Climate Surveillance Local Technical Assistance and Training Specialist

The Health Program Specialist I (HPS I), Climate Surveillance Local Technical Assistance and Training Specialist position is an opportunity for meaningful contribution to advancing health and racial equity through action to address the greatest health challenge of the 21st Century: climate change. Put your lived expertise and passion for climate justice to work with a team that appreciates your unique contributions. We are a supportive team that strives to build a culture of racial equity, care, and transparent participation in decisions that affect the work.The CDPH Climate Change and Health Equity (CCHE) Branch is seeking three (3) Climate Surveillance Local Technical Assistance and Training Specialists (Health Program Specialist I) to help initiate syndromic surveillance for climate change-related conditions at a statewide level. The three (3) HPS I will prepare and conduct outreach, engagement, technical assistance and training for facilities with emergency departments to input their patient data into the syndromic surveillance system, and for local health departments to access, understand, and act on data about climate-related health impacts in their jurisdiction.Black, Indigenous, and other people of color are strongly encouraged to apply, as are people with working class backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people, people with disabilities, and people with lived expertise of health inequities or climate injustice.Salary and Benefits: The positions pay $6,061 per month ($72,732 annually) for candidates new to State service, increasing to $7,587 per month ($91,044 annually) within five years upon satisfactory performance. Additional raises may be negotiated by the union. State benefits are excellent, including a defined-benefit pension.All three positions are telework positions, with occasional travel required to Sacramento or the San Francisco Bay Area. Even though these are telework positions, for administrative purposes, you will still need to select whether to be based out of: (A) the Sacramento area office (see the Sacramento County Job Posting), OR (B) the San Francisco Bay Area office (see the Contra Costa County Job Posting).