State health extends deadling for hiring HEAL manager

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Prevention Services Division has a new job opportunity for a Healthy Eating and Active Living Unit Manager - 01557 - GP V. This opportunity is available for all Colorado citizens and the deadline for applying has been extended until August 28, 2015, or until an adequate pool has been reached.

The HEAL Unit strategically identifies related state and local policies, systems and environmental change strategies that will have the greatest population-based impact and reduce health disparities. Through collaborative partnerships, the HEAL Unit works towards achieving Colorado's statewide 2015-2019 goal of reversing the upward obesity trend by aligning and intensifying efforts to develop a culture of health and creating conditions for Coloradans to achieve healthy weight across the lifespan.