REQ-112901
Close Date: 3/15/2023
Salary: $5,148 - $7,902 Monthly
Work Location: Portland, OR (Hybrid)
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), HIV, STD Prevention and TB section in Portland, Oregon has a career opportunity for a HIV/STD Prevention Strategic Initiatives Coordinator (Program Analyst 3).
This full-time, permanent position comes with excellent benefits! This is a classified position which is represented by a union. This recruitment may be used to establish a list of qualified applicants to fill current or future vacancies.
What will you do?
The HIV/STD/TB (HST) Section works to reduce the rates of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia infections, eliminate new HIV infections, improve health outcomes of persons living with HIV, and reduce the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) disease among Oregonians. The Section is responsible for data collection and surveillance activities, data dissemination, epidemiologic analysis, facilitating community led planning, coordinating disease intervention and contact notification, ensuring access to treatment, managing client service programs, providing education and technical assistance.
In this role, you will coordinate cross-programmatic HIV and STD prevention initiatives and activities with local, state, and national partners to meet population-level public health goals to decrease the transmission, prevalence, and impact of HIV and STDs in Oregon. You will develop goals, objectives, policies and actions for HIV and STD prevention in Oregon, which include but is not limited to, statewide HIV/STD testing, PreP access, expanding 340B in carceral settings, and coordinating HST harm reduction activities. You’ll develop strategic partnerships within and outside of state and local agencies to advance HST and HIV/STD prevention and surveillance goals and identify quality assurance issues and needs for policy modifications. In addition, you will work closely with Epi staff, HST contract administrators, and leads of prevention and surveillance activities as well as other relevant HST programs to assure HIV/STI testing, PreP, 340B, and harm reduction messages, public information, data reporting, web activities are accurate, accessible, coordinated and aligned.
What's in it for you?
The public health division is a team of passionate individuals working to promote health across the lifespan of individuals, families, and communities. We value and support unique perspectives using a trauma-informed approach and aim to reflect these values in our hiring practices, professional development, and workplace. We are committed to racial equity as a driving factor to improve health outcomes for all communities that experience inequities.
Benefits:
The Oregon Health Authority is committed to:
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements
A bachelor's degree in public health, occupational health, public administration, or closely related degree, AND four (4) years of professional level experience coordinating a public health program or closely related healthcare program,
OR;
A combination of seven (7) years of professional level experience and education coordination a public health program or closely related healthcare program.
Requested Skills
Working Conditions:
The work in this role may be conducted primarily remotely with full access to the needed operating systems and technology. There will be times when the work will be needed and conducted on-site. On-site work is located at the Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, 800 NE Oregon St, Portland, OR 97232.
How to Apply:
Please access the job posting at the following link –
The Oregon Health Authority is at the forefront of lowering and containing costs, improving quality and increasing access to health care in order to improve the lifelong health of Oregonians. OHA is overseen by the nine-member citizen Oregon Health Policy Board working towards comprehensive health reform in our state.
Vision:
A healthy Oregon
Mission:
Ensuring all people and communities can achieve optimum physical, mental, and social well-being through partnerships, prevention, and access to quality, affordable health care.