What are the responsibilities and job description for the Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional) (35 Hour) (Target Class: Epidemiologist 1 | Hybrid) position at State of Connecticut - Department of Public Health?
THE POSITION
The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH), is currently seeking enthusiastic and driven candidates to apply for the position of Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional), Target Class of Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases) (35 Hour). The individual hired into this position will report directly to the Epidemiologist 4 in the Office of Public Health Workforce Development. This individual will assist in the design, collection, analysis, and reporting of evaluation and performance metrics for public health workforce development activities at DPH, local health departments, non-profit agencies, and academic public health programs.
This Connecticut Careers Trainee Program is a developmental program designed to help people obtain the experience necessary to qualify for the designated target class of Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases). The Connecticut Careers Trainee Program is for a minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 3 years and is based on how long it will take the candidate to meet the experience and training requirement of Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases). Candidates must possess the general experience of the target class, Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases), at the conclusion of the developmental program. The experience is: five (5) years of experience in a responsible technical or professional capacity in epidemiological investigations.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Office: Office of Public Health Workforce Development
- Location: Hartford
- Schedule: Full-time, first shift, thirty-five (35) hours per week. Typical work schedule of Monday through Friday. There is opportunity for an alternate (flexible) work schedule and working remotely in accordance with State policies.
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SALARY INFORMATION
- Starting Salary with a Bachelor's degree and/or qualifying experience: $47,708
- Starting Salary with a Master's degree: $49,427
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As a Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional) (Target Class: Epidemiologist 1 (Infectious/Chronic Diseases), you will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:
- Assist in developing and monitoring program evaluation data and performance management metrics for the Office of Public Health Workforce Development, as required by the CDC grant.
- Assist with summarizing programmatic outcomes and net value of coordinated programs with the Office of Workforce Strategy and other partner agencies.
- Assist with measuring impacts from new and existing workforce development activities designed to increase recruitment, retention, and training for healthcare and public health workers.
- Assist with summarizing data from state and national public health workforce surveys.
- Working collaboratively with sub-grantee local health and academic partners to assist with evaluation processes and reporting metrics to be part of contract deliverables to DPH.
ABOUT US
The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.
DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.
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FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING:
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To Apply:
- The only way to apply to this posting is via the ‘Apply’ or ‘Apply Online’ buttons on the official State of Connecticut Online Employment Center job posting.
- In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
- In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.
- You must specify your qualifications on your application. You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application for this posting to the JobAps system.
- In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.
- All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
- This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.
Important Next Step Information for After You Apply:
- Although applicants will receive correspondence via email and/or phone, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
- This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
- Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
- The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
- Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position. Read through this helpful link to prepare for your interview.
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- For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
Connect With Us:
- Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process.
- Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment please contact Pamela Rochette at Pamela.Rochette@ct.gov.
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state agency this class is accountable for mastering the skills necessary to satisfactorily complete the training program for a professional position.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- In a department or institution receives training in introductory governmental work for development of skills and knowledge in field of public administration in order to qualify for advancement into agency professional positions;
- Performs a variety of increasingly difficult duties as skills are acquired during course of training period;
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Oral and written communication skills;
- Ability to
- acquire knowledge and skills required for the target classification;
- understand, evaluate and solve problems by exercising judgement and logic;
- read, interpret and understand written material;
- perform basic arithmetical computations;
- interpret charts, graphs and tables;
- learn and reason;
- establish and maintain cooperative relations with superiors, associates and general public;
- utilize computer software.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must be able to meet the experience and training requirements of the designated job class at the completion of the development program.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree in Public Health or health-related field.
- Work or coursework experience with basic theories, principles and practices of epidemiology and public health.
- Work or coursework experience with basic theories, principles and practices of program evaluation.
- Experience conducting data calculations and interpretations.
- Experience generating data fact sheets and reports.
- Experience with data visualization.
- Experience with survey design.
Salary : $47,708 - $49,427
