Career Opportunity

Senior Health Program Planner (2820) - Dept. of Public Health - (149043)

Recruitment: RTF0149042-01151434

Published: November 01, 2024

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About:

The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status. 

• Application Opening –Friday, October 11, 2024
• Application Deadline – Amended Thursday, November 14, 2024
• Salary: $122,096 - $148,382 Annually
• Appointment Type: Permanent Civil Service
• Recruitment ID: PBT-2820-149043

The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans. SFDPH strives to achieve its mission through the work of two main Divisions - the San Francisco Health Network and Population Health. The San Francisco Health Network is the City’s only complete system of care and has locations throughout the City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers.

The eligible list resulting from this recruitment may be utilized to fill future and current vacancies in this class at other locations within the DPH for the duration of the eligible list. 

Role description

Under direction, is responsible for short and long term program planning, evaluat-ing and monitoring of health care delivery systems in the Department of Public Health; develops planning policy; establishes, coordinates and finalizes the department-wide planning process and comprehensive plan for health services; provides technical direction and supervision for the Health Program Planners; prepares difficult and com-plex reports; makes recommendations to improve, modify or delete existing health programs or substantiate the need for additional health programs; and performs related duties as required.

Essential Duties:

The Senior Health Program Planner performs the following essential job functions:  

• Community Health Needs Assessment: Analyzes local demographic, programmatic, and health status data and compares those to national and state trends and benchmarks.
• Department Planning: Participates in the department's health planning efforts by planning, organizing, and staffing inter- and intra-departmental work groups; providing information and technical assistance in areas such as goals, objectives, priority setting, group facilitation, and consensus building as needed; researching key health issues; writing interim and final reports; and making presentations on such information. 
• Program Development: Participates in program planning, development, and evaluation to identify health problems and develop effective programs to address those problems; assisting in the development and preparation of plans related to health care delivery by the Department. 
• Policy Analysis and Development: Analyzes legislative, regulatory, and financial health policy proposals and their impact on the department; develops policy proposals to address identified needs consistent with the department's mission and priorities.
• Government Relations: May work with federal, State, local and other health institutions/agencies by developing consistent and effective linkages with policymakers; maintains knowledge of legislation and regulations affecting DPH; enhances departmental influence on legislative and administrative policy; maximizes DPH's use of funding opportunities; transmits information on legislative issues to DPH programs; tracks legislation for programs; prepares legislative analyses; makes recommendations on City positions; writes resolutions and letters of support/opposition; assists with drafting legislative proposals and amendments; identifies key policy issues for legislative intervention.
• Statistical Analysis: Conducts and oversees statistical, budgetary data analysis by using computer programs; inputting, synthesizing and analyzing data; and reporting results of analysis; participates in and contributes to surveys as needed; develops and maintains databases; analyzes data and writes statistical reports used for budgetary or quality purposes; routinely works with State databases; develops presentation materials.
• Information Management: Develops and maintains department informational resources by ensuring that department staff have access to complete and timely information for program development and improvement; and maintaining data from Federal, State, and private sources on healthcare utilization, laws, regulations and sources of funding.
• Grant Applications: Develops grant proposals for programs by researching and identifying program funding resources; providing information on funding opportunities to program managers; processing proposals that will address community needs; providing training and technical assistance in development of grant proposals including program plans, budgets; and monitoring various levels of City and DPH reviews.
• Project Management: Assists in project management of assigned section or program area; trains staff, evaluates the activities of personnel and/or coordinates and monitors the work of consultants and contractors working for the department; works with staff to evaluate and implement goals, responsibilities, policies and procedures of the program.
• Supervision: May supervise staff and/or student interns; provides mentoring and oversight; develops mutual work plans; sets performance objectives; holds regular meetings for reviewing progress; and analyzes and resolves management problems.
• Reports: Prepares written reports and needs assessments and makes formal presentations of those reports as needed.

The Senior Health Programmer Planner also performs other related duties as required.

How to qualify

Minimum Qualifications - Required

1. EDUCATION: Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in public health, public health administration, public administration, business administration, health or mental health sciences or a closely related field

AND

1. EXPERIENCE: Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in planning, research or evaluation for a large public or mental health department or agency.

SUBSTITUTION:  Possession of a Master's degree in public administration, public health administration, business administration or closely related field will be accepted as a substitution for two (2) years of the required experience.

The above minimum qualifications reflect special conditions associated with the position(s) to be filled. They may differ from the standard minimum qualifications associated with this classification.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

One-year fulltime employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week).

Important Note: Please make sure it is absolutely clear in your application exactly how you meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Please be aware that any misrepresentation of this information may disqualify you from this recruitment or future job opportunities.

Selection Procedures:
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following.

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ) (Weight: Qualifying): Candidates will be required to complete an MQSQ as part of the employment application. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Assessment Component
Candidates that meet the minimum qualifications will be invited to participate in written multiple-choice exam that is designed to measure the knowledge, skills, and abilities in job related areas which may include but not be limited to: Knowledge of: health planning and systems theory; content and interrelationship of public and mental health programs; developing and evaluating complex health program plans; statistical research techniques and applications; fundamentals of data processing; methods of preparing reports; population, social, economic, and staffing trends affecting health services; basic principles of management; and accepted standards for measuring the quality of health services and their delivery; Ability to: gather, analyze, organize, interpret and report data related to health program planning; develop program goals and objectives; anticipate or review and resolve problems related to program planning; speak and write effectively; develop a cooperative relationship with advisory groups; and make clear, concise recommendations for instituting, improving, modifying, deleting or continuing health programs.

Written Core Health Program Planner Examination (Weight: 100%): Candidates must achieve a passing score on the written multiple-choice exam in order to continue in the selection process and will be placed on the confidential eligible list in rank order according to their final score.

Additional selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.

Certification
The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be the Rule of Ten Scores.

Eligible List/Score Report:
Once you pass the exam, you will be placed onto an eligible list and given a score and a rank. For more information, visit https://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/process/

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be 12 months and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

What else should I know?

How to apply:
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit careers.sf.gov and begin the application process. 

Our e-mail communications may come from more than one department so please make sure your email is set to accept messages from all of us at this link. 

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment therefore, it is their responsibility to contact the Analyst if they update their email address. 

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:

This is a Position Based Test (PBT) administered in accordance with Civil Service Rule 111A.

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at https://careers.sf.gov/. The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date. 

Additional information regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco: 

• Information about the Hiring Process 
• Conviction History 
• Employee Benefits Overview 
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Workers
• Reasonable Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement
• Veterans Preference
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst, Herbert Chau at herbert.chau@sfdph.org or (628) 271-6707. 

We may use text messaging to communicate with you on the phone number provided in your application. The first message will ask you to opt in to text messaging.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.