Job Information

Pay Grade: p

Description of Duties

Job Summary

The Director of Maternal and Child Health Programs will plan, organize, direct program operations to ensure excellence in GNR programs related to women’s health and children’s resources. The incumbent will oversee program service delivery in GNR clinics, as well as community-based settings. This leader will oversee training, education and support for staff and clients, and develop and foster internal and external community-based partnerships. This position oversees Maternal and Child Health program areas including Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, Family Planning, Children 1st, Children’s Medical Services, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, and Scoliosis surveillance. The candidate will direct and support the work of nurse practitioners, nurses, patient navigators, and support staff in carrying out deliverables and ensuring successful program operations. The preferred candidate must possess strong leadership and management skills related to effective business processes, including staff and budget management. If the candidate is a nurse, experience providing maternal and child health related clinical services in a public health setting is a plus.

Job Duties Include

Oversees the planning, development, scheduling, and implementation of maternal and child health programs and activities.
Monitors operational and financial status of multiple program budgets from differentfunding sources
Plans and organizes program structure and policies to meet organizational and programmatic objectives, ensuring program compliance with funding deliverables
Ensures proper training of staff to maintain a high performance work environment
Monitors productivity and excellence in program service delivery and customer service through audit and ongoing QA/QI
Develops and maintains policies and procedures related to data collection, activity reports, planning documents, program plans and objectives.
Represents GNR in assigned community committees
Develops long and short-term goals for Maternal Child Health program areas and participates in the agency's strategic and operational planning.

The Successful Candidate For This Position Will Possess

Excellent communication, problem solving, and critical thinking skills;
Ability to build and maintain collaborative internal and external relationships;
High emotional intelligence as evidenced by ability to evaluate/perceive a situation from multiple lenses and understand various perspectives in coming to problem resolution.

Qualifications

Minimum:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field AND Five years of experience managing professional level staff

OR

Nine years of experience AND Five years of management experience at the level equivalent to area of assignment

OR

Five years of experience at the lower level Sr Mgr, Business Ops (GSM012).

Note: An equivalent combination of education and job specific experience that provided the knowledge, experience and competencies required to successfully perform the job at the level listed may be substituted on a year-over-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of experience managing multiple Public Health program areas

3+ years of deliverable and direct budget management

5+ years of experience managing multidisciplinary teams

2+ years of experience with strategic planning and/or program quality assessment and quality improvement

Experience working in one or more of the following programs: Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, Family Planning, Children 1st Program, Children’s Medical Services, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, and Scoliosis surveillance

Experience working as a Public Health Nurse

Additional Information

GNR Public Health does not accept resumes without a fully completed employment application. Required education credentials, license(s), certification(s) and/or registration(s) must be submitted prior to employment. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone.

GNR PUBLIC HEALTH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Under Title 1 of the ADA, we do not discriminate on the basis of disability in our employment practices. Applicants selected for employment will be subject to the following: Pre-Employment Drug & Medical Screening, Fingerprint Criminal Record Investigation & Reference Checks.

Make a difference in the health of your community and earn great benefits too!

Full-time employees are eligible for an extensive and highly competetive network of benefits.

Benefits Package Includes

13 paid holidays per year
Three weeks of Annual (Vacation) Leave per year
Three weeks of Sick Leave per year
Retirement plan through the State of Georgia Employee's Retirement System which provides for a defined monthly pension upon retirement
401(k) retirement savings plan to supplement pension plan, which includes an agency contibution based on the employee's contribution amount
Life Insurance
Payroll deductible health insurance and flexible benefits options including Dental, Vision, Long-term Care, Spouse Life, Dependent Life, AD&D, as well as Short-term and Long-term Disability
Medical and Childcare Spending Accounts available
Employees are elibible to become member of the Atlanta Postal Credit Union and/or the Georgia's Own Credit Union.

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The information provided in your application must support your selected answers in the supplemental questions. The information you provide will be verified and documentation may be required. Please be as honest and accurate as possible. You may be asked to demonstrate your knowledge and skills in a work sample or during an interview. By completing this supplemental questionnaire you are attesting that the information you have provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal.

Yes, I understand and agree
No, I do not agree

02

Are you able to pass a background check?

03

Have you ever been dismissed from ANY government position? If yes, an explanation can be attached with application.

04

Have you submitted all required transcripts with your application? All transcripts must be uploaded as attachments to be considered for this position

05

Nursing/Clinical Positions* Have you submitted a copy of all transcripts, license(s), CPR card & training certificates with this application as an attachment?

06

Are you a licensed Nurse in the state of Georgia & do you possess an unencumbered GA Nursing license? (Please attach with your application)

07

Knowing that all Public Health staff, regardless of their role are considered responders, are there any challenges that you would have in responding to a Public Health emergency? Is there anything about working for Public Health that concerns you?

08

Are you a current GNR Public Health Employee?

09

What is your highest level of completed education

HS Diploma or GED equivalent
Some College- Not Completed
Technical or Associates Degree
Bachelors Degree
Masters or Graduate Degree
Doctorate Program/Degree
None of the Above - No education

10

Public Health Experience: Please select from the following:

I have worked for federal, state or local Public Health (DPH, CDC, etc)
I have interned for federal, state or local public health
I have volunteered with Public Health organizations
I have no experience working, interning or volunteering in Public Health

11

Please select from the following that describes your education and experience (Please note, your work history, supervision and education sections of this applications must reflect this as well): Note: An equivalent combination of education and job specific experience that provided the knowledge, experience and competencies required to successfully perform the job at the level listed may be substituted on a year-over-year basis.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field AND Five years of experience managing professional level staff
Nine years of experience AND Five years of management experience at the level equivalent to area of assignment
Five years of experience at the lower level Sr Mgr, Business Ops (GSM012).
None of the above

12

Do you have experience in Public Health in a management role? If so, please provide dates of employment and describe your experience and include this also in your work history.

13

How many years of experience do you have managing in a role in Public Health?

14

How many years of experience do you have with direct budget management and/or deliverables?

no experience
less than 3 years experience
3 or more years experience

15

If you have experience, please describe your work experience with budget management.

16

How many years of experience do you have managing multidisciplinary teams?

No experience
1-4 years of experience
5 or more years of experience

17

Please describe the types of multidisciplinary teams you have managed. If none, type N/A.

18

How many years of experience do you have managing multiple Public Health program areas?

No Experience
Less than 5 years
5 or more years

19

Please describe what programs you have managed if you have managed multiple at 1 time (simultaneously) in any of your work history. If none, type N/A.

20

How many years do you have experience with strategic planning and/or program quality assessment and quality improvement?

No experience
Less than 2 years experience
2 or more years of experience

21

Please describe your experience with programmatic strategic planning/quality improvement/quality assessment. What programs have you done this for, what were your steps/goals/priorities and what were the outcomes/successes/failures (if any)?

22

Do you have experience working as a Public Health Nurse?

23

Please select any of which of these programs you have experience working in.

Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
Family Planning
Children 1st Program,
Children's Medical Services
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program,
Scoliosis Surveillance

24

I certify that all information in this application is true & the work history section of this application is complete. Resumes can not be submitted in lieu of work history on this application.

Yes
No
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