HIV/STI Surveillance Coordinator

The work we do matters!

Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$26.705

Job Posting:

JR2024-00009464 HIV/STI Surveillance Coordinator (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

09-20-2024

Job Description:

The HIV/STI Surveillance Coordinator plays a crucial role in safeguarding public health. This position significantly impacts the citizens of Nebraska by ensuring accurate and timely collection, analysis, and dissemination of HIV/STI data. This data is essential for tracking and stopping the spread of HIV/STIs, identifying and monitoring trends and outbreaks, identifying and addressing gaps, and is essential for guiding effective prevention, intervention, and treatment activities. Additionally, the guidelines of the CDC grants, in which the programs are fully funded, recommended that applicants have at least one designated full-time employee (FTE) as HIV/STI surveillance coordinator to lead surveillance activities, including data collection and reporting, data systems and management, data analysis, dissemination, and evaluation and uses of surveillance data for public health action.

 

Nebraska needs a more robust HIV/STI surveillance efforts to adequately address the rising HIV/STI rates. By maintaining comprehensive surveillance, the coordinator helps to allocate resources efficiently, target populations who are most vulnerable for HIV/STI acquisition and support public health initiatives aimed at reducing HIV/STI transmission. This role is vital to Public Health's mission as it provides the foundation for informed decision making, policy development, and community health improvement efforts. Ultimately, the HIV/STI Surveillance Coordinator contributes to the overall health and well-being of Nebraska's residents by promoting early detection, treatment, intervention, and prevention of HIV/ST is. To effectively combat the HIV/STI crisis in Nebraska, maintaining and improving surveillance must be prioritized.

We reward our employee’s hard work with a friendly and supportive work environment and a comprehensive benefits package which include:

• State-matched retirement contribution of 156%!
• 13 paid holidays
• Generous leave accruals that begin immediately
• Military leave
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Dependent tuition reimbursement program with partnering Nebraska community colleges
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) through the Federal government
• 79% employer-paid health insurance plans
• Dental and vision insurance plans
• Employer-paid $20,000 life insurance policy
• Wide variety and availability of career advancement as the largest and most diverse employer in the State
• Opportunity to be part of meaningful work and make a difference through public service
• Training and Development based on your career aspirations
• Job security and stability, even during times of economic hardship
• Employee Assistance Program
• Fun, inviting teammates

 

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a field related to public health, social services, human services, program administration, epidemiology, or other relevant field. Work and/or volunteer experience will be considered as an alternative to a formal degree.

Knowledge of: 
Lab reporting, data collection, and monitoring; State and Federal legislation and administrative regulations relating to the program administered; the organizational structure, functions, policies, procedures, goals, and mission of the agency; the structure, functional relationships and administrative processes of the executive and legislative branches of State government; the scope and impact of the operations of assigned programs and their relationship to other programs within the Health Department; knowledge of SAS (Statistical Analysis System)  is helpful, but not required.

Ability to: 
Plan, direct and coordinate program operations and activities to achieve goals and objectives; implement objectives and performance goals; assess progress toward achievement of objectives and adherence with established standards/policies; solve problems related to program administered; summarize program and administrative data/statistics into reports; collaborate to devise short and long-range p