Training / Travel Coordinator

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 in California? To accomplish 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 providing important resources, information and data about the health and wellbeing of infants, children, adolescents, and families; reproductive health; pregnancy; birth outcomes and more. Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division, Center for Family Health, California Department of Public Health.  We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment.  We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. 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.

This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by supporting the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Division in its continued efforts to optimize data and technology to advance goals and inform action and accountability.

The candidate works under the direction of the Staff Services Manager I (SSM I), Chief of the Administrative and Business Services (ABS) Unit, the Associate Governmental Program Analyst (AGPA) performs the more complex analytical tasks necessary for carrying out a variety of assignments related to the primary program functions of the MCAH Division. The AGPA will support the ABS Unit in its work towards continuous improvement to leverage various platforms to streamline business processes, increase transparency and provide the highest level of customer service.

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:

• Proficient in office systems such as: Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Strong Interpersonal communication (verbal and written) with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff.
• Ability to develop high-level reports, proposals, analyses, policies and other work products.
• Ability to interpret federal, state, and Departmental guidelines, administrative manuals, and bargaining contract provisions.
• Ability to work under pressure, execute sound judgement, and exercise a high degree of confidentiality when performing a variety of assigned tasks.

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.