ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Founded in 1793, BCHD is the oldest health department in the country, with over 800 employees and an annual budget of $200 million that aims to promote health and improve well-being through education, policy/advocacy, and direct service delivery. BCHD’s wide-ranging responsibilities include maternal and child health, youth wellness, school health, senior services, animal control, restaurant inspections, emergency preparedness, STI/HIV treatment, and acute and chronic disease prevention. Our vision is an equitable, just, and well Baltimore where everyone has the opportunity to be healthy and to thrive. Our mission is to protect health, eliminate disparities, and enhance the wellbeing of everyone in our community through education, coordination, advocacy, and direct service delivery.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Baltimore City Health Department, Division of Administration’s Health Policy team is seeking a Project Manager who will serve as a dynamic team member and embodies our core values: collaboration, innovation, integrity, empowerment, and data-driven. The Project Manager is responsible for providing project management support on an ongoing federal grant on maternal and child health policy and community capacity building, as well as overall support to the Chief Health Policy Officer. A successful candidate for this position is a self-starter with strong follow through, solutions-oriented, has great attention to detail, and is able to work in a fast-paced environment. This position requires strong alignment with City of Baltimore’s and BCHD’s mission, values, and strategic vision, as well as demonstrated success, sound judgment, and flexibility working in a complex, fast-paced environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Management (40%)
Provide project management, oversight, and leadership on a federal grant to conduct policy assessment and build capacity in community around health policy.
Track grant activities, reporting, and project deliverables with support from the Chief Health Policy Officer
Ensure development and implementation of the community engagement initiative, and in general work with the policy team to help fulfill the Department’s vision and strategic priorities.
Liaise with project evaluation team to establish and facilitate monitoring and evaluation activities.
Exercises discretion and judgement in resolution of mission-critical day-to-day assignments and requests.
Other duties as assigned based on changing priorities within the agency.
Engagement & Relationship Management (30%)
Communicate verbally and in writing with all project personnel.
Establish a learning cohort comprised of key stakeholders around maternal and child health.
Effectively and efficiently collaborate with individuals from myriad sectors and broad range of interest groups to organize and deliver on the learning cohort activities.
Support BCHD’s community engagement efforts by working with stakeholders to address challenges as they arise.
Design & Operations (15%)
Facilitate the design and development of the policy learning cohort materials with
support from an intern
Facilitate and as needed lead meetings for learning cohort.
Staff the learning cohort meetings including taking basic minutes and following up on action items.
Internal & External Communication (15%)
Prepare materials and briefs in advance of meetings, including presentations with internal and external participants.
Draft and/or edit a variety of written documents (emails and memos, etc.), including but not limited to internal and external correspondence, briefing materials, and talking points for meetings and events.
Create and/or edit presentation materials, including PowerPoint presentations and other documents.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Masters’ degree or higher. Preferably in public health, health administration, or public administration
At least two years of work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience;
Proficient in Slack, Trello, Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and graphics packages to assemble and create reports and presentations, Google Drive, Dropbox, and other similar platforms.
Demonstrated success in establishing effective, collaborative relationships with all levels of constituents throughout a broad range of interest groups
Be a self-starter and accountable to complete tasks and drive performance with minimal oversight.
Keen attention to detail, including of administrative processes required to execute complex projects.
Exhibits all 5 core department values.
Collaboration: We value everyone. We practice selflessness and empathy. We are collaborative and respect others’ input. We ensure thoughtful, transparent, and intentional communication.
Integrity: We serve and work with integrity. We hold each other and ourselves accountable through an equitable lens.
Innovation: We embrace bold ideas. We are innovative risk takers with diversity of thought. We are willing to try new things and we aim to be creative in our approach, always keeping quality of care as a priority. We lead the field of public health with boldness and courage.
Empowerment: We protect people and empower them. We seek to change lives. We meet people where they are and do it with empathy.
Data Driven: We trust the evidence. We make evidence based and community informed decisions.
Demonstrated ability to address/resolve difficult, multi-faceted problems.
Ability to synthesize, analyze, and critique effectively.
Creative/imaginative with excellent organizational skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Efficiently operates and manages e-mail, electronic calendars, social media, and other basic office support software.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of or familiarity with local, state and federal government departments or agencies is a plus.
Public Health experience preferred.
WORK ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY PROTOCOL
Work follows the CDC best practices for the safety of staff
This position is considered non-essential
Hybrid model: three days remote; two days in office
REPORTS TO:
This position reports to the Chief Health Policy Officer
BENEFITS
Medical, dental, vision benefits and time-off offered.
TIMELINE AND COMPENSATION
Role for 18 months
Salary: $65,000