School-Based Oral Health Coordinator (Oral Health Specialist - PN 20014154)

What You'll Do:

If you are passionate about public health, data-driven decision making, and meaningful statewide impact, join a mission-driven public health team dedicated to improving oral health outcomes across Ohio. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your dental hygiene expertise at a systems level, influencing policy, programs, and community-wide initiatives. Additional duties include:

• Provide technical and subject matter expertise on school-based oral health programs, including dental sealants, fluoride varnish, infection prevention, and the use of portable dental equipment.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of statewide oral health policies, procedures, and annual program strategies.
• Coordinate and oversee school-based oral health initiatives, including needs assessments, service delivery models and access-to-care efforts.
• Manage and support oral health grant programs, including developing requests for proposals, reviewing applications, monitoring expenditures, and making funding recommendations.
• Deliver training, technical assistance, consultation, and quality improvement support to local school-based oral health subgrantees.
• Evaluate and analyze program performance, expenditure reports, and outcome data.
• Conduct and supports data collection efforts, including oral health surveys, screenings, focus groups, and secondary data analysis to inform program planning and evaluation.
• Develop program materials, operating manuals, guidance documents, educational resources and communication tools for schools and community partners.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners, committees and workgroups at state and national level; serve as liaison to related public health programs and organizations
• Prepares reports, scientific or technical papers, presentations, and responds to information requests from stakeholders and the public.
• Support operational needs of the bureau, including routine paperwork, travel and conference participation.

UNUSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS: This position requires travel and may require occasional overnight stays.

Position Qualifications:

60 mos. trg. or 60 mos. exp. in dental hygiene, education or public/community health AND license to practice dental hygiene in Ohio pursuant to Chapter 4715.21 of Revised Code.

OR

Associate core program in dental hygiene, education, or health-related field AND 42 mos. trg. or 42 mos. exp. in public/community health AND license to practice dental hygiene in Ohio pursuant to Chapter 4715.21 of Revised Code.

OR

Undergraduate core program in dental hygiene, education, or health-related field AND 36 mos. trg. or 36 mos. exp. in public/community health AND license to practice dental hygiene in Ohio pursuant to Chapter 4715.21 of Revised Code.

OR

Graduate core program in dental hygiene, education, or health-related field AND 24 mos. trg. or 24 mos. exp. in public/community health AND license to practice dental hygiene in Ohio pursuant to Chapter 4715.21 of Revised Code.

Or

Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment.

Additional Qualifications:

Applications of those who meet the minimum qualifications will be further evaluated against the following criteria:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in dental hygiene, education or health-related field

• Experience working with computer software (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

• Experience planning and implementing oral health programs

• Experience responding to questions or concerns from providers or staff, government officials and/or the public/external stakeholders about oral health programs

• Experience working in collaboration with other programs/agencies and/or organizations to develop and implement programs

• Experience in researching and evaluating scientific literature on oral disease prevention

• Experience in writing standards, guidelines or best practices for oral health programs

• Experience in writing reports that synthesize information into descriptions and/or recommendations for action

• Experience in conducting needs assessments, including collecting data

• Experience in managing grants

• Experience in developing and presenting trainings

All eligible applications shall be reviewed considering the following criteria: qualifications, experience, education, active disciplinary record and work record

Job Skills: Dental/Oral Health

Technical Skills: Communications, Dental/Oral Health, Database Administration, Program Management

Professional Skills: Analyzation, Collaboration, Consultation, Interpreting Data, Organizing and Planning.

Educational Transcript Requirements:

Official educational transcripts are required for all post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript prior to receiving a formal offer of employment. Failure to provide transcripts within five (5) working days of being requested will cause the applicant to be eliminated from further consideration.

Please note that a transcript is considered "official" only if it is an original copy from the educational institution and includes an institutional watermark, ink stamp or embossed stamp. Transcripts printed from the institution's website will not be accepted. ODH reserves the right to assess the academic credibility of an educational entity's award of a putative degree.