Job Posting: Healthy Birth Outcomes Specialist

Department of Public Health

JC-466800
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Healthy Birth Outcomes Specialist
STAFF SERVICES MANAGER II (SUPERVISORY)

$7,643.00 - $9,496.00 per Month

Final Filing Date: 3/14/2025

Job Description and Duties

This is a Staff Services Manager (SSM) II (Specialist) position.


This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and action plan by the following:

 

Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning opportunities to understand and utilize equitable, multi-level health promotion interventions to drive health equity for Black birthing people and their families. Understands complex and intersecting historical and contemporary issues related to healthy Black birth outcomes, including structural racism, discriminatory policies, and a lack of access to high quality, respectful care, and continues to strengthen their knowledge and skillset of strategies that effectively counter them.

 

The incumbent works under the administrative direction of the Deputy Director of the Center for Family Health (CFH).

The ideal candidate will contribute to the broader CDPH mission of becoming a learning, healing and impactful organization and will resonate with the CFH core guiding principles:

Organizational Healing

  • Ensure internal accountability, transparency and meaningful collaboration honoring the time and experience of partners in the development and implementation of the action plan and success metrics.
  • Support alignment of internal structures, processes, and resources to integrate and promote healthy Black birth outcomes across multiple programs and focus areas.

Cultivating Connections

  • Enhance community outreach, authentic partnership engagement, and relationship building to drive collaborative impact centering the needs, perspectives, and lived experience of Black community partners.
  • Convene and facilitate meetings with internal and external partners, connecting with experts, coordinating workgroups and training sessions, developing workplans, agendas, presentations, notes, and codified processes for shared power and decision-making.
  • Document and share best and promising practices for strategies implemented in diverse communities across the state.

Impact - Meaningfully Addressing Structural Inequities and Social Determinants

  • Identify current and potential policy, system, and environmental change strategies, as well as opportunities for growth across CDPH programs, legislation, regulations, policy, and procedures that impact pregnant people and their families.
  • Participate in the development of resources for various audiences, including training and support to understand and address the social determinants and structural inequities that drive ongoing health disparities for pregnant people and their families.
  • Represent CFH at critical and highly sensitive meetings within the Department and with other federal, state, regional, and local agencies.
  • Represent the Department on specific educational programs at conferences or other professional gatherings.

“The salary information listed on this advertisement may not reflect recent salary increases from salary adjustments or changes in the fiscal year.”    

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You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Working Conditions

Telework Information

This position may be eligible for telework up to three (3) days per week and is required to report in-person to the designated headquarters office location a minimum of two (2) days per week. The amount of telework permitted is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change, consistent with CDPH’s Telework Program. All employees who telework are required to be California residents in accordance with Government Code 14200. Candidates who reside outside of the state of California may be interviewed; however, the selected candidate must have a primary residency in the state of California prior to appointment (and continue to maintain California residency) as a condition of employment. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the job offer being rescinded.

Business travel may be required, and reimbursement considers an employee’s designated headquarters office subject to regulations and bargaining unit contract provisions. All commute expenses to the designated headquarters office will be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

The headquarters office location for this position is identified in the attached duty statement.

Minimum Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

Additional Documents

Position Details

Job Code #:
JC-466800
Position #(s):
580-501-4801-909
Working Title:
Healthy Birth Outcomes Specialist
Classification:
STAFF SERVICES MANAGER II (SUPERVISORY)
$7,643.00 - $9,496.00
# of Positions:
1
Work Location:
Sacramento County
Telework:
Hybrid
Job Type:
Permanent, Full Time

Department Information

At the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do.

Are you seeking a dynamic career with a purpose? This position is an opportunity to meaningfully impact the health of families and promote healthy Black birth outcomes in California and beyond.

The Healthy Birth Outcomes Specialist will grow and sustain the capacity of CDPH and CFH to prioritize and address birth inequities through the collaborative development and implementation of an action plan grounded in the implications of the Centering Black Mothers Report that outlines how social policies, structural racism, and community and neighborhood conditions impact the health of Black birthing people and babies in California.

The ideal candidate is committed to advancing healthy birth outcomes, and possesses the relevant knowledge, lived and professional experience to authentically and meaningfully engage Black communities and birthing people across the state.

The CDPH is not currently an E-Verify employer.

Department Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov

Special Requirements

For experience/education to qualify during the application screening process, and to ensure that minimum qualifications can be determined, applicants should include all employment history on the Employment Application (STD 678) and/or Resume, including detailed job descriptions, hours worked per week, and start/end dates (MM/DD/YYYY).  Application packages without this information will experience delayed processing times and your eligibility for this position may be impacted.

 

A completed State application (STD. 678) and any other relevant documents (e.g., unofficial transcript, copy of degree, resume, etc.) should be submitted electronically via your CalCareers Account. Please reference Job Control # 466800 and indicate the basis of your eligibility in the Examination(s) or Job Title(s) section. SROA and surplus candidates should submit a copy of their letter with their application. Please remove any confidential information (i.e., social security number, date of birth) from your documents prior to submission.

