Health and Wellness Coordinator (14282, Grade 26)

Salary: $64,958.00 – $115,268.00 Annually

Location : Greenbelt, MD

Job Type: Career

Job Number: 14282

Department: PGC Parks and Recreation

Division: Special Program Division

Opening Date: 10/20/2023

Closing Date: 11/3/2023 11:59 PM Eastern

Description
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George’s County, Department of Parks and Recreation, Special Programs Division is seeking a Health and Wellness Coordinator.

Under direction of the Health and Wellness Officer, the Coordinator plans, implements and evaluates a full scope of highly sophisticated professional public health / health and wellness education work on a County-wide basis.
Examples of Important Duties

1. Leads a comprehensive health and wellness program for the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation.
2. Under general direction, plans, organizes, coordinates, implements and evaluates for results for the county-wide Health and Wellness Action Plan.
3. Responsible for capacity building of agency’s health and wellness programs, infrastructure and systems to sustain health and wellness efforts.
4. Provides sophisticated work in the areas of long and short term program design, evaluation and sustainability.
5. Works with Public Affairs and Community Engagement to build and implement multimedia marketing strategies and initiatives including, but not limited to: written materials for distribution to pgparks.com, newspapers, flyers, brochures, press releases, radio, television and mobile applications.
6. Identifies and builds healthy relationships with governmental agencies, community and faith-based organizations, non-profits vendors, contractors, and regional and national organizations to develop and cultivate new programming collaborations.
7. Develops, monitors, and evaluates performance through mission outcome measures, workload measures, customer service measures, targets, and indicators.
8. Researches and analyzes local, regional and national demographics, public health trends, standard methodologies and benchmarks.
9. Responsible for data collection and interpretation; Provides comprehensive reporting on a quarterly to annual basis through a variety of narrative and statistical reports
10. Develops evaluation practices and metrics for programs .
11. Provides technical assistance to facilitate programming, project start ups, referrals, policy interpretation and translation.
12. Provides support to facilities for consistency with programs and tolls needed to carry out initiatives for the Department.
13. Provides education, training, and continuous learning opportunities for staff, volunteers, community, other service providers, governmental agencies, etc. on the Department’s comprehensive framework, Formula 2040 programming goals, evaluation, etc.
14. Leads assigned budget. Prepares budget requests and approvals for programs. Monitors revenues and controls expenditures in accordance with approved budget.
15. Supervision of career and intermittent staff, interns and volunteers.

Minimum Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Finance, Business or any related field.
2. Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in Human Resource Management,
finance or any related field.
3. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted, which together total eight (8) years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or four years related experience in public health, community health, health education, nutrition, kinesiology, or related field.
• At least 3 -5 years of professional growth and/or work experience in public health activities
• Two years of supervisory experience in public health, community health, health education, nutrition, kinesiology, or related field.
• At least two years of experience as a grant writer and/or recipient
• Must have strong writing, proofreading, and editing skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft applications.
• Strong oral communication skills.
• Ability to deal directly with public and staff.
• 8 years.

Supplemental Information
Classification Specification: Administrative Specialist III (1136)

Working Conditions:
Works in an office setting; may work outdoors briefly on an incidental basis. Work is primarily sedentary and requires very light to light physical effort. May be subject to various job demands such as high volume of work and tight deadlines.

Evening and weekend work may be required.
DIVERSITY STATEMENT:
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate a workplace culture of diversity, equity and inclusion without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other non-merit factor.

Applicants with Disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

If you require accommodations or special arrangements due to a qualifying disability, please notify the Recruitment & Selections Services Unit at the time of applications at or 301-454-1411 (Maryland Relay 7-1-1)

M-NCPPC will make all efforts to reasonably accommodate you.

THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION

2023 BENEFIT SUMMARY FOR MERIT SYSTEM EMPLOYEES

The following benefit summary is provided for informational purposes only and is not, nor should be construed as an employment agreement with the M-NCPPC, implied or actual. It is not all-inclusive and is subject to change. Benefits listed are extended to all Merit System employees of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC). All plans are optional except the Defined Benefit and Long-Term Disability plans.

Eligibility
You have 45 days from your hire date to elect your benefits. Your coverage begins on the first of the month following receipt of your enrollment forms and required documentation.

Retirement Programs

• Defined Benefit Plan (Mandatory Participation) – Plan E excludes FOP members.

Plan: Employee Contribution
Plan C: 9%* of base salary (FOP members only) – *9.5% Effective 4/1/2023
Plan E: 4% of base salary up to maximum Social Security Wage Base (SSWB) and 8% in excess of SSWB.

• Deferred Compensation MissionSquare 457 plan (Optional)
• Traditional and Roth IRAs (Optional)

Health Insurance Plans (FOP Members Pay 23% for Medical, Prescription and Dental and same as all other employees for Vision.) All other employees pay percentage below.

• Medical
  • Kaiser Permanente Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) with Prescription Plan – (15%)
  • UnitedHealthcare Select Exclusive Provider Organization Health Plan (EPO) – (20%)
  • UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus Point of Service (POS) – (20%)
• Prescription – CVS Caremark – (15%)
• Dental – Delta Dental PPO and DeltaCare USA HMO – (20%)
• Vision – EyeMed – (80% of Low Option plan paid by Commission. Any balance paid by employee.)
  • Low, moderate, and high options are available. Frequency of covered services differs.

Flexible Spending Accounts (Employee Pays 100%)

• Medical Account – Maximum annual contribution: $2,850
• Dependent Care Account – Maximum annual contribution: $5,000

Long-Term Disability Insurance (Mandatory Participation)

• Employee Pays 20%: Commission Pays 80% (FOP Members Pay 100%)
• Benefits paid at 66 2/3% of base salary, maximum of $6,000/month

Supplemental Long-Term Disability Insurance (Employee Pays 100%)

• Benefits paid at 66 2/3% of base salary that exceeds $108,000; capped at $216,000

Basic Life and AD&D Insurance (Employee Pays 20%: Commission Pays 80%)

• Two (2) times base salary; maximum benefit is $200,000 for each
• Automatic coverage with opt-out provision

Supplemental and Spouse/Dependent Life Insurance (Employee Pays 100%)

• Supplemental – 1,2,3,4, or 5 times base salary; maximum benefit is $750,000
• Spouse/Dependent Combination – $10,000/$5,000, $20,000/$10,000, or $30,000/$15,000

Sick Leave Bank (Contribution and Benefit hours prorated for part-time employees)

• Employees have 60 days from date of hire to enroll.
• Employee contributes 8 leave hours each year
• Annually covers up to 688 hours for own serious medical condition, and 480 hours for parental responsibilities (birthadoption or foster care), and 80-160 hours for serious medical condition of an immediate family member

Leave Programs

• Annual: 15 days per year
• Personal: 3 days per year (12-month waiting period)
• Sick: 15 days per year
• Holidays: 11 days per year

Other Benefits

• Credit Union
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Legal Services Plan
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Work-Life Program

For a more detailed description of benefits, please contact the Commission’s Health and Benefits Office at benefits@mncppc.org or 301-454-1694.

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Please describe your experience in planning, implementing and evaluating health and wellness programs. Maximum 250 words. Please do not state “please see resume.”

Required Question