Job Description

Department Information

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

This posting may be filled by multiple positions and may be extended.

This position will have a hybrid workplace options available but will still be required to report to the listed address at the discretion of the supervisor and based on business need.

Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.

Be BOLD and make a real difference . . .

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.

Do you desire 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 career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado residents. Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play. Our vision is to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.

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, 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 retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans

• Medical and dental health 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

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to:

Please Note - As of August 27, 2025, a hiring freeze is in effect for the Colorado Executive Branch. State agencies will be allowed to finalize the hiring process only if a position has been posted by August 26, 2025. Any positions that are posted after August 26, 2025 have been either exempted from the hiring freeze or have been approved for a waiver and the hiring process may proceed.

Description of Job

The Work Unit

The Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention (HPCDP) Branch in Prevention Services Division (PSD), reviews, plans, designs, implements and evaluates public health chronic disease interventions and related risk factors with the goal of advancing health and improving health-related quality of life for all Coloradans. Special emphasis is placed on evidence-based practices, data-based and evidence-informed decision making, capacity-building, partnerships, and integration between program efforts for efficiency and effectiveness. The Tobacco Program is part of the HPCDP Branch.

We are aware that many chronic diseases share the same systemic causes: tobacco use, lack of access to nutritious foods, built environments to support physical activity, social connectedness, and poverty and economic instability.


The purpose of the Tobacco Program is to reduce tobacco use and tobacco’s adverse health effects in Colorado through funding, promotion, and support of primary prevention, education, and cessation efforts. The Tobacco Program implements C.R.S. Title 25, Article 3.5 Part 8 Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Programs. This position works collaboratively with other tobacco content experts and leadership in the Tobacco Program to identify strategies that improve overall outcomes for all Coloradans. The Tobacco Program is seeking professionals with lived experiences and/or local experience partnering with diverse populations who are impacted by tobacco use to lead this work.


The FDA Tobacco Retailer Inspection program is located within the Tobacco team and ensures compliance with and implementation of FDA tobacco enforcement as part of the 2009 Federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act through the application of best practices to improve the health and quality of life of Coloradans.


The Tobacco Program implements C.R.S. Title 25, Article 3.5 Part 8 Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Programs. This position works with other tobacco content experts and leadership in the Tobacco Program.

The Position

This position exists to coordinate and maintain the operation of the statewide FDA Tobacco Retailer Inspection program in support of the Federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. This position provides administrative coordination and support leadership on grant management, program planning, project management and contract management within the Tobacco Unit and the FDA Tobacco Team. Additionally, the position assists with maintaining compliance with and provides subject matter expertise over federal tobacco laws, including evidence based related surveillance data and current literature on promising practices and trends in the field. This position obtains and maintains FDA commissioned officer status which is achieved by successful completion of a Level 5 Public Records Access background investigation.

The position monitors contract deliverables, coordinates communications between grantees and program staff, and supports the preparation and submission of scopes of work for competitive requests for applications to meet the need of disproportioned and oppressed individuals throughout Colorado. This position provides administrative support for deliverables within specific contracts, coordinates communications between grantees and tobacco unit experts, and projects included in the yearly CDC workplan and maintains regular communication with federal funding partners and local public health agency staff. It also provides customer service and technical support guidance to inspectors in real time while they are out in the field.

By working collaboratively this position supports the progression of goals and benchmarks outlined in the 2030 Strategic Plan including monitoring outcomes such as surveillance data, grantee program reports, and staff input on goals, impact to diverse populations, and determining programming changes based on the information. This position is responsible for providing education and technical assistance to the Amendment 35 grantees in a manner that grantees can understand. This position decides whether a grantee is in fiscal and contract compliance based on division and department fiscal and contract policies and procedures and determines, in consultation with tobacco subject matter experts, if the grantee is implementing the contract with fidelity to the established scientific evidence base as outlined in Tobacco Prevention literature. To do so, this position maintains contact with the grantees through phone calls and written reports on monitored progress and assists the grantee in problem-solving any issues identified.

