Maternal and Child Health Administrator

Position Overview

The Division of Family & Community Services is seeking to hire a dynamic, organized, detail-oriented administrator to oversee the Bureau of Maternal & Child Health. The administrator will maintain, develop, and implement programs and projects to improve birth outcomes and reduce infant and maternal mortality with a focus toward disparities. These services are implemented through a statewide network of local providers requiring excellent training, technical assistance, and monitoring. This position ensures the delivery of trauma-informed, culturally responsive maternal child health services to support the health and well-being of birthing families in communities across the state through network coordination and integration.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health Administrator.
• Oversees annual contracting, budgeting, and selection of program providers.
• Directs the intra and interagency coordination of MCH services provided as part of the above-mentioned programs.
• Directs, organizes, and develops highly complex research to craft written and/or statistical proposals affecting changes in recommended legislation, existing statutes, and/or administrative rules as it relates to Maternal Child Health System related programming, services and other related topics.
• Consults with the Associate Director/Director on the comprehensive integration and coordination of program activities and functions as they relate to other programs and divisions.
• Serve as full-line supervisor.

Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.