Integrating the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) into job descriptions can help ensure the recruitment and retention of public health professionals whose skills are well-matched to the needs of positions. Examples in this section illustrate how organizations have incorporated the Core Competencies into job descriptions for a wide range of positions.
Columbus Public Health (OH) developed a guide for creating functional public health competency-based job descriptions that describe the essential functions, qualifications, and competencies for positions within the organization. The guide provides instructions for developing a job description, including incorporating competencies and selecting the Core Competencies tier that is most relevant to the position. Competencies may be selected at four levels described in the competency framework used by Columbus Public Health, with the Core Competencies being the primary public health competencies used for all employees when documenting job-specific competencies.
View the guide.
Competency-Based Job Descriptions Collection
The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice maintains a collection of job descriptions that incorporate the Core Competencies. This collection includes more than 35 examples of competency-based job descriptions and resources used to develop them to assist organizations in incorporating the Core Competencies into their own job descriptions. View the collection.
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