In addition to the above duties, this position recommends updates to key program initiatives and Tobacco Review Committee decisions and priorities including the Strategic Plan Goals, and funding priorities relating to reducing tobacco-caused burden in diverse communities. Position recommends strategies for the program’s work to address the CDC and Strategic Plan based on surveillance findings and updates in the evidence base. This position reviews applications for tobacco grant funds and recommends grants that meet the needs of communities. This position interacts with groups of statewide partners, related coalitions and advocacy groups to increase public and decision-maker knowledge about the dangers of tobacco use and tobacco-related harms and awareness about effective tobacco control interventions and strategies to influence social norm change. Collaborates and coordinates with community partners on projects related to implementing the Tobacco Strategic Plan and CDC work plan.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Residency Requirement:

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Class Code & Classification Description:

H1B3XX

Administrator III

An applicant may meet the minimum qualifications for this job in one of two ways: They may qualify through their work experience alone or through a combination of education and work experience.



Experience Only: Six (6) years of relevant experience in grant-making and contract monitoring, tobacco prevention, grant program implementation, public health project representative, program operations, commissioned officer, retail compliance implementation, or similar fields.

OR

Education and Experience : A combination of related education, graduation from an accredited college or university in Business, Public Health, Public Administration or closely-related field AND relevant experience in grant-making and contract monitoring, tobacco prevention, grant program implementation, public health project representative, program operations, commissioned officer, retail compliance implementation, or similar fields equivalent to six (6) years.

**If using education to qualify for this position a copy of your transcripts (unofficial acceptable) must be provided with application.



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:

• Demonstrated experience working with the Federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009;

• Knowledge of and demonstrated expertise in the enforcement of federal tobacco laws;

• Experience interpreting Federal guidance communications;

• Experience developing and updating training and resource materials and implementing standardized guidelines;

• Experience managing contracts and providing oversight to deliverables;
• Experience in project management and facilitation including, presenting, providing written communication, and using google applications;
• Experience establishing collaborative partnerships and working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including consulting and advising stakeholders and using communication and negotiation techniques to influence and drive initiatives;
• Experience conducting research, and analyzing and synthesizing information; Experience working in the Public Health field.
  

Conditions of Employment:

• Pursuant to CDPHE policy, a background check is required for all positions at CDPHE.
• Must be willing to travel 15% of the time as the position requires. Overnight stays may be required in order to conduct inspections and attend meetings and trainings as required by federal funding agency, and conducting site visits.
• Must be willing to work a hybrid schedule.
• If using transcripts to earn credit towards minimum qualifications for education, you must attach transcripts to be considered.
• Employee must be available to take phone calls in the evening and on weekends.
• Employment is contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a Level 5 Public Records Access background investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.

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. Appeals to the State Personnel Board or the State Personnel Director must be received or postmarked within the filing period: Appeals shall be filed with the Board no later than ten (10) days after receipt of the written notice of the action, or if no notice was received, no later than (10) days after the employee knew or should have known of the disputed action. Filings can be by mail, hand-delivery, fax or email. Send the completed form with all supporting attachments to the State Personnel Board and provide a copy to the Department (the “Respondent”) identified by you (the “Complainant”) in PART 1 - General Information and Disputed Employment Action.


State Personnel Board
1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, Colorado 80203
Fax Number: 303-866-5038
Email filings: dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us


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.

Supplemental Information

A complete application packet must include:

• A completed State of Colorado application.

• Fully answered supplemental questions per guidance
• If using education to qualify for this position a copy of your transcripts (unofficial acceptable) must be provided with application.

• 
  If using work experience to qualify for this position, please provide an adequate description in the work experience section of the application. Do not write "see resume".

• If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.

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.

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 E-Verify, 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 :

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 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 reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator at cdphe.humanresources@state.co.us or call 303-692-2060, option 5.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Work experience placement, Local area, Flexible hours, Night shift, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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