BCDPHA Epi / Eval Division Manager

Job Summary

Administers, directs, and manages surveillance and evaluation division for the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention & Healthcare Access (BCDPHA). Serves as the team's subject matter expert for surveillance, evaluation and epidemiology. Maintains professional knowledge of the subject as well as current trends, developments, guidelines and recommendations. Communicates and collaborates with leadership team on the execution of the Bureau's surveillance and evaluation work. Provides a comprehensive view of team-wide chronic disease prevention surveillance and evaluation strategy. Provides support, collaboration, and direction of team wide chronic disease prevention surveillance and evaluation activities. Provides support for evaluation direction and execution. Develops and implements statewide strategies related to surveillance, evaluation and epidemiology, ensuring coordination and collaboration with partners, efficient use of resources, and alignment with CDC best practices and the overall mission of Well-Ahead Louisiana and the Office of Public Health. Develops and implements statewide strategies related to surveillance, evaluation and epidemiology and provider education, continually evaluating strategies to identify opportunities for improvement. Establishes and maintains partnerships with traditional and non-traditional organizations from both public and private sectors to ensure engagement with statewide efforts. Ensures epidemiologists are appropriately tracking grant required indicators, performance measures, and outcomes.

Reviews and ensures accurate data set analysis. Ensures program evaluators are implementing evaluation plans. Ensures best practices for quantitative and qualitative data collection processes are executed. Executes work plan activities to build health system-wide programs and initiatives for chronic disease prevention and management. Manages chronic disease prevention and management-related grants, as assigned by bureau leadership, ensuring all grant deliverables are achieved in a timely manner. Maintains regular communication with grant funding sources (i.e. project officers), ensuring accurate and timely submission of all requested grant reports. Writes and executes contracts or MOUs with consultants or external organizations to facilitate implementation of identified strategies for achieving deliverables and carrying out the strategic plan; ensuring timely achievement of deliverables and associated payment. Collaborates with team members managing other funding sources to ensure alignment. Collaborates with epidemiology and evaluation team members to ensure utilization of appropriate national performance measures and development of project specific performance measures as needed. Ensure bi-annual Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) reporting is completed and timely. Ensures evaluation and surveillance plans and reports, as well as Annual Performance Reports (APRs) are completed and timely. Provides input to monthly grant reports. Ensures all surveillance and evaluation sections of grant applications are completed in a timely manner. Supports all grant writing efforts for the Bureau. Seeks new grant opportunities that align with Bureau Mission and Vision. Manages the implementation of the S&E Strategy for Well-Ahead Louisiana. Collaborates with team members and partners to determine where work / outreach should take place, ensuring that S&E are strategically selected to layer efforts and achieve maximum impact. Ensures that data is accurately represented in all Bureau communications and data visualization. Conducts quality control review of subordinates work. Conducts an annual performance evaluation for each subordinate, setting future goals and strategies. Conducts recruitment, selection, training, supervision, and professional development of assigned staff. Other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Required :

• Bachelor's degree, or Associate's degree plus 3 years of professional experience, or 6 years of professional work experience.
• Minimum 4 years professional experience with project or program management.
• Minimum 2 years professional supervisory experience.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills; effective organizational and time management skills.
• Great attention to detail and follow up.

Proficient in the use of Zoom, Teams, and Microsoft Office, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel.

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