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Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. Internal equity considerations include an assessment of the applicant’s salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirements for the job.

This role is on-site 5 days a week.

About Us

At Mecklenburg County, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. We’re counting on YOUR unique voice and perspective to help Mecklenburg County Public Health become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a healthier world for all. As a member of the Mecklenburg County Public Health team, you will become a subject matter expert in the public health field. The CDC foundation explains that “Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting health lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious disease”. Come be a part of Mecklenburg County’s Public Health department’s vision to “assure the health and safety of our diverse and changing community today and for future generations.”

Position Summary

Directs, manages, supervises, and coordinates program development, fiscal management, and grants management activities of Mecklenburg County Public Health’s HIV/STD Programs. Programs that includes HIV/STD Prevention & Education, Investigations & Surveillance, Ryan White Services and Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiatives. Collaborates and builds relationships with community partners to enhance Community Engagement activities around HIV/STD Prevention efforts. Recommends new services and programs through contracts with community partners. Aligns the strategic goals of the programs with those of the Public Health Department and the County, implementing strategies to achieve these goals, assuring compliance with state and federal requirements.

Essential Functions

• Provide oversight for all services and activities of the HIV/STD Division throughout the County.
• Manage and participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, grants, budgets, and HIV/STD priorities.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; assess and monitor internal reporting relationships; identify opportunities for improvement and review with the Assistant Health Director of Preventive Health.
• Supervise senior health program leadership personnel.
• Manage and participate in the development and administration of the HIV/STD Programs annual budgets; forecasts funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; may direct the monitoring of and approval of expenditures; implements budget adjustments as necessary.
• Conduct a variety of organizational and operational studies/investigations; supervise preparation of required statistical reports; recommend modifications to programs, policies, protocols and procedures as appropriate.
• Chair or serve on committees, special project teams, or task forces as may be required or assigned.
• Research and identify community health needs, recommend strategies, coordinate and evaluate programs that identify and prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the community by translating behavioral change research and theory into practice.
• Analyze epidemiological communicable disease data, interpret the results to identify HIV/STD patterns in the community; develop control, intervention and prevention strategies.
• Oversee the design and evaluation of protocols, data collection instruments and data management tools for use in conducting communicable disease epidemiologic investigations and disease surveillance.
• Respond in writing and in person to media inquiries regarding HIV/STD matters; prepare and present presentations around HIV/STD as requested or required.
• Respond in cases of urgent and or emergent events that require public health interventions.
• Employees may be trained for and assigned duties unrelated to their regular work; work outside normal business hours and workdays and or in a different work location may be required. Emergency events include, but are not limited to, communicable disease outbreaks, severe weather situations (e.g. snow or ice storms, tornados, hurricanes), natural disasters (e.g. earthquakes), fire, or power outages, and acts of terrorism.

Minimum Qualifications Experience

Minimum of ten years of relevant experience; including five years of supervisory experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Public Administration, Business Administration or related field. Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted: Yes.

Licenses and Certifications

• Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver’s License.
• May require a Mecklenburg County Operator’s Permit if required to drive a County vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in Public Health, Public Administration, business administration or related field.

Knowledge of

• Operational characteristics, services, and activities of health care programs and clinics within the County
• Organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies and procedure operational needs
• Principles and practices of program development and administration
• Modern and complex principles, procedures, methods, and techniques of managing HIV/STD programs
• Universal precautions and infection control practices
• Advanced principles of budget preparation and control
• Regulations pertaining to federal grants management (allowability of costs, uniform guidance)
• Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation
• Pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations
• Current research and best practices pertaining to the field of HIV/STD Prevention and Management

Skills

• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Talking to others to convey information effectively
• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions

Abilities

• Building Trust: Interacting with others in way that instills confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization
• Building Strategic Work Relationships: Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals
• Collaboration: Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships
• Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the information provided
• Decision Making: Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences
• Formal Presentations: Presenting ideas effectively to individuals or groups; delivering presentations suited to the characteristics and needs of the audience

Computer Skills

Proficient in various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer Statement

This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, requirements or working conditions. Other duties may be assigned based on business need and the supervisor’s request. Mecklenburg County reserves the right to revise the job description at any time. Designated positions may be required to assist in emergency and or disaster situations.

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