 

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareers Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. Submitting an electronic application through your CalCareers account is strongly recommended since electronic applications will be received/processed faster than other methods of filing. Please submit only one application.

 

If you are unable to submit your application electronically through your CalCareers account, please email apply@cdph.ca.gov for assistance and a CDPH Human Resources Division staff member will contact you to assist with the online application process or, a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method as explained in the How to Apply section below. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.

Application Instructions

Completed applications and all required documents must be received or postmarked by the Final Filing Date in order to be considered. Dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS, are not considered Postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing of an application.

Final Filing Date: 3/14/2025

Who May Apply

Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, have list or LEAP eligibility, are in the process of obtaining list eligibility, or have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility (please attach your letter, if available). SROA and Surplus candidates are given priority; therefore, individuals with other eligibility may be considered in the event no SROA or Surplus candidates apply. Individuals who are eligible for a Training and Development assignment may also be considered for this position(s).

Applications will be screened and only the most qualified applicants will be selected to move forward in the selection process. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications stated in the Classification Specification(s).

How To Apply

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included. If you choose to not apply electronically, a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method listed below:

Address for Mailing Application Packages

You may submit your application and any applicable or required documents to:

Department of Public Health
CCAU Mailing
Attn: Classification & Certification Unit
P.O. Box 997378
MS 1700-1702
Sacramento, CA 95899-7378

Address for Drop-Off Application Packages

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

Department of Public Health
CCAU Drop Off
Classification & Certification Unit
1615 Capitol Avenue Suite 73.430
Sacramento, CA 95814
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

  • Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
  • Resume is required and must be included.
  • Statement of Qualifications -

    Please see Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) instructions below at end of posting. Applications received without a written response to the SOQ may be rejected.

Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations for the hiring interview process must request the necessary accommodations if scheduled for a hiring interview. The request should be made at the time of contact to schedule the interview. Questions regarding reasonable accommodations may be directed to the EEO contact listed on this job posting.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate and maintain effective relationships with community-based organizations, governmental institutions, local health jurisdictions and/or other partners to enhance services and advance policies, systems, and environmental changes that promote racial and health equity.
  • Experience fostering a culture that motivates staff and supports diversity, equity, and inclusion with a trauma-responsive lens.
  • Lived experience being from and/or working with disproportionately impacted populations.
  • Ability to approach complex challenges with creativity, inclusiveness, and critical analysis and make clear and concise, data- and community-driven recommendations.
  • Knowledge of administrative functions, including but not limited to budgets, contracts, and procurement.
  • Ability to encourage and support innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to collaborate with diverse audiences including policymakers and community partners.
  • Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
  • Sound understanding of the socioeconomic factors that contribute to health disparities and inequities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team, while also performing a wide array of complex work independently.
  • Ability to prioritize and meet multiple competing deadlines.
  • Ability to utilize office systems and computer applications such as Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Contact Information

The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.

Department Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov
Human Resources Contact:
Human Resources Division
(916) 445-0983
apply@cdph.ca.gov
Hiring Unit Contact:
Raquel Gomez
(916) 440-7600
raquel.gomez@cdph.ca.gov

Please direct requests for Reasonable Accommodations to the interview scheduler at the time the interview is being scheduled. You may direct any additional questions regarding Reasonable Accommodations or Equal Employment Opportunity for this position(s) to the Department's EEO Office.

EEO Contact:
EEO Office
(916) 445-0938
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.

Statement of Qualifications (SOQ)

A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is a narrative discussion regarding how the applicant's education, training, experience, and skills meet the Desirable Qualifications for the position. The SOQ responses are also evaluated for writing ability. For additional information on writing an SOQ, please visit How to Write a Statement of Qualifications.

Please address the SOQ prompts(listed below) by using specific examples of your education, training, and experience.

You must provide direct responses to each of the numbered prompts listed below. Each response must be numbered and must include the full text of the prompt before your response begins. Please include specific examples of your education, training, and/or experience. Limit your SOQ to a maximum of 3 pages that are single-spaced, typed in 11-point font or larger, and have 1-inch margins.

Applicants who do not follow these parameters will not be considered for this position.

NOTE: Cover letters and resumes do not take the place of this SOQ requirement.

SOQ Prompts:

In no more than 3 pages, use specific examples to demonstrate your experience with the following:

  1. Describe how your lived and professional experiences have prepared you for this position, which is focused on advancing healthy Black birth outcomes in California.  
  2. Describe how you have used data and collaborated with partners to advance health equity.
  3. Provide examples of your experience and your role in implementing and measuring effectiveness of initiatives focused on advancing health equity.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.

Application Methods:
Electronic (Using your CalCareer Account)
By Mail
Drop-off
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