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About This Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

Make an Impact Behind the Scenes! Join the Louisiana Department of Health's Office of Public Health in Baton Rouge and play a key role in keeping agency operations running smoothly. In this position, you'll support the management of facilities, risk management, inventory control, and telecommunications while helping ensure compliance with state and federal property regulations. If you have strong organizational skills, an interest in technology and operations, and enjoy solving complex challenges, your expertise can help strengthen the services LDH provides to communities across Louisiana!

An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

• Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.
• Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to assess options, weigh risks, and make sound decisions using available information and logical reasoning.
• Managing Resources: The ability to manage financial, physical, and contractual resources to ensure compliance and maximize business value.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of experience in administrative services; OR Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR A bachelor's degree. EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Manages and monitors Office of Public Health property control and inventory activities statewide, providing technical assistance to Property Liaisons and ensuring compliance with State Property Control Regulations and LDH/OPH policies.
• Coordinates property audits, conducts on-site inspections, maintains accurate inventory records, and assists with resolving missing, misplaced, damaged, or improperly recorded property.
• Manages the disposition of surplus property by reviewing requests, obtaining required approvals, coordinating transfers and pickups, and ensuring proper documentation is maintained.
• Develops and delivers statewide training and guidance on property management, inventory control, property disposal, and applicable state regulations and agency policies.
• Administers OPH telecommunications services by coordinating the ordering, installation, movement, and disconnection of telephone and data lines and resolving service issues for statewide offices and facilities.
• Provides administrative and operational support to the Operations, Support Services, & Safety Section, including records management, reporting, maintaining accurate documentation, and recommending improvements to administrative processes.
• Participates in emergency operations, disaster response activities, drills, and required training, including serving on the Logistics Team when the Emergency Operations Center is activated.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Office of Public Health / Center for Finance and Operations / Orleans Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as Probationary, Promotional, or Job appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months)

Cost Center: View phone number on click.appcast.io

Position Number(s): 72446

Benefits

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at

Parental Leave Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at

Holidays and Leave State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

*** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System ( LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( among others