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The CDC Foundation will be the hiring entity for this role, and the individual selected will be assigned to support the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Please submit your application to the CDC Foundation jobs page for consideration.
Position Highlights:
Position Title: Health Equity Epidemiology Program Manager
Location: Remote
Position End Date: 6/30/2024
Salary: $105,000 plus benefits
Overview:
The CDC Foundation is seeking a Program Manager to support health equity epidemiology. The Program Manager will be responsible for reporting back to CDC and the CDC Foundation on the needs and gaps in working areas. This role will support the Office of Statistics and Evaluation in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Community Health and Prevention.
Responsibilities:
Work with staff to develop and implement/enhance systems and processes to ensure consistent, high-quality project management.
Fosters and maintains peer-to-peer relationships with subject matter experts, donors, partners, and other stakeholders aimed at efficient and effective program implementation.
Serves as programmatic liaison for and between internal and external stakeholders.
Directs significant matters such as program development, program budgeting, and auditing/evaluating program impact and performance.
Formulates program-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards, and priorities to ensure consistency with departmental standard operating procedures.
Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned programs in consultation and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Prepares, finalizes, and submits narrative and financial reports or updates to donors in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Prepares, negotiates, and monitors program-related contracts and agreements. · Represents the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention at technical, policy, and strategic planning meetings with internal and external stakeholders and evaluate strategies that meet public health missions and goals.
Keep abreast of and develop specialized knowledge of significant COVID-19 related datasets.
Support projects that enhance public health/public safety collaborations through the identification of appropriate local partners, qualitative and quantitative data collection, and dissemination of project findings.
Develop and implement strategies necessary to coordinate and conduct surveillance, epidemiologic studies and evaluation associated with health equity and violence and injury prevention and services.
Develop protocols and identify strategies for improving epidemiological work in the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention.
Develop analytic and evaluation plans.
Develop dissemination products, such as presentations, data briefs, data dashboards.
Special Notes:
This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Massachusetts Department of Public Health, in order to best support the State of Massachusetts in their public health programming.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.
We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.
The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.
Relocation expenses are not included.
Minimum Qualifications:
BA or BS in public health, communication, or another related field
Must have experience equivalent to that of a public health official with 5 years of experience preferred at the national, state or local level.
Professional experience in public health in a program management role or, demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility and leadership. Philanthropic, nonprofit or government and/or public health leadership preferred.
Experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and engaging in strategic partnerships, demonstrating, and prioritizing customer service and servant leadership.
Ability to handle a variety of constituencies, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a complex environment while balancing multiple competing priorities.
Excellent judgment and decision making, with strong analytical skills; business intuition and business acumen.
Experience in program evaluation, including logic model development.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint with strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience in program evaluation, including logic model development.
Proficient with Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
Hybrid work preferred, reporting once per week to the Boston location at 250 Washington Street.
Advanced degree in Public Health, Business, or another related field
Experience with evaluation and surveillance in health equity, social determinants of health, chronic disease, and/or violence and injury prevention and services
Experience with the challenges of managing a team of epidemiologists in a state government environment.
Experience developing evaluation plans that center equity and examine upstream interventions/policies.
Experience developing onboarding and professional development plans for epidemiologists.
The mission of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is to prevent illness, injury, and premature death, to assure access to high quality public health and health care services, and to promote wellness and health equity for all people in the Commonwealth.
We envision a Commonwealth in which all people enjoy optimal health. Massachusetts ranks among the healthiest of states according to comparative analyses, but we face numerous challenges, including chronic and infectious disease, substance abuse, violence, preventable hospitalizations, and health disparities.
DPH coordinates programs and policies to address specific diseases and conditions and offer services to address the needs of vulnerable populations. We also develop, implement, promote, and enforce regulations and policies to assure that the conditions under which people live are most conducive to health and enable people to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. We license health professionals, healthcare facilities and a variety of businesses that impact public health. We operate the state laboratory and four public health hospitals. We monitor health status and manage vital records incl...uding births, marriages, and deaths. We educate people about public health issues and work closely with local boards of health and community partners to identify and solve public health problems.
Learn more about our important work: www.mass.gov/DPH