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Overview
Office of Health Equity Project Specialist #124055
Exempt, non-civil service, full-time, temporary appointment. The purpose of the OHE is to advance health equity by:
1) assessing and monitoring population health and identifying health disparities; 2) engaging stakeholders to develop
policies, systems, and environmental change improvements to eliminate health inequities; 3) evaluating and
monitoring efforts; and 4) reassessing strategies with the continuous engagement of key stakeholders. The PREP
OHE Project Specialist will 1) serve as project coordinator for the OHE project; 2) review all program operations to
ensure the OHE objectives are met; 3) review and maintain an active library of effective and promising policy
practices to advance health equity and draft recommended policies, systems, and environmental change strategies to
advance health equity; 4) assess current practices and policies in the Department to identify areas of need to
improve equity in the workplace and public service; 5) establish, convene, and facilitate workgroups of key
community stakeholders to identify health disparities and the social determinants of health, and develop
recommendations and strategies for interventions; and 6) develop and draft grant applications, grant renewals,
program and fiscal reports, program/grant budget proposals, expenditure analysis reports, and other
required/supporting documents.
