General Infectious Disease Section Chief

Schedule: Full-time

What You'll Do:

ODH's Bureau of Infectious Diseases (BID) seeks an experienced, goal-driven public health manager passionate about process improvement and modernization. This role will oversee BID's General Infectious Disease Epidemiology section: Tuberculosis Control, Healthcare-Associated Infections/Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR), the Outbreak Response & Bioterrorism Investigation Team (ORBIT), and Vaccine-Preventable Disease Epidemiology. This position will also supervise cross-program supports - including data entry and analytics staff engaged in data modernization efforts - and manage the Infectious Disease On-Call (IDOC) rotation, training and scheduling staff to ensure an optimal Class A disease response.

Primary Job Duties:

Plans, directs, organizes and manages all administrative aspects pertaining to general infectious disease epidemiology:

Develops statewide policies and procedures.

Assists in preparation of grant proposals (e.g., ELC, PHEP, TB) and monitors program budgets.

Reviews section policies and establishes procedures (e.g., data release, data security/confidentiality, staff management and development).

Builds/maintains liaisons between BID program areas, ODH bureaus, other state agencies, and federal agencies (CDC, FBI, FDA).

Coordinates with public health department staff, healthcare providers and others to obtain investigation/surveillance information and share findings.

Supervises junior managers as well as front-line staff.

Manages ODH Infectious Disease On-Call, including training/scheduling staff and serving in rotation.

Unusual working conditions: Requires travel; may be away from home and normal work site up to 30 days during emergencies; may be exposed to contagious and communicable diseases and toxic or hazardous chemicals.

Normal working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm (Flexible Schedule). This is an exempt hourly position, with a pay range of 15 on the E1 Exempt Pay Range Schedule.

Position Qualifications

Completion of graduate core program in public health or preventive medicine; 24 mos. exp. in epidemiology investigation with local or federal health agency which included 12 mos. exp. in either supervisory principles/techniques or performing duties comparable with duties of Epidemiology Investigation Supervisor, 65765; 1 course in budgeting or 3 mos. exp. in preparing budgets for operational unit.

OR

6 mos. exp. as Epidemiology Investigation Supervisor, 65765.

OR

Alternative, equivalent evidence of the Minimum Class Qualifications noted above.

Job Skills: Public Health

Technical Skills: Budgeting, Interviewing, Management, Program Management

Professional Skills: Coaching, Collaboration, Teamwork, Leading Others, Developing Others

Educational Transcript Requirements

Official educational transcripts are required for all post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript prior to receiving a formal offer of employment. Failure to provide transcripts within five (5) working days of being requested will cause the applicant to be eliminated from further consideration.

Please note that a transcript is considered "official" only if it is an original copy from the educational institution and includes an institutional watermark, ink stamp or embossed stamp. Transcripts printed from the institution's website will not be accepted. ODH reserves the right to assess the academic credibility of an educational entity's award of a putative degree.