Data Management and Program Support Section Manager

State of Maine • Augusta, ME

1d • $63,690 - $90,438 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Maine CDC Drinking Water Program (DWP) is seeking a Senior Health Program Manager to take on a leadership role within the Program. The DWP’s mission is to protect public health by ensuring that Maine citizens have access to clean, abundant drinking water. The DWP regulates over 1900 public water systems in the State, ranging from the largest municipal systems with complex water quality treatment to very small untreated systems. This position allows for partial telework with management approval. Currently, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.

Requirements

• A Bachelors Degree in Public Health or Health Sciences, Health Education, one of the Behavioral Sciences, Public Administration, or Education - AND - four (4) years experience in health program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation - OR - an equivalent eight (8) year combination of education, training, and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Comprehensive knowledge of federal and State drinking water laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, including public health principles, drinking water treatment, and conveyance systems.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and project management skills, including the ability to supervise staff, delegate work, prioritize competing tasks, meet deadlines, and manage program activities.
• Strong database management and analytical skills, including extensive knowledge of the federal SDWIS database, ability to create queries from a complex relational database, data analysis, and preparation of technical reports.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interpret and explain complex technical and regulatory information, develop education, and maintain effective working relationships with individuals and groups involved in Maine’s drinking water industry.

Responsibilities

• Directing and overseeing the Drinking Water Program’s (DWP) Data Management and Program Support Team, including administration and federal reporting associated with the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) database.
• Ensuring that public drinking water meets all applicable federal and State regulations to prevent waterborne illnesses.
• Developing DWP policies and procedures, setting DWP goals and objectives, overseeing and evaluating DWP functions, directing outreach and education activities statewide, and representing DWP to organized groups and the public statewide and nationally.
• Receiving, reviewing, assessing and tracking all mandatory water quality test results at Public Water Systems.
• Overseeing all records and data management, quality control, and rules implementation, including the determinations of noncompliance at Public Water Systems.
• Overseeing administrative activities for the DWP.
• Being a member of the DWP Management Team, setting direction and priorities for the Program.
• Overseeing receipt of data from Public Water Systems, laboratories, and DWP staff, and ensuring that it receives quality assurance checks and is properly stored in the SDWIS database to identify regulatory violations and prevent public health threats.
• Making determinations on imminent health hazards at Public Water Systems that require immediate response.
• Reviewing/approving staff decisions on how to manage various types of environmental and drinking water information in the database of record.
• Interpreting regulations, including the Safe Drinking Water Act and Maine’s Drinking Water Statute and Rules.
• Consulting and coordinating with other CDC programs, CDC leadership and other agencies, and attending meetings/conferences to provide information and technical assistance.
• Representing the DWP on national workgroups, including EPA’s National Data Management Users Workgroup.
• Supervising a statewide team of professional, scientific, technical, contract, and administrative staff, including assigning and coordinating data processing, quality assurance, compliance determination and administrative work, monitoring progress toward goals, and reallocating work as needed.
• Determining how staff resources will be used to complete required tasks in an efficient and consistent manner.
• Developing and revising standard operating procedures for monitoring/reporting, database use, and administration.
• Providing appropriate training and skills-building for staff to ensure consistency and competency.
• Reviewing and approving reports detailing the Drinking Water Program’s work as it relates to the EPA’s Public Water System Supervision Grant, as well as other progress reports.
• Implementing administering, and complying with human resource laws, policies, procedures, and practices including AA/EEO, recruitment, employment, position classification, performance appraisals, training, discipline, contract administration, communication systems, and employee safety to comply with resource mandates and laws and ensure fair treatment of subordinate employees.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays
• 12 days of sick leave
• 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
• Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-100% of employee-only premiums)
• Health Insurance Premium Credit (decreases employee-only premiums by 5%)
• Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums)
• Retirement Plan (State contributes 14.11% of employee's pay towards MainePERS)
• Six weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Additional, unpaid leave may also be available, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

What This Job Offers

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