Program Specialist, Asthma Control - Houston, United States - Harris County (TX)

Description

Position Description

Harris County Public Health has earned the 2023 Best Place for Working Parents Business Designation.

About

Harris County Public Health:

Harris County Public Health (HCPH) includes a network of more than 700 public health professionals working together to improve health outcomes for the third most populous county in the United States.

HCPH provides a multitude of services such as medical and dental services, community programming, and health education for the approximately 2.3 million people in unincorporated Harris County.

Through its core values of innovation, engagement, and health equity, HCPH strives to bring meaningful solutions to public health issues while keeping Harris County healthy and vibrant.

Position Overview:

The Program Specialist is responsible for supporting the Texas Asthma Control grant under the Asthma Control Program by providing assistance on grant-related goals, objectives, and activities, including a variety of stakeholder and community engagement initiatives.

The specialist will be responsible for fostering partnerships, stakeholder collaboration, and strategic planning to support asthma control within the Harris County jurisdiction.

• This is a grant funded position

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develops initiatives to fulfill all programmatic goals and objectives, including meeting grant deadlines and requirements, strategic stakeholder participation, and sustainability planning.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with community stakeholders, schools, providers, and community healthcare agencies to facilitate and support quality asthma care.
• Facilitates asthma self-management education (AS-ME) and home assessment sessions for community members from priority settings identified by environmental scan.
• Recruits community leaders to serve as asthma program facilitators who will administer AS-ME programs in their respective communities.
• Facilitates training for community health workers, healthcare providers, school nurses, and like professionals on AS-ME and quality asthma care.
• Attends community outreach events, such as health fairs, forums, and conferences, to support programmatic goals.
• Assists with gathering and analyzing data to be submitted for monthly and quarterly progress reports.
• Assists with managing programmatic inventory and supplies needed for each AS-ME and home assessment cohort.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

If you need special services or accommodations, please call or email

This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.

Requirements


Education:

• High school Diploma or G.E.D equivalent

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and foster teamwork in a diverse environment
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information
• Ability to work well with public and staff members
• Must use your personal mobile device for our Multifactor Authentication process

Core Competencies:
Organizational Leadership

• Understands the organizational mission
• Understands ethics and public good; is concerned with public trust
• Demonstrates respect for the opinions and beliefs of others

Collaboration

• Contributes to an inclusive workplace where equity, diversity, inclusion, and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission
• Demonstrates a sense of responsibility for the success of the group
• Collaborates with others to improve quality and address needs

Innovation

• Ability to adapt to change

Interpersonal Abilities/Personal Characteristics

• Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect
• Behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner
• Assesses and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses
• Uses sound judgment
• Self-motivated
• Organizes and maintains work environment to allow for maximum productivity

Communication

• Communicates clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing

NOTE:
Qualifying education, experience, knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application.

You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration.

"See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences


Experience:

• Six (6) months of experience in community engagement, program development, or direct work under public health grants

Language:

• Bilingual in English and Spanish

General Information

Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:

• Full-Time | Grant-Funded
• Monday - Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Must be willing to flex work hours when required, including weekends.
• Expected to travel within Harris County jurisdiction.

Work Environment:

• This job operates in both a professional office and a community environment.
• This job frequently requires visits to Harris County Public Health's various clinic sites including field operations.

Physical Demands:

• This role requires light physical effort; some duties require the ability to lift up to 20 pounds and walking, bending & standing for periods at a time.

Location:

Harris County Public Health: 7457 Harwin Drive Houston, TX 77036

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

BENEFITS

Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.

The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular (full-time) positions:

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Wellness Plan
• Life Insurance
• Long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ten (10) days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service
• Accrual rates increase based on years of service
• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays and one (1) floating holiday
• Professional development opportunities
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan
• Healthcare Reimbursement Account
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:

• Retirement Pension (TCDRS)
• Flexible schedule (varies by department)
• Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program)

In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, Group Health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time.

Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.

For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website:
01

Do you have a high school diploma or a G.E.D. equivalency?

• Yes
• No

02

Please describe your educational background including level of education completed, area of study and completed major and minor programs.

03

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions:

Advanced:

A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data.

Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code.

Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.


Intermediate:

A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports.

Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel.

Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.


Basic:

A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup.

Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions.

Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it.

Entry Level:

A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel.

Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents.

Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Basic
• Entry Level
• No

t proficient

Required Question

Agency Harris County

Address 1111 Fannin St

Ste. 600

Houston, Texas, 77002

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