Public Health Consultant 13 - Infant Safe Sleep Program Coordinator

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This position serves as the sole statewide consultant responsible for coordinating the highly complex, major public health program initiative activities of the Infant Safe Sleep Program. The consultant performs a full range of advanced, professional, specialized, public health activities, including providing training and technical assistance to state and local maternal and infant health partners and health care professionals; developing, implementing, and evaluating a consistent, comprehensive strategy to inform, educate and support professionals, families, and caregivers about safe sleep practices to prevent sleep-related infant deaths; and setting objectives, planning methods to achieve them, and working with other health professionals at the state and local levels to address infant mortality. The coordinator develops policies and procedures and assesses priorities for the program. The coordinator also provides leadership for budget and grant development, identifies and utilizes proper funding resources, program planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. The position provides public health expertise to the Division of Maternal and Infant Health and MDHHS as well as technical assistance to program partners, local health agencies, and other State agencies.

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To be considered for this position you must:• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.

• Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
• Attach a cover letter.
• Attach the required writing sample if applicable.
• If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.
• attach the following:• Please provide a maximum one-page writing sample to address the following: Based on your knowledge of maternal and infant health, describe two pressing challenges currently facing the population and your rationale for selecting these potential concerns. Identify 1-2 possible public health strategies to address these challenges.

Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here: InstructionsEducation Possession of a master's degree in public health, health communication, health services administration, community development, urban planning, population and health sciences, international studies, political science, health policy or a public health related field such as nursing, epidemiology, health education, health economics, dietetics/nutrition management, genetics, or speech and audiology; a master's degree in social work; master's degree in counseling; master’s degree in education or special education with specialization in blind/visual disabilities; or a master’s degree in public or business administration with a health care concentration.

Experience Four years of professional experience as a consultant in a field of public health equivalent to a Public Health Consultant, including two years equivalent to a Public Health Consultant P11 or one year equivalent to a Public Health Consultant 12. This position is expected to work a hybrid schedule. It is expected the position will be mostly remote, with responsibility for coming into the office as needed based on work responsibilities and/or as required. The physical location of this position is at the Elliott-Larsen Building, 320 S. Walnut, Lansing, MI.Selected candidates who have been approved to work remotely or a hybrid schedule must complete that work within Michigan. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview. Employees will be provided computers to perform state work. Phones may also be provided for necessary communications. If working remotely, employees will be responsible for providing other components of a remote office at their own expense, including:• A secure work location that allows privacy and prevents distractions.

• A high-speed internet connection of at least 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.
• Suitable lighting, furniture, and utilities.

Your application for any position does not guarantee you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.

As a Condition of Employment: this position requires successful completion of a background investigation and a criminal records check.

If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed or required.

The Department of Health & Human Services reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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