Public Health Program Manager Jobs in Monroe, NC

Epidemiology Program Manager - Public Health
"Follow Your Calling, Find Your Career"
Hiring Range: $83,959.60 - $125,939.00
This is an exempt (salaried) position. Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. Internal equity consideration included an assessment of the applicant's salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirement for the job.
This role is on-site 5 days a week, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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
Manage and oversee operationalfunctions of County health programs to ensure quality, cost effective,efficient, and customer-friendly services. Sr. Health Program Managers overseea wide variety of public health functions, including case management and carecoordination, quality improvement/assurance, public health informatics,environmental health, community engagement, large-scale grants and clinicoperations. A senior managerial position is responsible for aligning thestrategic goals of the program(s) with the strategic goals of the Public HealthDepartment and the County, implementing strategies to achieve these goals,assuring compliance with state and federal requirements and for providingprofessional/technical administrative management and direction for programmanagers and supervisors.
Essential Functions
• Leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of theMecklenburg County Public Health Department's epidemiological initiatives andpublications.
• Conducts data analysis and reviews health indicators toassist leadership with measuring the health status of the county.
• Performs specialstudies, develops reports and attends meetings. Manages the collection,analysis, and dissemination of public health data
• Directs the daily operations of the Epidemiology programand provides general administrative and technical leadership of functions andactivities
• Advises the Mecklenburg County Health Director and theexecutive team on epidemiology, morbidity and mortality trends, and healthrisks
• Provide leadership in developing, aligning andimplementing strategic goals of the program with strategic goals of thedivision, department and County.
• Participate in community-level planning to developpartnerships with healthcare providers and areas of collaborative practice toensure programs' needs are met
• Assist with identifying funding opportunities anddeveloping funding proposals
• Participate in the development of policies and proceduresfor area of responsibility
• In the event of a public health emergency, employees maybe trained for and assigned duties unrelated to their regular work; workoutside normal business hours and workdays and/or in a different work locationmay be required.
Emergency events include, but are not limited to,communicable disease outbreaks, severe weather situations (e.g. snow or icestorms, tornados, hurricanes), natural disasters (e.g. earthquakes), fire, orpower outages, and acts of terrorism.
MinimumQualifications
Experience:
Minimumof six years of experience and one year of supervisory experience or completionof an
approvedsupervisory training program.
Education:
Bachelor'sdegree in Public Health, Public Administration, Business Administration orrelated field.
Combinationof relevant education and relevant experience accepted?: Yes
Licensesand Certifications
• Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License
• Mayrequire a Mecklenburg County Operator's Permit if required to drive a Countyvehicle.
• Mayrequire a license if in a particular clinical, social work, or behavioralhealth field.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master's degree in PublicHealth, public administration, business administration or a related field.
Knowledge, Skills andAbilities
Knowledge of
• Business and managementprinciples involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resourcesmodeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of peopleand resources
• Principles and processes forproviding customer services. This includes customer needs assessment, meetingquality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Budget development andmonitoring
• The structure and content ofthe English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules ofcomposition, and grammar
• Laws, legal codes, courtprocedures, precedents, government regulations, and agency rules, and thepolitical climate
• Epidemiology methods, especially descriptiveand applied epidemiology related to communicable, chronic or environmentallyinduced diseases, maternal child health, or injury control
• Public health data, databases and related information sources;public health surveillance systems
• Data analysis, data collection, questionnaire design
• Data visualization and packaging for decision-making and targetaudience understanding
• Best practices for presentation of and reporting on data
Skills
• Preparingand delivering, on request and in a timely manner, a variety of written,graphic or oral presentations, reports, and documentation related to publichealth
• Using a computer and related software applications for dataanalysis and preparing written, graphic or oral presentations and reports ofthe findings in language appropriate for the target audience
• Incorporating data from a variety of sources to create anoverview of a community health issue for presentation and report
• Conducting literature reviews and environmental scans
• Managing data, extracting data, building databases,scrubbing data, merging data sets
• Identifying complex problemsand reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implementsolutions
• Using logic and reasoning toidentify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions,
conclusions or approaches toproblems
• Talking to others to conveyinformation effectively
• Adjusting actions in relationto others' actions
Abilities
• Aligning Performance forSuccess: Focusing and guiding others in accomplishing work objectives
• Building Strategic WorkRelationships: Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitatethe accomplishment of work goals
• Building Trust: Interactingwith others in a way that instills confidence in one's intentions and those ofthe organization
• Collaboration: Workingeffectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining goodworking relationships
• Communication: Clearlyconveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals
or groups in a manner thatengages the audience and helps them understand and retain the informationprovided
• Customer Focus: Ensuring thatthe customer perspective is a driving force behind business
decisions and activities;crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and ownorganization's needs
• Formal Presentations:Presenting ideas effectively to individuals or groups; delivering
presentations suited to thecharacteristics and needs of the audience
• Initiating Action: Takingprompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyondwhat is required; being proactive
• Leading through Vision andValues: Keeping the organization's vision and values at the forefront ofassociate decision-making and action
• Managing Work: Effectivelymanaging one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently
• Planning and Organizing:Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work iscompleted efficiently
• Strategic Decision Making:Obtaining information and identifying key issues and relationships relevant toachieving a long-range goal or vision; committing to a course of action toaccomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based onlogical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, andorganizational values
Computer Skills
• Proficient use of a variety ofcomputer applications including Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word,PowerPoint and Excel, as well as an additional statistical and data analysisapplication (SAS, Stata, SPSS, R, EpiInfo, etc)
Reasonable AccommodationsStatement
To accomplish this jobsuccessfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonableaccommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals withdisabilities to perform the essential functions.
Disclaimer Statement
This is not intended to be anall-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills,requirements or working conditions. Other duties may be assigned based onbusiness need and the supervisor's request.
Mecklenburg County reserves theright to revise the job description at any time. Designated positions may berequired to assist in emergency and/or disaster situations.