Overview
Job Description and Duties
This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by advancing health equity and strategic planning goals and objectives and to promote recognition and reduction of the burden of infection among California’s most vulnerable populations through changes in workplace culture and practice.
The candidate works under the general direction of the Staff Services Manager (SSM) I in the Contracts and Grants Unit. The incumbent Health Program Specialist (HPS) I serves as a skilled, professional technical program consultant with independent responsibility for carrying out a variety of high-level assignments in the fast-paced, politically sensitive AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Branch. The HPS I provides technical support to the ADAP Branch with responsibility of account management of key contracts, grants, and policy work within the ADAP Branch, which oversees the administration of high-profile programs within the state that provide life-saving medications and insurance premium assistance to eligible persons living with or in need of prevention against HIV in California.
The HPS I understands and uses programmatic and surveillance data to understand the status of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemics, identifies strategies and actions for reducing the number of new cases of HIV and STIs and eliminating health inequities that result in disproportionate disease burdens among marginalized demographic groups, and align and mobilize resources and stakeholders to achieve goals.
About The California Department of Public Health
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public's health in the Golden State and helps shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families and communities. The Department's programs and services, implemented in collaboration with local health departments and state, federal and private partners, touch the lives of every Californian and visitor to the state 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our Shared Vision
CDPH public health professionals, researchers, scientists, doctors, nurses, and other staff members have a shared vision to protect and improve the health of all Californians. We are dedicated to public service and passionate about our work and the people and communities we serve and protect.
