Salary : $59,592.00 – $88,032.00 Annually
Location : Denver, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: FAA05242-08/21/23
Department: Department of Public Health & Environment
Division: Center for Health & Environmental Data
Opening Date: 09/05/2023
Closing Date: 9/18/2023 5:00 PM Mountain
Primary Physical Work Address: 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO 80246
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.
This posting is only open to Colorado residents. – an exemption contingent upon residency waiver
Department Information
This position is open only to current Colorado residents.
This position is term-limited, meaning employment cannot be guaranteed beyond December 31, 2025.
Be BOLD and make a real difference…
Do you have a passion and drive to apply your talent to create a better Colorado? Are you looking for a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a fantastic position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado citizens. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of Colorado’s people and the quality of its environment.
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
- Employee wellness programs and facilities
- Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
- Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
- Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
- Strong, yet flexible including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
- Paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
- Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
- Tuition assistance for college level courses including Masters degree programs
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
- A variety of employee resource groups
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to:
Description of Job
The Work Unit
The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology and Evaluation Program is composed of two work units: 1) the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit and 2) the Early Childhood Evaluation Unit. Combined, these two units provide broad data infrastructure and analytic support to public health and human services programs focused on women, infants and children. This support allows programs to develop priorities, set strategic direction and compete for funding for these programs. Additionally, the work of these units allows multiple agencies (state: CDPHE, CDEC, CDE; federal: ACF, HRSA) to demonstrate burden, resources and results from public health, human services and education programs.
The Position
This position supports the program evaluation, performance measurement and continuous quality improvement activities of maternal and child health (MCH), early childhood and family planning programs. The team takes on special projects, but predominantly supports the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program, which responds to the diverse needs of children and families in communities at risk. The MIECHV program provides an opportunity for collaboration and partnership at the Federal, State and community levels to improve health and development outcomes for at-risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs. This position is responsible for implementing evaluation studies, contributing to data analysis plans, analyzing data by applying statistical as well as qualitative methods and reporting to program managers and division leaders on findings from data analysis and public health studies on programs serving parents and children.
The work involves using descriptive and inferential statistics, qualitative data analysis and interpretation of data. In addition, this position works with local and state-level grantees on data quality and data interpretation for continuous quality improvement of the services. This position is responsible for building and maintaining relationships at the inter-agency and community levels in order to plan and resolve logistical needs.
This position contributes to scopes of work, evaluation/analysis methods, draft data collection tools and evaluation work products, such as final reports, together with the team lead (SAII) and data analyst (SA1).
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications:
Option One – Four (4) years of appropriate experience in applied, mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) social science research and/or program evaluation, research design and methodology or closely related field.
Option Two – Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in program evaluation, public health, community and behavioral health, sociology, applied social science research, statistics, psychology, or a closely related degree.
A copy of your transcripts must be submitted at the time of application. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
This experience must be substantiated within the work history section of your application. The words, “See Resume” will not be accepted. In addition, part-time work will be pro-rated. Preferred Qualifications and Essential Competencies:
The preferred experience, competencies, and abilities are highly desirable for this position and will be considered in selecting the successful candidate:
- Master’s degree in program evaluation, public health, community and behavioral health, sociology, applied social science research, statistics, psychology, or a closely related degree;
- Excellent organizational skills; the ability to set, track, and accomplish priorities, goals, and timetables to achieve maximum productivity, knowing the status of activities at all times;
- Proficiency in qualitative research methods and software (e.g., NVivo, ATLAS.ti);
- Experience with SAS, SPSS or other statistical software;
- Strong analytical skills; the ability to synthesize, interpret, and report on complex or technical information, collect and research data;
- Experience with quality improvement of processes and programs;
- Outstanding skills and abilities in verbal and written communications to audiences of varying levels within an organization, in groups and individual settings using data visualizations and narrative;
- Extreme attention to detail; the ability to review data and narrative for accuracy whether developed alone or in partnership with other team members;
- Curiosity, intuition, and technical competence to guide data analysis techniques; strong work ethic; strives for excellence in every aspect of the work;
- Understanding of how the social determinants of health (SDOH) impact health outcomes and health equity, and the implications for evaluation.
Conditions of Employment:
- A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.
Supplemental Information
A complete application packet must include:Required
- A completed State of Colorado application;
- Transcripts (if applicable);
- A cover letter that describes how your experience and education align with the minimum and preferred qualifications;
- Supplemental questions.
The Selection Process
- All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.
- Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process.
- Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.
- A top group, up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.
APPEAL RIGHTS: If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director. An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand-delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the department’s action. For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
E-Verify: CDPHE uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about , including your rights and responsibilities.
You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.
ADAAA Accommodations: CDPHE is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Daniel McKenna, at daniel.mckenna@
The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information:
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Applicants for State of Colorado classified positions must be current residents of Colorado. Are you a current resident of the State of Colorado who can provide proof of Colorado residency?
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A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. As a condition of employment, are you willing and able to submit to a background check if offered the position?
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This is a term-limited position and employment cannot beguaranteed beyond December 31, 2025. Employees who are in term-limited positions are eligible to apply for other positions within the state personnel system, including transfer opportunities. As a condition of employment, are you willing and able to agree to resign on December 31, 2025?
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This position requires educational transcripts be submitted if you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications for this position or using education for the substitution of education for some experience. If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications or substitution for this position, a copy of your unofficial (or official) transcript noting degree type and date conferred/awarded is required by the application deadline. You must attach this transcript to your application electronically.Note: Human Resources cannot verify education without transcripts. Late transcripts will not be accepted. Please make sure to attach to your application.
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Did you upload your cover letter into your online application as requested in the Supplemental Information section of the job announcement for this position?
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The salary range for this position is $4,966.00 – $5,512.00 per month. Most appointments are made at the minimum of the range. By selecting “Yes” you are acknowledging this range.
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Describe your experience conducting applied (qualitative and quantitative) research: (a) Software and level of experience (qualitative software: NVivo, ATLAS.ti; quantitative software: SPSS, SAS, R, Excel Statistical Package); (b)Types of analyses (coding text, thematic analysis; T-tests, ANOVA, Chi-Square, regression); (c) Data to action: how data were used for program improvement; and (d) Data management challenges and solutions. Please describe in 2-4 paragraphs.
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Describe your experience writing reports with statistics and displaying data in visually appealing ways for different audiences. How were the data used? What challenges did you encounter? Please describe in 2-3 paragraphs.
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Building partnerships with stakeholders is key in this position. What methods do you use to ensure stakeholders understand the process and/or results? Please describe in 2-3 paragraphs.
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