Job Description

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Job title: Public Health Program Director 1

Location: Nashville, Tennessee   

Duration: 12 Months

Description:

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide leadership and oversight for the enhanced care coordination and Welcome Home Kit project across designated rural counties 

• Manage and monitor grant-funded contracts, including reviewing scopes of work, budgets, expenditures, and deliverables to ensure compliance with State and federal requirements 

• Serve as the primary liaison to funded grantees, providing technical assistance, guidance, and ongoing support to ensure the successful implementation of program activities 

• Monitor program performance through shared measurement approaches, including review of process and outcome data, quarterly reports, and evaluation activities 

• Collaborate with epidemiologists and other program staff to design and implement program evaluation activities 

• Work closely with Clinical Application Coordinators in procurement and development of new software platforms 

• Support development of sustainability plans, including identifying funding opportunities and strategies to maintain program impact beyond the grant period 

• Conduct site visits, facilitate meetings, and represent the program in regional and statewide stakeholder engagements 

• Collaborate with internal TDH programs and external partners to align efforts and advance maternal, fetal, and infant health priorities 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in public health or a related field 

• Experience equivalent to substantial (5 years or more) of full-time, increasingly responsible professional health program work 

• Experience in program or grant management, including contract oversight, budgeting, and reporting 

• Demonstrated ability to lead or support multi-partner initiatives or community collaboratives 

• Strong understanding of public health data and experience applying data to program planning and evaluation 

• Excellent organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders, including community members and individuals with lived experience 

• Experience providing training or technical assistance is preferred 

• Knowledge of maternal, fetal, and infant health and rural health systems is preferred 

• Ability to travel within assigned regions and statewide as needed 

• Ability to work remotely with periodic in-person meetings in Davidson County and assigned rural locations