HEALTH PROGRAM SUPERVISOR/EXPERT
About The Position
The Health Program Supervisor/Expert is responsible for supervising the operations of one or more public health programs or program teams, ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements, overseeing strategic direction, and serving as the agency’s primary expert in a designated public health domain. The assignment of supervisory duties is determined by the hiring agency's operational needs. Non-supervisory roles will serve as senior technical experts. Supervise, mentor, and evaluate program staff including coordinators, specialists, and support personnel engaged in program development, delivery, or compliance monitoring. Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for a specific public health domain such as chronic disease prevention, infectious disease control, environmental health, maternal and child health, or emergency preparedness. Oversee the development, execution, and evaluation of multiple or complex public health programs, ensuring alignment with agency priorities, grant requirements, and best practices. Provide technical leadership in policy development, strategic planning, and procedural implementation for assigned program areas. Monitor and evaluate program outcomes using qualitative and quantitative data to ensure efficiency, impact, and equity. Oversee budget development, fiscal reporting, and resource allocation, ensuring efficient and compliant use of funds. Guide the preparation of grant applications, legislative reports, and program audits, and present findings to leadership or public health boards.
Requirements
- Previous experience in interpreting laws/regulations and using statistical tools to understand data is required.
- A bachelor’s degree in public health, health science, social work, education, public administration, or a closely related field, plus three (3) years of experience in public health, program coordination, or health education, plus one (1) year of supervisory experience.
Nice To Haves
- The applicant should be able to travel two-four nights per week.
- Survey or quality assurance review experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serving as the liaison between the divisions and the external contractor regarding compliance issues and quality-related inspections
- Monitoring the work product and deliverables associated with a contract
- Visiting facilities, observing inspection activity, and making decisions related to inspection activities
- Reviewing audit tools and methodologies
- Completing quality assurance reviews of inspections
- Determining trends, outcomes, and solutions associated with inspection activity
- Supervise, mentor, and evaluate program staff including coordinators, specialists, and support personnel engaged in program development, delivery, or compliance monitoring.
- Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for a specific public health domain such as chronic disease prevention, infectious disease control, environmental health, maternal and child health, or emergency preparedness.
- Oversee the development, execution, and evaluation of multiple or complex public health programs, ensuring alignment with agency priorities, grant requirements, and best practices.
- Provide technical leadership in policy development, strategic planning, and procedural implementation for assigned program areas.
- Monitor and evaluate program outcomes using qualitative and quantitative data to ensure efficiency, impact, and equity.
- Oversee budget development, fiscal reporting, and resource allocation, ensuring efficient and compliant use of funds.
- Guide the preparation of grant applications, legislative reports, and program audits, and present findings to leadership or public health boards.
Benefits
- pension
- maternity leave
- paid state holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
