Public Health Program Director

THE POSITION

As a Public Health Program Director with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, you will play a central role in managing disease intervention strategies that support healthier communities. This position gives you the opportunity to coordinate statewide teams, respond to emerging health needs, and advance public health goals. You will help create strong partnerships across agencies and organizations. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys leading teams and improving health outcomes through effective strategies.

This position leads the Division of Communicable Disease Field Services by planning, directing, and monitoring statewide disease intervention work. It supports efforts to reduce communicable disease through strong leadership, coordination, and collaboration across teams and partners. As a Public Health Program Director, you will perform the following duties:

• Field Service Leadership:
  Plan, direct, and evaluate communicable disease field services for statewide disease prevention.
• Staff Supervision:
  Oversee supervisors and field staff across the state and ensure effective implementation of field activities.
• Program Oversight:
  Review data, guidelines, and health objectives to guide HIV, STD, and other disease prevention efforts.
• Financial Monitoring:
  Review budgets and grants and coordinate with partners to manage program funding and expenditures.
• Workforce Development:
  Coordinate training and skill‑building opportunities for field staff and support ongoing development.
• Partnership
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with public health bureaus, providers, and community groups to improve statewide disease response.

• Full‑time employment, 37.5 hours per week.
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part‑time up to 3 days per week. To telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
• Salary:
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• Further communication regarding this position will be provided via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Eight years of professional experience in the development or evaluation of grants, contracts or programs for the provision of social, employment, environmental health or health‑related services, which includes two years of administrative, supervisory or consultative experience; or
• One year as a Public Health Program Manager (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Two years as a Public Health Program Administrator (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• An associate’s degree in allied health sciences or nursing and six years of professional experience in the development or evaluation of grants, contracts or programs for the provision of social, employment, environmental health, or health‑related services, which includes two years of administrative, supervisory or consultative experience; or
• A bachelor's degree and four years of professional public health, health, allied health sciences, drug and alcohol or related experience, which includes two years of administrative, supervisory or consultative experience; or
• A bachelor's degree and four years of professional experience in the development or evaluation of grants, contracts or programs for the provision of social, employment, environmental health, or health‑related services, which includes two years of administrative, supervisory or consultative experience; or
• A master’s degree in public health, health services administration, health care administration, health education, public health administration, public administration, nursing, epidemiology, social work,…