This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Note: This vacancy will be filled through OPM's Direct Hire Authority. Veterans' Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to positions filled under this announcement. Please click here for more information on OPM's Authorization of Direct Hire authority".

Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Public Health Advisor, you will use your knowledge and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by: GS-11: Provides program consultation, guidance, and assistance and is responsible for carrying out and promoting significant public health and related activities in Federal, local, state, and international settings consulting with SAMHSA Centers. Ensures that projects and activities meet the needs of individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorder and are consistent with agency policies and procedures; monitors and supports grants to assess their meeting the stated goals and objectives, statutory requirements and related regulations. Establishes and maintains an integrated system of information gathering and reporting devices and analyzes the data and assesses the program needs in terms of strategies, services, and resources. Administers a comprehensive public health program, including, but not limited to, service delivery, assessment, surveillance, quality assurance, partnerships and collaborations, outreach, orientation, training, reporting, and program implementation and evaluation addressing recovery of mental health and substance use disorders. Identifies and makes recommendations regarding areas where an educational approach can have a significant impact on public health, thereby reducing the need for regulatory activities when promoting the safe and effective use of products on patients and by lay users. GS-12: Serves as a principal representative responsible for coordinated controversial, unconventional, or novel public health grants and related matters between and among Federal, local, state, and international agencies addressing public health issues. Ensures that projects and activities meet the needs of adults with or at risk of development of mental health and/or substance use disorder and consistent with agency policies and procedures; monitors assigned grants to assess their meeting the stated goals and objectives, statutory requirements and related regulations. Identifies mental health and substance use recovery by lay users or health professionals to focus on recovery. Incumbent draws on his/her judgment, experience, knowledge, in being able to interact with and obtain critical problem information from groups representing lay users, patients, and health professionals; and integrates this recovery information with mental health and/or substance use disorder recovery knowledge gleaned from other sources such as data bases, literature, problem definition studies, surveys, etc.; integrates problem information from a variety of sources to identify the most important issues and problems that have an impact on public health. Establishes and or applies evaluation criteria and standards for recovery programs to measure monitor and ensure standards of adequacy, legal and regulatory compliance requirements, and program effectiveness are met in ways which recovery is the intended outcome. Provides high level advisory services to agencies and organizations in developing, extending, and/or improving health care systems, public health strategies, communications and services. Analyzes existing or proposed activities. Identifies needs for improvement and methods and resources required to accomplish improvements. GS-13: Serves as a senior Public Health Advisor and provides consultative services to the most difficult programs or projects that have unusually demanding social, economic, cultural, governmental, and political conditions requiring the planning, development, and evaluation of matters of general precedent, extensive controversy, or wide coordination. Responsible for performance plans, develops, and works as recovery liaison to implement grants, contracts and public health programs in collaboration with local, state, other Federal and/or international governments and various public, non- profit, and private and health-related organizations. Ensures that projects and activities are meeting the needs of adults and youth with or at risk for the development of mental health and/or substance use disorder and the agency policies and procedures on recovery; monitors assigned grants to assess their meeting the stated goals and objectives, statutory requirements and related regulations; ensure expenditures are congruent with agency policies, statutes and regulations; serves as the contact point for all inquiries from Center staff and provides expertise on the grants' recovery related requirements. Works to develop public health messages with subject matter experts and develops messages into appropriate end-products for communicating mental illness and/or substance use disorders recovery, or public health information to target audiences. Researches and analyzes the best practices of mental health and/or substance use disorder recovery that are caused by controversial, complex, and often conflicting factors.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov
• Suitable for federal employment
• Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
• Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
• Financial disclosure statement may be required.
• Probationary (or trial) period may be required.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Basic Qualifications: Basic Requirements for all Public Health Program Specialist Series, 0685 positions require that you demonstrate specialize experience in each of the following five competencies: Knowledge of organizational, operational, and programmatic concepts and practices applied by public, private, or nonprofit agencies and organizations engaged in public health or other health-related activities. Knowledge of the methods, processes, and techniques used to develop and deliver public health or health-related programs in State and local settings. Knowledge and experience in implementation specialized public health programs. Knowledge of, and skill in, the application of administrative or analytical methods and techniques needed for working within a public health or related organization framework structure and carrying out specific program functions. Skill in oral and written communication; gathering and conveying information; making oral presentations; and preparing reports, correspondence, and other written materials. AND A. GS-11 Minimum Qualifications: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following: Providing program consultation, guidance and assistance for public health programs with an emphasis on mental health, substance use, or recovery; and Working in a behavioral health recovery area (e.g. mental health, substance use, or recovery). OR B. Must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with major study in public health or other field of study with course work directly related to the work of the position to be filled or LL.M., if related. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. OR C. Must have a combination of experience as described in "A" above and education as described in "B" above. GS-12 Minimum Qualifications: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following: Providing program consultation, coordination and guidance for public health programs with an emphasis on mental health, substance use, or recovery; and Developing training systems for health practitioners, researchers, and other professionals. Working in a behavioral health recovery area (e.g. mental health, substance use, or recovery); and Collecting and utilizing program and policy analyses to ensure successful performance and outcomes of programs. GS-13 Minimum Qualifications: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following: Providing program consultation, coordination and guidance for public health programs with an emphasis on mental health, substance use, or recovery. Developing and training systems for health practitioners, researchers, and other professionals. Working in a behavioral health recovery area (e.g. mental health, substance use, or recovery); Collecting and utilizing program and policy analyses to ensure successful performance and outcomes of programs; AND Managing or participating in government grants or projects. Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. OPM Qualification General Policies Website

Education

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov.

Contacts

• Address Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 5600 Fishers Ln Rockville, MD 20857 US
• Name: HR Consultants
• Phone: 240-276-0550
• Email: [email protected]