Public Health Program Director 1

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