• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 3/17/2025
• 6/17/2025
• 9/16/2025
• 12/16/2025

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• HEALTH EDUCATION CONSULTANT II - Open, Non-Promotional

 Persons who meet the minimum qualifications as stated on this announcement may take this competitive examination.

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

3219

For HEALTH EDUCATION CONSULTANT II, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03219

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Examination Services Unit
  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  Examination Services Unit
  P.O. Box 997378 MS 1700 – 1702
  Sacramento, CA 95899-7378
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  Examination Services Unit
  1615 Capitol Avenue
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

• Transcript (Official or Unofficial)

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Either One

One year of experience performing the duties of a Health Education Consultant I, Range B, in California state service. (Applicants qualifying under Pattern I of the minimum qualifications must show their appointment date to Range B on the application.)

Or Two

Two years of post-master’s experience in planning, directing, and conducting public health education programs. (Experience gained in California state service applied toward this pattern must include one year performing duties comparable to the Health Education Consultant I, Range B.)

AND

Possession of a master’s degree with specialization in public or community health education awarded on completion of a program of study accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health sanctioned by the American Public Health Association.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

1. Principles, methods, and techniques effective in the planning and implementation of health education program.

2. Materials and literature on public health education.

3. Principles and methods of community organization and group work.

4. Education theory for multiple audiences.

5. Principles and practices of public health administration.

6. Principles and methods of consultation.

7. Methods of community study and of evaluation methods applicable to health education practice.

8. Public health principles.

9. Programs and practices at the national, state, and community levels.

10. Theories and processes of education and their relationship in bringing about voluntary behavioral change.

11. Administration and organization of health care delivery systems.

12. Principles and methodology of research, contract negotiations and administration.

Ability to:

1. Train others in the principles and practices of health education.

2. Develop, implement and evaluate (less complex) health education programs and projects.

3. Conduct conference workshops and training programs.

4. Establish and maintain productive working relationships with other health disciplines, agencies, organizations and public.

5. Communicate health education knowledge for application by other disciplines and the public.

6. Analyze situations accurately and take effective action.

7. Prepare reports.

8. Communicate effectively.

9. Ability principles and methodology of research.

10. Recognize, assess, and develop solutions to problems associated with health education programs.

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the HEALTH EDUCATION CONSULTANT II Classification will be established for:

• Department of Public Health

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits will only be added to the final score of those applicants who are successful in examination(s) administered on an Open, Non-Promotional basis in accordance with Government Codes 18951 and 18951.5.

• Department of Public Health
• State of California

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of Public Health reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.