Overview
Job Description and Duties
This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s mission and strategic plan by supporting chronic disease evidence-based intervention programs that promote healthy behaviors and healthy communities, and improve the prevention, diagnosis, and management of chronic disease.
Under the general direction of the Health Program Manager III (HPM III), Chief, Chronic Disease Control Branch (CDCB), the Health Program Manager II (HPM II), Program and Policy Section (P&P), administers, plans, organizes, directs, and supervises the work of multi-disciplinary professional and support staff to include Health Program Specialist I’s and II’s, that oversee multiple federal grants that address chronic disease. The HPM II supervises the Program and Policy Section within CDCB and is responsible for the supervision and management of program activities and serves as a liaison with the appropriate interagency programs, fiscal staff, and federal agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and statewide advisory committees. The HPM II oversees and strategically guides the development of statewide work for programs focused on the prevention and self-management of heart disease and its risk factors, the Type 2 Diabetes Program, and the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program.
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.
