Requisition No: 876392
Agency: Department of Health
Working Title: ASST COUNTY HEALTH DEPT DIRECTOR-HLTH - 64000972
Pay Plan: SES
Position Number: 64000972
Salary: $80,000 - $88,000
Posting Closing Date: 06/11/2026
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Job posting category: Open Competitive (Anticipated Vacancy)
Job Title: ASSISTANT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
Your Specific Responsibilities:
This position spends the majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This
includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning
and directing employees work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off,
recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively
recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations,
meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation
and work schedules, ensure proper coverage, and complete timesheets.
Provides direction to program managers to monitor the community health status in identifying health
problems through review and collection of community health status data, population-based needs assessments
and epidemiological and environmental processes.
Assists program managers in identifying, planning, writing and renewing grant applications and
reports. Recommends and develops plans to target resources to produce strategic health outcomes.
Develops internal objectives and priorities within regulatory, budgetary, and contractual
guidelines, identifies staffing and financial needs.
Provides leadershipduring Emergency Preparedness events. Participates in all phases of emergency
preparedness, including mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Assesses Departments needs
regarding all hazards emergency preparedness training. Ensures the Department receives training
programs.
Assumes a leadership role in the departments strategic planning and strategic plan implementation.
Partners with community health groups to work on public health issues.
Serves as the Administrators delegated authority and assumes responsibilities as delegated in the
absence of the CHD Administrator.
Direct program managers in collecting and interpreting data to evaluate program outcomes. Assists
in initiating and composing new position descriptions and updatingpresent position descriptions.
Ensure staff complete time sheets and activity coding.
Reviews and approves purchase requisitions for official state business in accordance with Florida
laws and DOH policies, rules and regulations governing purchasing.
Serves as Assistant Director providing administrative, operational, oversight, leadership, and
management of the departments Environmental Services, Community Outreach, Strategic Planning,
Quality Improvement, Health Education, and Dental Services.
Recommends and develops plans to target resources and produce strategic outcomes. Develops internal
objectives and priorities within regulatory, budgetary, and contractual guidelines, identifies
staffing and financial needs.
Provides Departments administrative requirements for their respectiveprograms. Including developing
future service plans, budgets, personnel, and workload planning.
Represents the Health Department on various community health related boards and councils, both
inter and intra agency in scope. Networks with and facilitate partnerships and collaboration with
local health providers, schools, community agencies and business and consumer groups. Serves as
board member /officer and as committee member as directed by CHD Administrator.
Oversee the Performance Management System and quality improvement strategies and methodologies to
measure and improve underperforming measures. Provides operational leadership of continuous quality
improvement activities. Participates in and actively promotes the Agencys organizational
effectiveness and excellence by fostering individual and team development activities. Contributes
to the organizations culture of performance excellence by actively seeking to improve personal and
organizational performance through measurement, analysis, knowledge management, and processes
improvements and participation in performance management committees, councils, and/or workgroups.
Oversee the administration and reporting for the Strategic Plan, Performance Management Improvement
Plan, and Workforce Development Plan. Directs the coordination and monitoring of DOH-Leons
Performance Management System Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives including Strategic Planning and
DOH Accreditation. Provides guidance to all teams and fosters the incorporation of QI work
processes into daily work.
Oversee program related databases for program Performance Management purposes. Works with program
managers to identify data needs in support of QI and annual reporting requirements.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Qualifications:
Minimum - The required knowledge, skills, and abilities listed above.
Preferred - A masters degree from an accredited college or university in public health, community
health, health administration, public administration, business administration, or related field.
Salary Range: $80,000 - $88,000
Florida Department of Health Mission. Vision. and Values:
Mission:
To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and
community efforts.
Vision:
To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.
Values:
I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.
C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.
A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.
R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.
E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.
Where You Will Work:
Leon County Health Department, Tallahassee, Florida
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The States total compensation package
for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
supplemental insurance options;
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For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
Please be advised:
Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation
provided through the electronic application process.
This position requires a security background check and/or drug screening and participation in
direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment
consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to
conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for
safety-sensitive positions.
Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless
they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a
Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS
website: http://www.sss.gov
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your
current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current
retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your
retirement.
The successful candidate will be required to complete the Form 1-9 and that information will be
verified using the E-Verify system. E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in
partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.
Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work
hours or days.
All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and
communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this
requirement will not be considered.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not
tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act,
must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287).
Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide
the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable
suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million
service men and women. The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving
members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by encouraging them to apply
for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise. Through the Departments VALOR
program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial
licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional
license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the
transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflects our
appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.