The Louisiana Department Health is seeking a dynamic, innovative, value driven and experienced public health executive to serve as the next Assistant Secretary / Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Public Health(OPH). This essential position is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Louisiana Senate. The OPH Assistant Secretary is supervised by the LDH Deputy Secretary. Responsibilities and duties of this job: The OPH Assistant Secretary will perform the following core duties: • Stakeholder Management - effectively engages and establishes strong working relationships built on confidence, trust and respect, and appropriately representing OPH. • Strategic Planning – visionary planning by staying current on healthcare and health promotion industry and emerging trends as well as policy changes on the state and national level, and their particular impacts within the State of Louisiana. Collaborates across stakeholders to develop short-term and long-term strategic plans for OPH and its services. Ensures the strategic plan is communicated both internally and externally, and effectively delegates key activities to ensure timely implementation of the plan. • Financial Management – responsible for achieving and maintaining strong financial health of OPH and providing guidance and determining priorities in the preparation of annual budgets. • Health Promotion Delivery - directs efforts to ensure that policies, practices, and programs are focused on safety, soundness, and sustainability parameters, and that the delivery of the services are high-quality, operationally efficient, and constituent oriented. • Human Capital Management - responsible for overseeing strong and diverse workforce development through recruitment and retention, employee satisfaction and engagement, maximizing growth potential for employees and strong succession planning.
|
Qualifications: • Minimum of 5 years of experience in an executive or senior management role within public health promotion. • Proven leadership and management experience, including managing a large team, a multimillion dollar annual budget and multiple programs concurrently. • Excellent program development skills, with proven success in instituting public health initiatives that drive improved metrics and/or results. • Experience working at the Federal and/or State level on health promotion initiatives. • Demonstrated ability to bring creative and innovative solutions.
The Assistant Secretary for the Office Public Health shall either (1) be a physician, graduated by an acceptable medical college, recognized by one of the medical examining boards of this state, experienced in actual practice of his profession, skilled in sanitary science and experienced in public health administration and shall have a minimum of one year of university graduate instruction in public health administration as evidenced by a certificate of graduation or a degree in public health, or (2) hold a graduate degree in public health.
Details Posted: SEPTEMBER 10th-16th Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Type: Full Time - Senior Management/Executive Level Category: Executive Required Education: Masters
Qualified candidates should submit resumes via email to Mark.Thomas@LA.GOV |
© 2019 Association of State and Territorial Health Officials