Public Health Consultant-, PH Genomics Section

The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit our MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan.

This position serves as the recognized resource of the Michigan Bio Trust for Health program, providing leadership for restructuring, oversight, and modernization. This role will guide strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder engagement, and implementation of program improvements, working closely with internal teams, external partners, and community stakeholders to guide the Bio Trust through a comprehensive transformation. The coordinator will facilitate national and statewide participation in research studies and special projects involving public health genomics, birth defects, newborn screening (NBS), and the Michigan Bio Trust for Health.

Bio Trust program activities encompass administrative oversight of the research use of residual NBS dried blood spot specimens (DBS). The role requires oversight of complex, multi-institutional research projects and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, department policies, ethical standards, and scientific best practices. This includes managing research inquiries, facilitating review processes, and supporting researchers through all phases of project approval, specimen access, and data coordination.

The position is based in the Life course Epidemiology and Genomics Division at MDHHS in Lansing and works closely with genomics, birth defects, NBS follow-up, epidemiology, vital records and laboratory personnel as well as external partners such as the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), Community Values Advisory Board (CVAB), contractors and researchers nationwide working in academia, clinical settings or the private sector.

to view Position Description & here to view Job Specification

Possession of a master’s degree in public health, health communication, health policy or a public health-related field such as nursing, epidemiology, health education, health economics, dietetics/nutrition management, genetics, or speech and audiology; a master’s degree in social work; master’s degree in counseling; master’s degree in special education with specialization in blind/visual disabilities; or a master’s degree in public or business administration with a health care concentration.

Three years of professional, post-master’s experience as a consultant in a field of public health equivalent to a Public Health Consultant, including one year equivalent to a Public Health Consultant P11.

• Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
• Attach a cover letter.
• If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar’s signature.

Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered.

The physical location of this position is 333 South Grand Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933. Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate or hybrid work…