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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING |
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Position Number: 50342860 |
Description Activated On: 10/9/2026 4:02:15 PM |
Position Purpose: Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively. This position in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, specific to organ donation, supports the Bureau’s mission of using current data and research, supporting community partners in implementing prevention strategies for chronic disease, injury, and violence to foster healthy and resilient communities across the Commonwealth of PA. |
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Description of Duties: Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor. Leads the development of program direction for assigned public health programs, including the development of goals and objectives. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with organ donation partners as well as other federal, state, and local partners, providers, and governmental entities. Maintains a current understanding of the complexities of organ donation, donor designation rates, organ donation myths and misunderstandings, social determinants of health, and health disparities to inform the development and implementation of targeted interventions. Reviews policies and procedures and interprets and applies regulations to support job duties. Supports and coordinates the development of grant applications where necessary to apply for funding to support organ donation initiatives and strategies. Prepares legislative analysis using appropriate DOH-formats to provide program’s position on legislation. Recommends resource allocation and prepares funding proposals to support program goals and objectives. Program Evaluation Collaborates with Organ Procurement Organizations to evaluate the efficacy of organ donation initiatives. Develops evaluation tools in collaboration with program partners in order to support the evaluation of strategies. Develops performance measures and target metrics in collaboration with program partners to monitor program outcomes and modify initiatives where necessary. Assesses program outcomes to identify, recommend and implement methods for improvement and modification. Evaluates policies or programs with equity tools to ensure that disproportionately impacted populations are identified, considered and included in policy or program implementation. Communication Coordinates with federal, state, and local partners to explain program priorities and initiatives. Develops dissemination plans and products to share program outcomes to inform partners and stakeholders. Prepares reports in accordance with legislative requirements. Educates partners, stakeholders and the public on organ donation. Coordinates and participates in organ donation advisory committee meetings as well as associated meetings with other state, federal and local stakeholders. Prepares professional power points, talking points, reports and correspondence to communicate with partners, stakeholders and the public on organ donation and related topics. Serves on committees, boards, or task forces, as assigned, as the program representative for the department and to build relationships, identify opportunities for collaboration, share information and support program goals. Contract Management Oversees grantees and contractors to support the implementation of the organ donation public awareness campaign. Negotiates, administers and monitors grants and contracts using status calls, monitoring reports, site visits and other relevant monitoring and evaluation tools. Develops grants, contracts and MOUs for assigned work, including non-solicitation award documents, work statements, program narratives, budgets, and amendments in accordance with Department bulletins. Monitors invoices and expenditures in accordance with guidelines in order to ensure funds are being expended appropriately. Maintains an ongoing relationship with contractors and grantees in order to implement program objectives. Develops and recommends plans of correction for contracted entities and monitors implementation. Performs other duties as assigned. Public Health Emergency Response: This position may be given an assignment to support the public health emergency response mission of the Department of Health. Emergency assignments could at times be received with little or no advanced notice, and may continue for any period of time, ranging from a few hours to several weeks, depending upon the nature of the circumstance. The emergency assignments may at times be performed under adverse conditions and may require travel to another site other than the employee’s assigned headquarters for periods of time. Additionally, this position demonstrates awareness of the vulnerable populations the organization serves by identifying, providing, and advocating for resources, services, communication methods, and policies that would help those populations achieve health equity. |
Decision Making: Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature. The Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity provides supervision. Work assignments are based on established program mission and goals, performance objectives and timelines. Duties are accomplished independently to meet performance factors. Work is reviewed for consistency with mission, goals, and performance objectives. Regularly scheduled meetings are held with employee to review progress toward meeting work objectives, and to convey updated information. Supervisor schedules additional meetings as necessary to discuss and review progress on specific work projects. |
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Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License Experience: Licenses, registrations, or certifications: 1. N/A 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A |
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Essential Functions: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.
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