgment in performing assigned tasks.
• Effective communication, business acumen, decision making, and problem-solving skills.

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.

At the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do.