UCSF in partnership with the California Department of Public Health’s Tuberculosis Control Branch is recruiting for an Program Specialist to support senior leadership of the Tuberculosis Control Branch. Tuberculosis, which is the leading infectious disease killer globally, is a serious public health concern as well as having one of the most startling health inequities in California today. As a Program Specialist, the incumbent applies professional skills to support a wide variety of highly visib... more details
UCSF in partnership with the California Department of Public Health’s Tuberculosis Control Branch is recruiting for an Program Specialistto support senior leadership of the Tuberculosis Control Branch. Tuberculosis, which is the leading infectious disease killer globally, is a serious public health concern as well as having one of the most startling health inequities in California today.
As a Program Specialist, the incumbent applies professional skills to support a wide variety of highly visible activities in the Tuberculosis Control Branch, California Department of Public Health. The position provides support to the Branch Chief and Program Manager including preparing research and analysis for presentations and grant documents, synthesizing data for reports, and drafting highly visible and/or sensitive communications and correspondence. The position requires a great deal of independent action, tact, and diplomacy to navigate and communicate within complex and highly sensitive areas internally and outside of the Branch. The Program Specialist will work with senior leadership to draft policy documents, triage a variety of issues, provide leadership to other branch project specialists, assist staff in gathering data and information, work with the program manager to operationalize internal policy changes, and responds to a variety of governmental requests in a busy environment with competing deadlines; also performs routine office work.
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Strong policy analysis techniques
Interest in Public Health
Ability to take, edit and disseminate high quality notes in meetings with technical/medical content
Experience in a public health or government agency or clinical setting
Knowledge of tuberculosis disease, control, and prevention
Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
Minimum 1+ year of directly relevant experience.
Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Visio
Proficient communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Proficient ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality.
Demonstrated ability in analyzing, researching and synthesizing large amounts of data for preparing sound and relevant proposals / analyses with strong attention to details.
Proficient ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes.
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