Tobacco Policy Specialist (PA3) – Limited Duration (6 months)
This is a full-time, limited duration, classified position and is represented by a union.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention (HPCDP) Section in Portland, OR is recruiting for a Tobacco Policy Specialist to determine statewide policies, procedures and priorities consistent with the mission and policies of the Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division; the federal centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. HPCDP’s vision, mission and framework focus on best practices for promoting and supporting optimal health for all Oregonians. Our strategic plan outlines how we tackle chronic disease prevention with a comprehensive, community-wide approach to help people eat better, move more, live tobacco free, and take care of themselves. This means achieving better health, better care, and lower health care costs for all Oregonians.
What will you do?
As the Tobacco Policy Specialist, you will recommend legislative concepts and policy solutions to address tobacco control, substance use disorder, chronic disease prevention and related chronic disease risk factors such as tobacco use and exposure, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. This position provides strategic coordination and assistance to strategic partners and county health departments to promote, adopt and enforce state policies; and develop, implement and enforce local policies to address tobacco use, substance use disorder, chronic disease prevention and obesity prevention.
What's in it for you?
The public health division is a team of passionate individuals working to promote health across the lifespan of individuals, families, and communities. We value and support unique perspectives using a trauma-informed approach and aim to reflect these values in our hiring practices, professional development and workplace. We are committed to racial equity as a driving factor to improve health outcomes for all communities that experience inequities.
We offer full medical, vision and dental benefits with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and 10 paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans. If you are experienced in coordinating a public health program related to health promotion and disease prevention, don't delay, apply today!
What are we looking for?
Requested Skills:
- Minimum requirements: A bachelor's degree in public health or a related field; and four years of experience coordinating a program related to public health OR any combination of experience or education equivalent to seven years of experience coordinating a program related to public health.
- Experience developing and implementing tobacco control policies and systems change initiatives.
- Experience providing strategic coordination and assistance to local public health authorities and other grantees to develop, implement and enforce local policies which promote tobacco control, obesity prevention, youth marijuana use prevention, alcohol misuse and other drugs prevention, and chronic disease prevention.
- Experience coordinating statewide interagency, multi-disciplinary task forces and work groups on public health initiatives related to tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, obesity, and chronic disease prevention for the purposes of policy, rule, or special report development.
- Experience evaluating and recommending program priorities and strategies to achieve state program goals or to meet funding requirements.
- Experience communicating with high-level officials, legislators, agency staff, the media and other professional representatives.
- Experience utilizing the principles and practices of policy, and environmental and systems change.
- Experience working with population-based public health assessment, policy development, intervention and evaluation.
- Experience utilizing the principles and practices of tobacco prevention and control best practices.
- Experience in project management.
- Experience developing promotional and communication plans.
- Experience overseeing budgets, grants and contracts.
- Experience promoting a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.