Latino/a/x Health Equity Strategist

4 weeks ago

Portland, United States State of Oregon Full time
Job Description:

This position is a full-time, permanent, classified position which is represented by a union.

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) does not offer VISA sponsorship. Within three days of hire, you will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming authorization to work in the United States.  OHA is an E-Verify employer and will use E-Verify to confirm that hires are authorized to work in the United States.

The section in Portland, Oregon is recruiting for a Latino/a/x Health Equity Strategist to lead health equity efforts at the center level within the Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division. This role involves analyzing population health data to inform policy and program decisions, conducting community engagements, and implementing community-responsive strategies. The position ensures that specific approaches align with division and section-level health equity initiatives. Additionally, it develops goals and objectives for community-responsive strategies across all three centers: The Center for Prevention & Health Promotion, the Center for Health Protection, and the Center for Public Health Practice.

Working conditions: This position may be conducted remotely with full access to needed operating systems and technology but at times will have work that needs to be conducted on-site. The Portland State Office Building is located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232. Work location can be changed at any time at the discretion of the hiring manager.

The Oregon Health Authority strategic goal is to end all health inequities by 2030.

OHA values health equity, service excellence, integrity, leadership, partnership, innovation, and transparency. OHA’s health equity definition is “Oregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achieving health equity requires the ongoing collaboration of all regions and sectors of the state, including tribal governments to address: the equitable distribution or redistributing of resources and power; and recognizing, reconciling, and rectifying historical and contemporary injustices.” OHA’s 10-year goal is to eliminate health inequities. Click , to learn more about OHA’s mission, vision, and core values.

OHA values service excellence, leadership, integrity, health equity and partnership.

What will you do?
As a Latino/a/x Health Equity Strategist, you will perform the following duties:

  • Coordinates strategic health equity initiatives on behalf of Oregon’s governmental public health system.

  • Provides consultative advice to the Public Health Executive Leadership Team, their managers, and public health programs on community-responsive strategies and systems.

  • Develops strategy in collaboration with engagement and outreach teams in OHA to respond to emerging priorities.

  • Collaborates with other PHD Equity Liaisons, Public Health Division managers and staff, among others on the development and implementation of health equity initiatives.

  • Provides center-level leadership to program managers and staff regarding health equity implementation practices.

  • Leads the development of work plans, progress reports and strategic communications related to health equity at the center and division levels.

  • Collaborates with the Equity and Inclusion Division to develop meaningful partnerships and design initiatives that identify health inequities and address health equity.

  • Plans operational improvement projects, and identifies potential risks and difficulties and strategies to mitigate/avoid them.

  • Responsible for tracking the impact of policy decisions on statewide Latinx community groups resulting from federal, state, and local decisions.

What's in it for you?
The public health division is a team of passionate individuals working to promote health across the lifespan of individuals, families, and communities. We value and support unique perspectives using a trauma-informed approach and aim to reflect these values in our hiring practices, professional development, and workplace. We are committed to racial equity as a driving factor to improve health outcomes for all communities that experience inequities.

We offer full with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and 11 paid holidays per year plus .

What are we looking for?

Special Requirements

Must proficiently speak, read, and write in both English and Spanish. This will be assessed during the interview process.

Minimum Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.

OR;

Any combination of experience and education equivalent to seven years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification.

Desired Attributes

  • Lived and/or more than 3 years of working experience building and stewarding positive relationships primarily in communities living with disabilities, along with communities of color, immigrant groups, Tribal governments, and other traditionally marginalized communities.

  • Experience in effective delivery of culturally responsive and inclusive services.

  • Experience in informal leadership and management skills and ability to display collaborative work style to successfully engage staff, managers, and stakeholders in health equity initiatives.

  • Experience developing and presenting policy and program recommendations to management for approval and implementation.

  • Experience converting vision, strategy, and long and medium range administrative direction to establish equitable agency policies, goals, and functional requirements.

  • Ability to thoughtfully develop and execute comprehensive work plans and deliverables.

  • Experience in and knowledge of principles and practices of large-scale project management.

  • Lived or professional experience with governmental public health systems and working knowledge of population health, workforce diversity and operational metrics.

  • Experience identifying and interpreting appropriate data sources to be used for policy decision making related to health equity.

  • Experience using data and best practices to develop comprehensive plans to improve health equity.

This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.

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