Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) Assistant Research & Statistics Officer
Office of Health Status Monitoring (OHSM)
Downtown, Oahu
Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG)
Assistant Research & Statistics Officer
$76,788 to $105,108 per year, salary commensurate w/ training and experience
Exempt, non-civil service, full-time, temporary appointment. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as an assistant to the head of the OHSM in administering a statewide departmental public health program by planning and directing program activities, developing administrative policies, and ensuring compliance with legal and administrative regulations, managing the resources allocated to the function, and coordinating program activities with department and external agencies and individuals. The position assists the head of the OHSM in administering the vital statistics and related responsibilities of the department as statutorily mandated by Chapters 338, 572, 574, 578, 584, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The position also assists in administering the departmental public health program that systematically collects, assembles, analyzes, and makes available information on the health of the state’s residents, including statistics on health status, statewide and local health needs, and epidemiologic and other studies of health problems. In addition, the position assists with the public health assessment which the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has identified as one of the three core functions of the health department.
Minimum Qualification(s)
EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor’s degree preferably in demography, epidemiology, biostatistics, medical geography, which included three (3) semester credit hours in statistics.
EXPERIENCE: Except for the substitutions provided for below, applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind and qualify described below or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Two and one-half (2 ½) years of professional work experience conducting research and/or statistical studies which involved planning and designing surveys; modifying and applying research and statistical methods and techniques to the collection and analysis of data; and preparing summaries or reports with data presented in graphic, narrative or numerical form.
SUPERVISORY APTITUDE: Supervisory aptitude is the demonstration of aptitude or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist; by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.
ADMINISTRATIVE APTITUDE: Applicants must possess administrative aptitude. Administrative aptitude will be considered to have been met when there is strong affirmative evidence of the necessary administrative aptitudes and abilities. Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involved administrative problems (e.g., in planning, organizing, promoting, and directing a program, including policy and budgetary considerations; providing staff advice and assistance in such matters); interest in administration demonstrated by the performance of work assignments in a manner which clearly indicates awareness of administrative problems and the ability to solve them; completion of educational or training courses in the area of administration accompanied by the application of the principles, which were learned to work assignments; managements observation and evaluation of the applicant’s leadership and administrative capabilities; success in trial assignments to managerial and/or administrative tasks.
Who May Apply
LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK REQUIREMENT: The State of Hawaii requires that all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
How to Apply
Mail cover letter, completed State of Hawaii Application for Non-Civil Service Appointment (HRD278) with original signature, salary requirement and detailed resume to:
Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Attn: Grace Vo, Registrar and Chief, Office of Health Status Monitoring
Recruitment is on a continuous basis for position #125456.
Application packet at: https://health.hawaii.gov/employment/job-opportunities/
Other Information
For additional information, you may contact Grace Vo at 808-586-4604.
This position is exempt from civil service and considered temporary in nature. Therefore, if you are appointed to the position, your employment will be considered to be “at will,” which means that you may be discharged from your employment at the prerogative of your department head or designee at any time.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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