The AHPA serves as Quality Assurance and Disease Intervention Specialist within the Disease Intervention Section of the STD Control Branch.  The main objective of DIS activities are to prevent and control disease transmission by (1) ensuring that people who have been diagnosed or exposed to a communicable disease are promptly examined and adequately treated, and (2) by collecting data that can be used to inform programmatic action.  The DIS also serves as the link between public health and private health care providers, confirms communicable disease diagnosis, and supporting outbreak response and emergency preparedness with a focus on contact investigation, data collection, and field investigation.

How to Apply:

• Before you can apply for a job opening, you need to create a CalCareers account. Your account lets you manage all your job applications and view your exam results in one place. You only need one CalCareers account to apply for all jobs.
• Application Packages, including the required resume and cover letter, may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account using the job control links above.
• All three positions will be located in either Richmond or Sacramento, CA. If you’d like to be considered for the positions in either location, please apply to both JC’s, otherwise, apply to the JC associated with the location you would like to work in.
• **IMPORTANT** In order to be considered for any of the above positions, interested candidates must have taken the associated exam and be in reachable rank.
• Health Program Manager I Exam – Click here to take the exam: https://exams.spb.ca.gov/exams/hpm1/index.cfm
• Associate Health Program Adviser Exam – Click here to take the exam: https://exams.spb.ca.gov/exams/ahpa1/index.cfm

For questions regarding the positions, please contact CIDjobs@cdph.ca.gov.

If you are unable to submit your application electronically through your CalCareers account, please email apply@cdph.ca.gov for assistance and a CDPH Human Resources Division staff member will contact you to assist with the online application process.