[Health_Education_Promotion] Policy and Planning Manager, Healthy Eating & Active Living Position in WA

Tue Mar 26 10:13:55 PDT 2013

See link for more information. Please note that I am not the contact for
the position. Apply online at http://www.kingcounty.gov/jobs

King County is committed to equity and diversity in the workplace. In
addition, the county is committed to recruiting and maintaining a quality
workforce that shares our guiding principles: collaborative,
service-oriented, results-focused, accountable, innovative, professional
and fair and just.

*OPENING DATE/TIME:* 03/15/13 12:00 AM (GMT -8:00)

*CLOSING DATE/TIME:* 04/05/13 04:30 PM (GMT -8:00)

*SALARY: *   $83,489.95 - $105,828.53 Annually

*LOCATION:* Chinook Building, Downtown Seattle

*JOB TYPE:* Career Service

*DIVISION:* Department of Public Health--Prevention

*JOB NUMBER:* 13NH03295

*DESCRIPTION:*

This is a professional position responsible for providing leadership,
program and policy planning, development of environmental policy and
systems change initiatives, coordination, community coalition development,
and analysis at Public Health - Seattle & King County. The position
requires content expertise in healthy eating and active living and works
within the framework of the Prevention Division, Chronic Disease/Injury
Prevention (CDIP) Section. It reports to the Health Services Administrator
in the Chronic Disease Injury Prevention Section and receives scientific
and technical direction for the Section Chief. Specific duties include
developing policies and best practices for healthy eating and active
living, grant writing and management, creating and sustaining linkages in
the community, strategic leadership, managing the Healthy Eating Active
Living (HEAL) team, program monitoring, planning and public relations.

*Work Location:* Downtown Seattle, Chinook Building located at 401 Fift
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.

*Work Schedule:* This full time career service position is exempt from the
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not overtime eligible.
The work week is normally Monday through Friday with some evening and
weekend work required to meet work demand.

*Contact:* If you have questions regarding this job announcement, please
call Nic Horea, Human Resources Analyst at (206)263-8736 or at
nicolae.horea at kingcounty.gov

*EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:*

*Policy and Best Practices Development and Linkages*

   - Develop, lead and support policy, systems and environment change
   efforts and programs that support Healthy Eating Active Living.
   - Provide Healthy Eating Active Living expertise and technical
   assistance on policy and program development and initiatives to
   departmental staff and community in implementing population-based
   prevention efforts.
   - Develop evidence and best practice-based policy briefs and strategies
   for priority HEAL policy development work.
   - Stay current on current evidence and best practices for obesity
   prevention and promotion of healthy eating, active living for both the
   general population and at risk populations.
   - Inform staff in PHSKC and community partners of current evidence and
   apply to strategic planning and intervention development.
   - Develop linkages to local, state and national public health active
   living and healthy eating programs and network with cutting-edge
programs,
   thought leaders and organizations.

*Develop relationships with community partners and/or coalitions*

   - Provide evidence-based , and/or best promising practices related to
   healthy eating and active living recommendations to community partners,
   public health students and practitioners, policymakers and the general
   public.
   - Support the King County Board of Health policy development by
   assisting in strategic Board of Health actions and policies that support
   improvement in nutrition and physical activity population measures.
   - Support the development and inclusion of HEAL-focused policies
   annually into the county, state and federal legislative agendas.
   - Collaborate with University of Washington, Washington State
   University, and other local universities through linked projects to
   incorporate latest research findings and best practices into Public
Health
   department programs

*Strategic Leadership*

   - Support and provide leadership for the department's development and
   implementation of broad community policy/systems/environment change
efforts
   and programs to promote healthy eating and active living.
   - Collaborate with and represent PHSKC in sector-focused and
   multi-sector steering committees, coalitions, and workgroups consisting
of
   agency staff, organizational partners, and community residents to advance
   healthy eating and active living within geographic areas (e.g. statewide
   policy coalitions, cities, neighborhoods) and sectors (e.g. schools,
parks,
   worksites, childcare, food systems).
   - Identify critical gaps in existing strategies and interventions and
   identify innovative strategies and actions to address them, including
   updating annual strategic plan.

*Grants Management and Program Development*

   - Research and write grant applications; and assure the grant project
   process is completed and grant deliverables are met.
   - Develop, implement, manage and evaluate projects in the Healthy Eating
   Active Living (HEAL) Unit.
   - Develop and oversee budget and expenditures, negotiate grants and
   contracts and provide oversight to grants and contracts for the HEAL
   Program.
   - Assure budget development, monitoring, fiscal projections and
   reporting for complex funding streams is timely and accurate.
   - Participate in media communication and promotion of the program and
   work with other staff and community members to promote program
   sustainability and viability.
   - Prepare and provide oral and written reports or presentations to
   funding agencies, officials, staff, community partners and other
   appropriate groups.

