Public Health Evaluation Program Manager

Tanaq Management Services • Atlanta, GA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Tanaq Management Services (TMS) is seeking a Public Health Evaluation Program Manager to serve as the primary point of contact for all contractual, technical, and administrative matters supporting the Translation, Health Education and Evaluation Branch (THEEB). THEEB translates public health science into practice, evaluates the impact of public health programs and disseminates health messages to partners to support the Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT). The Public Health Evaluation Program Manager will provide day-to-day leadership, planning, coordination, and oversight of project staff and deliverables. This role will support operational and surge needs with a focus on evaluation planning and oversight, performance monitoring and continuous quality improvement, data extraction, management, and advanced analytics, national and special evaluation studies implementation for cooperative agreements, and dissemination of evaluation findings. This is a full-time, hybrid remote position based in the United States, preferably in Atlanta, Georgia. Some travel will be required to conduct site visits for completion of tasks/activities. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project/program management in public health.
• Experience leading an evaluation project or national evaluation.
• Experience conducting a national assessment of a program or project’s inputs, activities, and outputs to determine its value or worth and to improve the program.
• Experience developing a national evaluation plan, identifying evaluation questions and indicators, collecting, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative program data, interpreting the data in the context of the program, and reporting findings.
• Experience developing a large-scale program logic model, identifying appropriate program outcomes, facilitating internal and external partner meetings, and providing assistance or training on evaluation, methods, concepts, and tools.
• Experience applying implementation research frameworks (e.g., CFIR, RE-AIM) and contributing to implementation-focused evaluations.
• Experience integrating qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to assess implementation processes, barriers, and facilitators.
• Knowledge of the rules, procedures and principles that govern intramural and extramural program development, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and SharePoint) efficiently and effectively
• Ability to develop forms for CDC Administrative Systems (HUMAN SUBJECTS, OMB, and IRB, and E-Clearance) efficiently and effectively.
• Previous experience working with government procedures and guidelines.
• Experience with managing teams and overseeing/supervising personnel.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to obtain a government clearance.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working at CDC or in a public health setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and management of personnel, to include onboarding and required training.
• Responsible for evaluation oversight, recipient performance monitoring, technical assistance, and continuous quality improvement across DDT-funded contracts and cooperative agreements across the branch.
• Develop and refine evaluation plans (non–cooperative agreement–specific national and programmatic plans);
• Develop and update logic models, performance measurement frameworks, and indicator matrices;
• Align evaluation approaches with funding requirements and DDT priorities;
• Develop performance monitoring plans;
• Provide consultation to CDC staff, including consultation on application of implementation research frameworks, study design, and measurement approaches.
• Provide ongoing evaluation and performance monitoring support to recipients and national partners;
• Conduct recurring evaluation support calls;
• Review APRs and recipient evaluation deliverables;
• Provide written feedback and corrective action recommendations;
• Monitor compliance and identify trends.
• Provide evaluation technical assistance;
• Develop and deliver evaluation webinars;
• Develop recipient/partner-facing evaluation tools and guidance including tools and guidance to support implementation assessment (e.g., fidelity, monitoring, adaptation tracking, and barriers/facilitators assessment);
• Support recipient/partner meeting content development;
• Respond to evaluation reporting inquiries.
• Participate in virtual and in-person monitoring site visits (estimated two in-person visits unless otherwise directed);
• Review background materials;
• Document findings;
• Provide performance improvement recommendations.
• Identify performance gaps;
• Monitor metrics, user/participant feedback and evaluations;
• Facilitate structured improvement processes using data-informed and implementation science-informed approaches to identify and address barriers to effective implementation;
• Support development of corrective action plans;
• Support programmatic updates/revisions;
• Support SOP implementation across programmatic systems.
• Document lessons learned.
• Prepare routine and ad hoc evaluation reports;
• Develop presentations and briefing materials;
• Provide programmatic review of national evaluation materials;
• Support leadership briefings.
• Communicate with the COR regarding performance and/or personnel concerns.
• Perform other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level