State health recruiting health equity director

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has an opening for an Office of Health Equity Director - 00076 - GP VI position. This opportunity is open for all Colorado residents and will remain open until Oct. 23 or until a qualified pool of applicants exist. 

The Office of Health Equity (OHE) is to serve in a leadership, coordinating, educating and capacity-building role for state and local public health programs and community-based organizations in Colorado by promoting health equity and environmental justice, and implementing strategies tailored to address the varying complex causes of health disparities, including the economic, physical and social environments.

This position will lead statewide health equity, health disparities, social determinants of health and environmental justice efforts, building collaborative partnerships with communities to identify and promote health equity and environmental justice strategies.