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Posted : Monday, July 15, 2024 03:03 PM
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State of Tennessee Job Information
Opening Date/Time 01/30/24 12:00AM Central Time
Closing Date/Time 02/05/24 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly) $4,450.
00 Salary (Annually) $53,400.
00 Job Type Full-Time City, State Location Johnson City, TN Department Health LOCATION OF (1) POSITION TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, LOCAL HEALTH DIVISION, WASHINGTON COUNTY Qualifications Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics with an internship, practicum, work study, or other practical experience and experience equivalent to two years of full-time professional public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics work.
OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics and experience equivalent to three years of full-time professional public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics work.
OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics with an internship, practicum, work study, or other practical experience.
OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics work.
Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid motor vehicle operator's license may be required.
Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.
Summary Summary: Under general supervision, the Healthy Development Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and engaging partnerships that connect public health placed-based physical activity related to walking or bicycling for transportation, other built environment opportunities (such as parks and playgrounds), economic development and education.
This position conducts transportation and built environment related planning activities of average difficulty, and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features: This is a new classification in the Tennessee Department of Health.
An employee in this classification will learn to perform transportation, built environment and economic development related duties and will create opportunities to improve public health, primarily through increased opportunity to physical activity.
The Healthy Development Coordinator will work on planning, funding, program and collaboration initiatives and will learn to participate in the varied development, monitoring and coordination of transportation and built environment projects.
Responsibilities Selling or Influencing Others: Encouraging internal and external customers to use limited resources to achieve their goals and objectives while simultaneously meeting the health and wellness needs of the community.
Thinking Creatively: Achieves consensus in a group dynamic with a diverse group of participants to develop a plan that will best benefit the entire community.
Assists internal and external business partners with developing plans for playgrounds, walking tracks, greenways, parks, and other venues for physical activity often with limited resources.
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristic of Products, Events, or Information: Assists external customers with determining estimates for size, cost, length, and resources needed to create viable healthy living options for residents such as greenways, sidewalks, playgrounds, parks, and farmer's markets.
Analyzing Data or Information: Learns to analyze current conditions, such as socio-economic trends, land use, traffic data, and economic development plans, in rural or metropolitan areas to determine impacts of transportation system and other features of the built environment on physical Learns to determine impact of various local, regional and state legislative proposals upon planning processes and configures financial structure and availability of funds for various and local health related projects.
Analyzes county health data including measures which contribute to county health rankings and looks for viable opportunities for improvement.
Processing Information: Learns to assist with conducting studies through compilation, analyses, projections and other data to develop local and regional planning projects and programs.
Learns to translate or convert project descriptions into data characteristics that can be utilized in planning tools.
Interacting with Computers: Utilizes office productivity software, including but not limited to word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, presentation software, web-based programs, instant- messaging programs, publication software, and search engines.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Learns to coordinate with local and state planners, consultants, engineers, and volunteers in presenting recommended plans for review and comment by the public and the various planning committees.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Reads planning documents, contracts, standard drawings, guidelines, and schematics to identify impacts the design and plans will have on physical activity opportunities, safety and other environmental factors.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Collaborates with engineers, planners, community partners and other local leaders to research, analyze, or prioritize transportation and other built environment opportunities that will increase active transportation and physical activity.
Combines academic knowledge of population based public health with hands on public health experience to appropriately assess the strengths and weaknesses of various programs and activities as it relates to health in all policies.
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Learns to interpret a variety of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and documentation for internal and external business partners to facilitate understanding, enhance communications, and ensure compliance.
Developing Objectives and Strategies: Learns to recommend strategies and objectives for assigned program areas which coincide with, and further, local comprehensive plans and goals.
Participates in the development and/or implementation of the Department's State Health Plan strategic goals.
Performs research for grant opportunities and writes grants as directed for our organization or partnering agencies.
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization: Conducts and facilitates meetings as a Departmental representative by offering technical assistance and other support to local planners, chambers of commerce, development districts, and administrators to ensure compliance with Federal and State regulations.
Creates and disseminates basic information packages, including but not limited to resource guides, policy manuals, and educational programs, for use in public information campaigns regarding the role of active transportation and the built environment on physical activity.
Coordinates with departmental representatives to draft correspondence in response to public comments and/or inquiries.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Networks with internal and external business partners to ensure open dialogues exist and to facilitate coordination and unified effort and ensure accurate and timely processing of information and deliverables.
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others: Learns to serve as a liaison between the department and local agencies, regional planning commissions, metropolitan and rural planning and development organizations, and the general public and provides assistance in developing and meeting local, regional, and statewide physical activity goals.
Developing and Building Teams: Works with other team members to gather additional perspective by soliciting advice and brainstorming to complete work or resolve issues.
