Position Overview

The employee in this position will serve as the Region 1 Tobacco Prevention Lead for the National State-Based Tobacco Control Programs (CDC-RFA-DP15-1509) grant. This position has the responsibility of implementing effective tobacco prevention policy leading to a reduction in tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure. The employee has the responsibility of facilitating community change, including surveillance, partnership development, coalition building/community organizing and partner communications, and providing programmatic reports to the Region 1 Health Directors, Macon County Health Director and the Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch (TPCB). Initiative and resourcefulness are needed in order to involve local government staff, community leaders, public officials, and community organizations in addressing health problems. Administrative duties include preparing and monitoring budget(s), managing grant and contract activities, and preparing reports for the region.

Examples of Duties

Duties for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct surveillance to determine populations most affected by tobacco use.
• Present reports or other relevant information regarding local tobacco prevention efforts to local boards, councils, commissions, committees, and/or agencies as needed to meet the goals of the grant.
• Develop and provide culturally competent tobacco-free living educational materials to be used in tobacco prevention efforts.
• Establish rapport and working relationship with various agencies in order to promote tobacco control efforts through effective community transformation.
• Identify and promote networking and community collaboration for health action.
• Identify and consult with community leaders in an effort to solicit their involvement in local public health programs and planning efforts.
• Represent the 8-county region in numerous advisory committees, coalitions and task forces, as needed.
• Confer with persons from private and public agencies, schools, media and volunteer organization to solicit input and to inform them of local tobacco control efforts.
• Engage and seek the involvement of other local government staff to amplify and accelerate the improvements to policy, systems, and environmental change.

Minimum Qualifications

A master's degree in public or human services administration or a human services programmatic field preferably with course work in human services planning and one year of experience in human service program planning or administration; or graduation from a four-year college or university and three years of administrative or consultative experience in a human service program; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Management Preference: A degree in Public Health and experience in Tobacco Control and Prevention.

Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited universities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of public health and public health education, and National Tobacco Control Programs (NTCP) goals and objectives.
• Considerable knowledge of methods and techniques of disseminating health education information to the public and to the media.
• Ability to work well with people of different educational and socioeconomic backgrounds and to speak effectively before various groups.
• Ability to establish a good working relationship with individuals and community groups.
• Ability to explain and apply state laws, regulations and rules pertaining to public health.
• Ability to organize and direct the activities of local committees for the development of local public health education programs.
• Considerable knowledge of community health education resources.
• Considerable knowledge in program planning, program implementation and evaluation.
• Thorough knowledge of community organizations.

Must have or obtain and maintain a valid North Carolina driver's license with an acceptable driving record. Background check and negative drug test are required.

About NCAPHA

The North Carolina Alliance of Public Health Agencies, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1995 by a group of local health directors who needed a way to pool resources to negotiate more advantageous terms in vendor contracts. Over time NCAPHA, or The Alliance, became the go-to resource for its members providing solutions to the challenges facing them. We are committed to offering service solutions to help local health departments reduce costs and increase efficiencies. Our members include all 86 local and district health departments in North Carolina. The North Carolina Public Health Collaboration refers to the North Carolina Alliance of Public Health Agencies (the Alliance) and its two sister organizations: the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors (NCALHD) and the North Carolina Public Health Association (NCPHA). We work closely together, collaborating to advance public health in North Carolina.

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