HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER - SES - 64082808

Requisition No: 849233 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER - SES - 64082808

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 64082808 

Salary:  $53,000.00-$57,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 04/07/2025 

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Job posting category - Open Competitive

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position spends the majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.

Plans, organizes, and directs the day-to-day operations of the Healthy Start Data Management Office in accordance with State Statues Rules, & Regulations. Responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the Maternal/Infant Provider and Screening Systems, monitors the management information systems; designs and implements modifications when necessary. Reviews and evaluates management practices of the HMS and Well Family systems. Makes recommendations and interpretations regarding the solution of managerial problems in reports and special studies. Develops and coordinates implementation strategies for problems assigned in accordance with Healthy Start standards and guidelines. Performs review and analysis of all Healthy Start Universal Screening activities. Prepares reports recording the results of systems work performed, including technical writings such as operations manuals, procedures guides, or operator instructions required for systems operations as well as project reporting.

Responsible for coordinating, collaborating, and implementing portions of the Florida’s Healthy Communities Workplan specifically in birthing facilities, the areas of the Early Care and Education and school settings. Incumbent will be responsible for working with partners to implement evidenced based interventions that address the social and economic factors. Employee will work with staff members within the office of Community Health & Planning to implement policy, systems and environmental interventions that improve access to healthy foods, increase opportunities for physical activities and decrease use of tobacco products. Incumbent will work closely with the community initiative, the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade specifically the Children Issues Committee and the Healthy Baby Taskforce and Florida Healthy Baby Initiative.

Responsible for identifying and analyzing data that is inputted by staff for the entire county’s Healthy Start system to ensure accuracy and completeness. Additionally, the incumbent will be responsible for recommending and implementing solutions that are centralized thereby providing a seamless referral system for the maternal child initiatives that are performed under this office. Will assist the program director in the analysis of programmatic policies. Provide recommendation(s) as to policy and operational changes to improve administrative and managerial capabilities.

Monitors and evaluates the Healthy Start Program Provider Network and Provider contacts. Develops, implements, and monitors data collection activities and reporting. Performs review and analysis of all Healthy Start Universal Screening activities. Makes recommendation(s) as to changes to be implemented to promote effectiveness in the development of tactical managerial strategies. Responsible for developing all monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as requested by State and funder.

Collaborates with various disciplines and programs to integrate the Healthy Start Program Universal Screening Activities. Responsible for the organization and analysis of programmatic policies. Provides recommendation(s) as to policy and operational changes to improve administrative and managerial capabilities. Aids senior management as it relates to coordination of activities.

Serves as a liaison to sister programs to include Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Family Planning and other programs that support maternal child health within the agency. Works on special projects related to maternal child health.

Serves and attends various community-based committees including Healthy Start Coalition and other group meetings as appropriate and performs all other duties as assigned.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position:
• Knowledge of the basic methods of data collection and analysis
• Knowledge of essential management principles and practices.
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
• Ability to utilize key problem-solving techniques to ensure operational functioning.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to operational and management analysis activities.
• Ability to collect, evaluate, and analyze data to develop recommendations, solve problems, document workflow and other activities relating to the improvement of operational and management practices
• Ability to utilize office equipment including but not limited to computers and job-related programs such as Office 365, Adobe etc.
• Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents, and other written materials
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work in a team and/or group setting
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments
• Ability to communicate effectively using verbal and written skills including the ability to conduct presentations and trainings.

Qualifications:

Minimum –

Public speaking, experience analyzing data.

Where You Will Work:

18255 Homestead Avenue, Miami FL  33157.

Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:

Mission:

To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.

Vision:

To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.

Values:

I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.

C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.

A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.

R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.

E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions

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• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Please be advised:

Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.  

This position requires a security background check and/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov 

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.  Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement. 

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that information will be verified using the E-Verify system.  E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.   

Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days.

All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.  

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. 

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation. 

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. 

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million service men and women.  The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise.  Through the Department's VALOR program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflects our appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.    

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.