Office of Personnel Management

Public Health Specialist

Recruitment #091028-X17A-03

Department:

State Department of Health

County Location:

Ottawa

Date Opened:

10/28/2009 3:15:00 PM

Filing Deadline:

11/11/2009 11:59:00 PM

Salary:

$2,144.17 - $3,573.67/month

Full or Part Time:

Full-Time

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INTRODUCTION

This position will serve both Ottawa and Craig Counties. Headquarter county will be determined upon hire.

Travel is required.

This position may be filled at a level II of this job family, depending upon the qualifications of the recommend applicant.

BASIC PURPOSE

Positions within this job family are assigned responsibilities for planning, performing or supervising technical and professional work involving consumer protection and public health services. This includes performing inspections, surveys, and investigations to identify and eliminate conditions hazardous to life and health, providing consultative services and assistance in assigned areas of responsibility, ensuring corrective actions are taken to eliminate public health or other hazards, and ensuring compliance with applicable statutes and regulations.

LEVEL DESCRIPTORS

The Public Health Specialist job family consists of five levels which are distinguished by the level of complexity of specific job assignments, the extent of responsibility assigned for specific tasks, the level of expertise required for completion of the assigned work and the responsibility assigned for providing leadership to others.

Level I:
This is the basic level of this job family where incumbents are assigned duties and responsibilities in a training status to build their skills in conducting inspections and investigations, performing basic professional analysis, and interpreting state and federal laws. In this role they will, under close supervision, perform tasks involving the evaluation of inspection or survey data and the preparation of technical records and reports, and assist in making recommendations concerning remedial actions to correct public health hazards and provide for consumer protection.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Level I:
Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor’s degree with at least 30 semester hours in a biological, medical or physical science, food science or technology, chemistry, nutrition, engineering, epidemiology or closely related scientific field.

SELECTION PLAN

Scores based on: 100% Written Test

***NOTE: Names of eligible applicants can be made available to State agencies upon their request, immediately following the closing date and time.