PROGRAM COORDINATOR

PROGRAM COORDINATOR EPIDEMIOLOGY SURVEILLANCE

Job Summary

The Program Coordinator of Epidemiology Surveillance programs provides programmatic leadership and coordinates the planning, implementation, and evaluation of substance use behavioral risk and exposure, injury, and health outcomes related activities such as the Opioid, Behavioral Health (BH), and Maternal Child Health (MCH) programs. The position supplies leadership and direction, as well as administrative management, to ensure successful implementation of the initiative, including collaboration with external and internal partners, ensuring all Opioid Data to Action objectives are met and reports are prepared and submitted in a timely manner, and facilitation of management systems that promote communication, evaluation, and sustainability of the initiatives.

Typical Duties

• Provides programmatic leadership and coordinates planning, implementation and evaluation of the Opioid, BH, and MCH Epidemiology Surveillance Programs.
• Advances morbidity and mortality surveillance infrastructure and information that supports harm reduction, stigma reduction, public safety partnerships/intervention strategies in suburban Cook County.
• Manages all aspects of the Cook County Department of Public Healths (CCDPH) Opioid Data to Action activities to ensure successful implementation and evaluation of the initiative and the overarching goal of linking data and community-based interventions.
• Identifies and develops strategic partnerships, and supports and collaborates with data and surveillance.
• Facilitates management systems that promote communication, coordination, and accountability among staff, across the agency, and with partners.
• Develops materials for key stakeholders to raise awareness about the initiative, in collaboration with the BH Unit, and informs the department of prevention messages by providing guidance on the interpretation of surveillance data.
• Manages day?to?day operations aligned with the Opioid Data to Action local grant, and ensures activities align and advance initiative objectives, coordinating with the Epidemiology Unit, BH Unit, and Chicago Department of Public Health opioid team.
• Provides support for successful implementation, evaluation, or submission of administrative requirements, e.g., program and finance reports.
• Manages grant proposal development, budgeting, financial management, compliance, reporting, monitoring, evaluation, record keeping, and communication with the Grantor (OD2A).
• Facilitates internal and external communication and coordination within and between the Opioid Data to Action, BH Epidemiology, and MCH initiatives and other units within CCDPH.
• Collaborates with partner units on evaluation plans, reporting, and improvement of program performance, assisting with monitoring of program evaluation, performance management, and quality improvement activities.
• Ensures all grant deliverables and reporting requirements are met on time.
• Integrates Opioid Data to Action, BH, and MCH activities into the overall efforts of the Epidemiology Unit in a sustainable manner aligned with standard operating procedures, workforce development, and data management frameworks.
• Opens evaluation plans in collaboration with the Nursing Epidemiologist and Chief Nursing Officer, identifying gaps and opportunities to improve MCH surveillance performance.
• Evaluates efforts for effectiveness and efficiency, compliance with grant and legal mandates, and identifies improvements in initiative/program performance.
• Ensures benchmarks/objectives are met, and reports are prepared and submitted timely.
• Identifies, develops, and maintains strategic partnerships that support implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of nutrition and food access initiatives/programs.
• Works with CCDPH BH, Nursing, and Communications units to ensure effective implementation of the communications and media plan.
• Integrates activities into overall efforts of the Epidemiology Unit and CCDPH in a sustainable manner.
• Performs other duties as required.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Three (3) years of work experience in community?based public health with demonstration of program planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and/or alliance building.
• One (1) year of supervisory or project?management experience.
• One (1) year of experience with grant management, grant writing, and/or developing budget reports.
• Moderate local travel, requiring a valid drivers license and insured vehicle or an acceptable and reliable means of transportation.
• Ability to occasionally work evenings or weekends as needed.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in public health, social work, public policy, or public administration from an accredited college or university.
• Two (2) years of experience with mental health or substance use disorder, harm reduction, or opioid?related initiatives.
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience in diverse communities and outreach.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
• Knowledge of applying health promotion theory, health behavioral theory, or advancing policy, system, and environmental change.
• Knowledge of program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Knowledge of administration of health promotion initiatives, including management of financial resources and relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and manage with strong organizational skills, cultivate key relationships/stakeholders, lead and facilitate group processes, and work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to build a logical approach to address problems or opportunities, managing situations by drawing on own knowledge and experience and calling on other resources as necessary.
• Ability to use evidence?based or best practice strategies.
• Ability to understand the importance of and principles of identifying, developing, and delivering messages using a variety of communication strategies, methods, and techniques.
• Ability to address social determinants of community health.
• Ability to build organizational and local capacity through training and technical assistance.
• Ability to maintain a positive outlook, motivate self and team to work constructively under pressure, respond resourcefully to challenges, accept responsibility for actions, learning, and change, and demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with a commitment to health equity and social justice.
  

Physical and Environmental Demands

This position functions within a healthcare environment. The incumbent must adhere to all hospital and department specific safety requirements, including Personal Protective Equipment, hand washing and sanitizing practices, and engineering and work?practice controls as specified by hospital?wide policy and departmental procedures.

Veteran Preference

Please read: When applying, preference is given to honorably discharged Veterans who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States for no less than 6 months of continuous service.

A Veteran must meet the minimum qualifications for the position.

• Identify yourself as a Veteran on the employment application by answering Yes.
• Attach a copy of your DD 214, DD 215, or NGB 22 with an honorable discharge status. If multiple copies exist, submit the most recent.
• Alternatively, attach a valid State ID Card or Drivers License that verifies veteran status.
  

If items are not attached, you will not be eligible for Veteran Preference.

Veterans must provide original applicable discharge papers or state ID card or drivers license at the time of interview.

Required Qualifications at Time of Application

• Degrees awarded outside the United States (excluding U.S. territories and Canada) must be credentialed by an approved U.S. credential evaluation service belonging to NACES or AICE. Original credentialing documents must be presented at time of interview.
  

Other Conditions

• All offers of Employment are contingent upon satisfactory professional and employment references, healthcare and criminal background checks, appropriate licensure/certifications, and successful completion of a physical and pre?employment drug screen.
• CCHHS is strictly prohibited from conditioning, basing, or prejudicing any term or condition of employment upon any political reason or factor.
  

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