Health Promotion Strategist
REQ-26338
Close date: 1/23/2019
Salary: $4729 - $6921 monthly
Location: Portland, OR
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention (HPCDP) Section in Portland, OR is recruiting for a Health Promotion Strategist to provide strategies and recommendations to promote health and prevent chronic diseases caused by tobacco, alcohol and drug use. HPCDP advances policies, environments and systems that promote health and prevent and manage chronic diseases.
What will you do?
As the Health Promotion Strategist, you will work in collaboration with colleagues and partners to evaluate and recommend program priorities to achieve state program goals and to meet funding requirements. You will 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.
The Health Promotion Strategist recommends legislative concepts and policy solutions to address chronic disease prevention and related chronic disease risk factors such as youth marijuana use, tobacco use and exposure, alcohol and other drug misuse, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. This position provides strategic coordination and assistance to county health departments to enforce state policies and develops, implements, and enforces local policies to address chronic disease prevention, tobacco control and obesity prevention. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with members of local, state and national agencies, community organizations and various program stakeholders.
What's in it for you?
You will work with a team of public health professionals who are passionate about the work they do to advance policies, environments and systems that promote health and prevent and manage chronic diseases for the people of Oregon. Do you have experience in health promotion? Do you have experience developing social marketing campaigns and communication plans? If so, we want to connect with you!
What are we looking for?
Requested Skills
- A bachelor's degree in public health, business, public administration, behavioral or social sciences, or a degree related to public health AND four years of experience coordinating or administering a program related to public health OR any combination of experience or education equivalent to seven years of experience coordinating or administering a program related to public health.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of policy development, and environmental and systems change.
- Experience with population-based public health assessment, policy development, intervention and evaluation.
- Experience promoting public health social marketing campaigns to include developing and implementing promotional and communication plans.
- Experience providing strategic coordination and assistance to local public health authorities and other grantees to develop, implement and enforce local policies to address youth marijuana use prevention, prevention of misuse of alcohol and other drugs, chronic disease prevention, tobacco control and obesity prevention.
- Experience coordinating statewide interagency, multi-disciplinary task forces and work groups on public health initiatives related to alcohol, other drugs (including marijuana), tobacco, 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.
- Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience promoting a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
To Apply
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Contact Information
Cyndi Phipps-Roman
503-945-6377