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Louisiana Department of State Civil Service

Program Manager 1-A

Louisiana Department of State Civil Service, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, us, 70873


Program Manager 1-A

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Program Manager 1-A

Salary

$4,784.00 - $9,381.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/CG/202209

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

11/06/2024

Closing Date

11/11/2024 11:59 PM Central

Description

Benefits

Supplemental Information

The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.

LDH serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities.

This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Bureau of Community Preparedness / East Baton Rouge Parish

Announcement Number: OPH/CG/202209

Cost Center: 3262107800

Position Number(s): 50633481

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and will be filled as a Probationary appointment.

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

This is a highly responsible position which reports directly to the Planning Program Manager - 3 Position within the Bureau of Community Preparedness. The position serves as an emergency preparedness manager supporting the planning section’s preparedness and response activities related to COVID-19 and other emergencies. The incumbent in this position will oversee and manage all planning section (i.e., planning, training and exercising). COVID-19 funding and grant deliverables by providing direct support to the Planning Program Manager – 2. The incumbent of this position is required to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency situations and may be required to work outside of their assigned work schedule based upon events and/or projects.

During response events, this position will serve in the general staff role of Section Chief and any other position as directed by the Incident Commander.

Selective Criteria: This position requires extensive FEMA and other emergency preparedness training and a minimum of two years’ experience utilizing the Incident Command System – National Incident Management in real-life disaster management and emergency response operations.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

A resume upload willNOTpopulate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Ciera Green

Ciera.Green@la.gov (ContactEmail@la.gov)

LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES

BATON ROUGE, LA 70821

225-342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus four years of professional level experience in administrative services, economics, public health, public relations, social services, health services, or surveying and/or assessing health or social service programs or facilities for compliance with state and federal regulations.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.

Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:

A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

Graduate training with eighteen semester hours in one or any combination of the following fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: public health; public relations; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; statistics; experimental/applied statistics; business, public, or health administration.

A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A master's degree in public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration will substitute for one year of the required experience.

Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. in public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration will substitute for two years of the required experience.

NOTE:

Graduate training will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

NOTES:

Health services include all services dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease, or the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health for sick or injured individuals.

Examples of public health jobs include sanitarian, public health engineer and public health epidemiologist.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To administer small and less complex statewide health or social service program(s).

Level of Work:

Program Manager.

Supervision Received:

Broad direction from a higher-level manager/administrator.

Supervision Exercised:

May provide functional supervision in accordance with the Civil Service Allocation Criteria Memo.

Location of Work:

Department of Health and Hospitals; Human Service Districts as established; and other social service entities as established by an approved DSCS Allocation Criteria Memorandum.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Program Monitor--DHH and Program Monitor Supervisor--DHH by the presence of responsibility for administering small or less complex statewide program(s).

Differs from a Program Manager 1-B--DHH by the absence of supervisory responsibility.

Differs from a Program Manager 2--DHH by the absence of responsibility for administering medium or medium complex statewide program(s).

Examples of Work

90% Preparedness: Develops and reviews current/long-range emergency plans, policies and procedures to support preparedness, response and recovery operations related to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Develops and reviews grant deliverables. Works across programs to ensure the successful implementation of grant activities. Tracks funding and procurement requests related to COVID-19 funding. Develops and updates workflows to support the functionality of grant activities. As directed, serve as a liaison regarding the implementation of LDH directives regarding COVID preparedness and response. Designs, develops and implements strategies to assess and improve state-wide effectiveness of COVID-19 initiatives. Develops and participates in all relevant trainings, meetings and exercises. Writes, negotiates and finalizes contracts/MOUs to support grant activities.

10% Response/Recovery: Serve in the general staff role of Section Chief or other designated position as determined by the Incident Commander. Gathers response documentation from field operations and the LDH EOC. Responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information in the development of incident documents and status of resources. Such documents include, but are not limited to, Situation Reports, Incident Action Plans and Dashboards. Collect and process situation information about the incident. Supervise the preparation of the Incident Action Plan. Provide input to the Incident Commander and Operations Section Chief in preparing the Incident Action Plan. Establish information requirements and reporting schedules. Assemble information on alternative response strategies. Oversee the preparation and implementation of Incident Demobilization Plan and other specialized plans.

Facilitate Planning meetings and briefings. Supervise the tracking of incident personnel and resources. Maintain battle rhythm awareness. Perform all other tasks as directed by Incident Commander.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

New Year's Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

Mardi Gras,

Good Friday,

Memorial Day,

Independence Day,

Labor Day,

Veteran's Day,

Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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