Develops trusting relationships with decision makers to instill confidence and achieve a common goal.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Organizes and prioritizes personal, team, and/or consultant workload using calendars, lists, and other facilitators to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, and Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Reviews current departmental, state, and federal information sources to identify relevant changes in policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and best practices to ensure staff is knowledgeable of the latest systems.
Completes required training events to learn new procedures, ensure continual learning, maintain current knowledge of the field, and increase job proficiency.
Monitor Processes, Material, or Surroundings: Learns to review and monitor the progress of local studies, projects, and other activities identified and described in established comprehensive plans to determine suitable linkages and aligning resources.
Learns to review and monitor contracts to ensure that obligations are clear, the work program is understood, schedules are met, and the budget is accurate.
Learns to evaluate multimodal transportation improvement options to provide resources for opportunities to increase physical activity.
Helps to prioritize and make recommendation on which transportation and built environment opportunities are top priority.
Getting Information: Builds relationships with internal and external business partners to ascertain their interest in providing healthy options for all residents.
Collects county/state/national health-related data to include demographics, incidents of disease, economic environment, educational outcomes, and behavioral risk statistics to determine viable opportunities for improvement.
Researches local decision making processes for policies, including decisions made by local school districts, planning departments, parks departments, roadway departments, capital budgets, and other municipal decisions that may impact healthy eating and physical activity opportunities.
Contacts the general public, persons in other departments and/or divisions, representatives, elected officials, and outside organizations for the purpose of furnishing or obtaining information.
Learns to collect field data by research or observation, such as a traffic counts, number and quality of parks, greenways, bike lanes and sidewalks; presence of benches, trees and other amenities that will facilitate opportunities for physical activity via the built environment.
Competencies Competencies: Innovation Management Perspective Process Management Perseverance Political Savvy Presentation Kills Written Communications Building Effective Teams Integrity and Trust Listening Managing Vision and Purpose Knowledge: Administration Management Skills: Active Learning Active Listening Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Speaking Writing Negotiation Persuasion Complex Problem Solving Judgement/Decision Making Time Management Abilities: Deductive Reasoning Oral Comprehension Oral Expression Originality Selective Attention Visualization Written Comprehension Written Expression Speech Clarity Tools & Equipment Computers Copier Fax Machine Projector Telecommunication Devices –Fixed or Portable Printer Digital Camera Other Similar Office Equipment TN Driver Standards State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications: A valid driver's license For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.
Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.
**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.
00 Salary (Annually) $53,400.
00 Job Type Full-Time City, State Location Johnson City, TN Department Health LOCATION OF (1) POSITION TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, LOCAL HEALTH DIVISION, WASHINGTON COUNTY Qualifications Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics with an internship, practicum, work study, or other practical experience and experience equivalent to two years of full-time professional public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics work.
OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics and experience equivalent to three years of full-time professional public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics work.
OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics with an internship, practicum, work study, or other practical experience.
OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineer, law, or economics work.
Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid motor vehicle operator's license may be required.
Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.
Summary Summary: Under general supervision, the Healthy Development Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and engaging partnerships that connect public health placed-based physical activity related to walking or bicycling for transportation, other built environment opportunities (such as parks and playgrounds), economic development and education.
This position conducts transportation and built environment related planning activities of average difficulty, and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features: This is a new classification in the Tennessee Department of Health.
An employee in this classification will learn to perform transportation, built environment and economic development related duties and will create opportunities to improve public health, primarily through increased opportunity to physical activity.
The Healthy Development Coordinator will work on planning, funding, program and collaboration initiatives and will learn to participate in the varied development, monitoring and coordination of transportation and built environment projects.
Responsibilities Selling or Influencing Others: Encouraging internal and external customers to use limited resources to achieve their goals and objectives while simultaneously meeting the health and wellness needs of the community.
Thinking Creatively: Achieves consensus in a group dynamic with a diverse group of participants to develop a plan that will best benefit the entire community.
Assists internal and external business partners with developing plans for playgrounds, walking tracks, greenways, parks, and other venues for physical activity often with limited resources.
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristic of Products, Events, or Information: Assists external customers with determining estimates for size, cost, length, and resources needed to create viable healthy living options for residents such as greenways, sidewalks, playgrounds, parks, and farmer's markets.
Analyzing Data or Information: Learns to analyze current conditions, such as socio-economic trends, land use, traffic data, and economic development plans, in rural or metropolitan areas to determine impacts of transportation system and other features of the built environment on physical Learns to determine impact of various local, regional and state legislative proposals upon planning processes and configures financial structure and availability of funds for various and local health related projects.
Analyzes county health data including measures which contribute to county health rankings and looks for viable opportunities for improvement.
