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Health Program Associate

State of Connecticut Executive Branch
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Location: Hartford, CT
Date Opened: 10/8/2026 12:00:00 AM

Salary: $75,613 - $102,384/year (*New State employees start at minimum)

Job Type: Open to the Public

Close Date: 10/20/2026 11:59:00 PM

 

Do you want to utilize your skills and make a difference? Are you looking to take the next step in your career? If so, please read on to learn more about this exciting opportunity!  

 

The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Health Program Associate to work within the Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (PLIS) of the Regulatory Affairs Branch.  The Health Program Associate is responsible for performing investigations of complaints referred to the Department related to individual practitioners and/or entities regulated by the Department that may impact public health and safety.

About the Practitioner Investigations Unit: This unit is part of the Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (PLIS) and the Healthcare Quality & Safety Branch. PLIS is responsible for ensuring a safe and competent health care workforce by licensing health care practitioners and investigating complaints received about individual providers. PLIS licenses nearly 70 professions.                                                                

Highlights:

  • LOCATION: Hartford, CT 
  • SCHEDULE: Full-Time, First Shift, 35 hours per week, Monday - Friday 
  • Hybrid work environment

What We Can Offer You: 

You Will Discover The Opportunity To:

  • Engage in a rewarding career;
  • Showcase your talents in a meaningful role;
  • Thrive in an exciting environment;
  • Provide support to a division that is passionate about the work we do;
  • Work together in a collaborative team environment.

The Role:

The incumbent will be accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in assisting and conducting investigations related to alleged violations of state laws and regulations and complaints filed with the Department.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Interviewing witnesses;
  • Securing evidence in the form of statements, documents and records;
  • Examining, analyzing and evaluating records;
  • Researching, collecting and evaluating data;
  • Compiling information and writing reports;
  • Answering public inquires;
  • Preparing affidavits;
  • Testifying at hearings and in court.

About Us: 

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state. 

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Seven (7) years of professional experience in a health organization.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in health care program administration, a health systems agency or other health care organization in at least one of the following areas: 

  • grant writing or monitoring; 
  • formal program planning, development, management or evaluation; 
  • program consultation; 
  • public relations activities. 

For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Health Program Assistant 2. 

NOTE: A health care organization is defined as a large multi-dimensional agency with responsibility for developing health programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  • A Master's degree in health education, hospital administration, public administration, public health or other closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
  • For state employees one (1) year as a Health Program Assistant 2 may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.