*HEAL Team Manager*

   - Provide leadership and management to a team of staff dedicated to
   healthy eating active living and the promotion of Health Equity.
   - Develop HEAL unit through team building activities, developing a
   strategic work plan and providing support for professional development
   opportunities.
   - Direct and manage the HEAL Unit to include administrative oversight,
   quality improvement/organizational development, setting direction and
   day-to-day operations.
   - Interview, hire, orient, train and supervise staff and assure that job
   performance requirements are complete.
   - Develop staff positions for Unit in conjunction with the Health
   Services Administrator.
   - Coordinate work load and delegate job responsibilities.
   - Conduct performance evaluations reviews for professional staff.
   - Assure Unit is in compliance with county policies, procedures and
   guidelines.
   - Approve time sheets, leaves of absence, vacation and sick leave.
   - Other duties as assigned.

*QUALIFICATIONS:*

   - Content expertise and program and personnel management experience in
   public health, obesity prevention, nutrition and physical activity
   promotion, with experience working on interventions with low-income and
   diverse populations.
   - Knowledge and skills in policy development, adoption and
   implementation.
   - Skills in strategic plan development.
   - Grant writing, acquisition and management experience.
   - Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience.
   - Excellent oral and written communication skills, including public
   speaking.
   - Knowledge and ability to work in a large agency.
   - Demonstrated interpersonal skills.
   - Five years of experience with increasing responsibility in a large
   public health, community health or prevention organization.
   - Public policy and program experience in promoting healthy eating and
   physical activity, with expertise in working on public policy changes
that
   promote health and address health disparities.
   - Demonstrated experience working effectively with community partners
   and stakeholders.
   - Demonstration of strong verbal and written communication skills.
   - Experience supervising a team.
   - Ability to work effectively in a team.
   - Grant writing, acquisition and management experience.
   - Demonstrated project management skills.
   - Demonstrated ability to develop and monitor budgets.
   - Master's Degree in Public Health or other closely related field.

*Desired qualification:*

   - Content knowledge related to Physical Activity, Nutrition, and obesity
   prevention.
   - Content knowledge related to Health Equity.
   - Experience preparing, submitting and managing Federal Grants.
   - Doctoral degree.

*SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:*

   - This selection process may include but is not limited to: evaluation
   of application materials and supplemental questions, testing and
   interviewing. For more information on our selection process, please refer
   to http://www.kingcounty.gov/health/about/hiring.htm
   - Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office) and
   web-based enabled tools, therefore candidates must be proficient and
   comfortable with computer use to perform functions associated with
on-going
   work.
   - Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and
   development of effective working relationships are requirements of all
   Public Health positions.
   - Staff may be required to play an active role in the event of a public
   health emergency, which may include changes in responsibilities and
working
   hours.

*NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:*

   - The selected candidate must pass a thorough background investigation.
   - Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of
   protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law
   - The Prevention Division limits the use of scented personal products in
   order to protect fragrance sensitive employees. Adherence to this policy
is
   a condition of employment.
   - Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including
   but not limited to completing their mandatory trainings on time.

*UNION AFFILIATION:*

This position is not represented. *Note: Online applications are preferred.
However, if you cannot apply online, go towww.kingcounty.gov/jobs for other
options.*

If you need an accommodation in the recruitment process or an alternate
format of this announcement, please inquire directly with the contact
listed on the job announcement or the department's Human Resources Service
Delivery Manager.

*Policy and Planning Manager, Healthy Eating & Active Living (PPM IV)
Supplemental Questionnaire*  * 1.Do you have a master's degree in public
health or a related field? [image: Checkbox] Yes
[image: Checkbox] No
*2.Do you have five years of experience with increasing responsibility in a
large public health, community health or prevention organization? [image:
Checkbox] Yes
[image: Checkbox] No
*3.Do you have proficiency in developing and/or implementing public policy
promoting healthy eating or physical activity? [image: Checkbox] Yes
[image: Checkbox] No
*4.If you answered yes to previous question, please describe your knowledge
and experience in the development and implementation of public policies
related to healthy eating and/or active living. Specifically identify
policies you developed or implemented and your role in the process. Please
put N/A if you do not have this experience.

*5.Do you have experience supervising others? [image: Checkbox] Yes
[image: Checkbox] No
*6.If you answered to previous question, please describe the supervisory
challenges that you faced and the skills you used to meet the challenges.
Please put N/A if you do not have this experience.

*7.Do you have knowledge and experience in the development and management
of budgets and complex finances? [image: Checkbox] Yes
[image: Checkbox] No
*8.If you answered yes to previous question, please describe your
experience in the development and management of budgets and complex
finances. Specify the size of the budgets you managed. Please put N/A if
you do not have this experience

*9.Have you written and managed a large grant? [image: Checkbox] Yes
[image: Checkbox] No
*10.If you answered yes, please describe your roles in the grant
development, implementation and evaluation and the size of the grant.
Please put N/A if you do not have this experience.

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