Processing Information: Learns to assist with conducting studies through compilation, analyses, projections and other data to develop local and regional planning projects and programs.
Learns to translate or convert project descriptions into data characteristics that can be utilized in planning tools.
Interacting with Computers: Utilizes office productivity software, including but not limited to word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, presentation software, web-based programs, instant- messaging programs, publication software, and search engines.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Learns to coordinate with local and state planners, consultants, engineers, and volunteers in presenting recommended plans for review and comment by the public and the various planning committees.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Reads planning documents, contracts, standard drawings, guidelines, and schematics to identify impacts the design and plans will have on physical activity opportunities, safety and other environmental factors.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Collaborates with engineers, planners, community partners and other local leaders to research, analyze, or prioritize transportation and other built environment opportunities that will increase active transportation and physical activity.
Combines academic knowledge of population based public health with hands on public health experience to appropriately assess the strengths and weaknesses of various programs and activities as it relates to health in all policies.
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Learns to interpret a variety of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and documentation for internal and external business partners to facilitate understanding, enhance communications, and ensure compliance.
Developing Objectives and Strategies: Learns to recommend strategies and objectives for assigned program areas which coincide with, and further, local comprehensive plans and goals.
Participates in the development and/or implementation of the Department's State Health Plan strategic goals.
Performs research for grant opportunities and writes grants as directed for our organization or partnering agencies.
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization: Conducts and facilitates meetings as a Departmental representative by offering technical assistance and other support to local planners, chambers of commerce, development districts, and administrators to ensure compliance with Federal and State regulations.
Creates and disseminates basic information packages, including but not limited to resource guides, policy manuals, and educational programs, for use in public information campaigns regarding the role of active transportation and the built environment on physical activity.
Coordinates with departmental representatives to draft correspondence in response to public comments and/or inquiries.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Networks with internal and external business partners to ensure open dialogues exist and to facilitate coordination and unified effort and ensure accurate and timely processing of information and deliverables.
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others: Learns to serve as a liaison between the department and local agencies, regional planning commissions, metropolitan and rural planning and development organizations, and the general public and provides assistance in developing and meeting local, regional, and statewide physical activity goals.
Developing and Building Teams: Works with other team members to gather additional perspective by soliciting advice and brainstorming to complete work or resolve issues.
Develops trusting relationships with decision makers to instill confidence and achieve a common goal.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Organizes and prioritizes personal, team, and/or consultant workload using calendars, lists, and other facilitators to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, and Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Reviews current departmental, state, and federal information sources to identify relevant changes in policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and best practices to ensure staff is knowledgeable of the latest systems.
Completes required training events to learn new procedures, ensure continual learning, maintain current knowledge of the field, and increase job proficiency.
Monitor Processes, Material, or Surroundings: Learns to review and monitor the progress of local studies, projects, and other activities identified and described in established comprehensive plans to determine suitable linkages and aligning resources.
Learns to review and monitor contracts to ensure that obligations are clear, the work program is understood, schedules are met, and the budget is accurate.
Learns to evaluate multimodal transportation improvement options to provide resources for opportunities to increase physical activity.
Helps to prioritize and make recommendation on which transportation and built environment opportunities are top priority.
Getting Information: Builds relationships with internal and external business partners to ascertain their interest in providing healthy options for all residents.
Collects county/state/national health-related data to include demographics, incidents of disease, economic environment, educational outcomes, and behavioral risk statistics to determine viable opportunities for improvement.
Researches local decision making processes for policies, including decisions made by local school districts, planning departments, parks departments, roadway departments, capital budgets, and other municipal decisions that may impact healthy eating and physical activity opportunities.
Contacts the general public, persons in other departments and/or divisions, representatives, elected officials, and outside organizations for the purpose of furnishing or obtaining information.
Learns to collect field data by research or observation, such as a traffic counts, number and quality of parks, greenways, bike lanes and sidewalks; presence of benches, trees and other amenities that will facilitate opportunities for physical activity via the built environment.
Competencies Competencies: Innovation Management Perspective Process Management Perseverance Political Savvy Presentation Kills Written Communications Building Effective Teams Integrity and Trust Listening Managing Vision and Purpose Knowledge: Administration Management Skills: Active Learning Active Listening Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Speaking Writing Negotiation Persuasion Complex Problem Solving Judgement/Decision Making Time Management Abilities: Deductive Reasoning Oral Comprehension Oral Expression Originality Selective Attention Visualization Written Comprehension Written Expression Speech Clarity Tools & Equipment Computers Copier Fax Machine Projector Telecommunication Devices –Fixed or Portable Printer Digital Camera Other Similar Office Equipment TN Driver Standards State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications: A valid driver's license For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.
Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.
**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.
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• Location : Johnson City, TN
• Post ID: 9067772976
