Wise Women Prg Mgr

Job Summary

This position is responsible for the coordination of the federally funded CDC WISEWOMAN: Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation of WOMen Across the Nation Program. Additionally, the position serves as the department's designated subject matter expert/specialist to inform and educate contracted Federally Qualified Health Centers, County Partners, AHCCCS, hospital systems and non-traditional partners about the importance of prevention, diagnosis, and management of heart disease and stroke for the priority population while enhancing community-clinical linkage and referrals to social support services.

Responsibilities

• Develops agenda for Contractor Meetings, contractor continuing education, represents WiseWoman at community events.
• Promotes programs and benefits of early detection and screening and may present at professional conferences, state and local clinics, public events as needed.
• Develops Program Operational Manuals that are in concert with state and federal law, regulatory requirements and programmatic guidance.
• Develops policy for implementation at the contractor level. Manuals are updated annually with contractor input/review.
• Assists in writing and developing program progress reports & publications to meet federal grant requirements, program annual reports, websites, etc.
• Responsible for addressing ad hoc questions from funding agency.
• Develops/writes, distributes and evaluates Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and/or intergovernmental agreement, scopes of work and program deliverables.
• Works with procurement to determine most effective procurement process and is the procurement contact when associated questions arise.
• Develops and Implements contact monitoring tools, standards for contract monitoring to be used during contract site visits.
• Writes contract site visit reports with findings and areas for improvement specific to each contractor.
• Provides technical assistance to program contractors based on ongoing monitoring and problem solving for program contractors.
• Conducts on site technical assistance site visits which requires statewide travel including overnight stays.
• Attends required training, conferences & seminars for professional development, continued education on federal program requirements as determined and approved by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge Of: The public health system and best practices, at the federal, state, and local level. Population health and health disparities best practices. Chronic disease prevention best practices. Concepts of cancer prevention and control; prevention, research, health disparities, evidence-based guidelines for all ages, grant availability, resource availability and community based activities is vital. Community assessment, federal, state and local programs and resources, nonprofit and county systems, group processes. Theories and practices of formative evaluation, program revision and implementation, reimbursements, diagnosis and trends in the arena of Cancer Prevention and Control.
• Skills In: Leadership, management, fiscal management, strategic and operational planning, negotiation, interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, group facilitation and problem solving. Strong analytical skills for interpreting data, policy development and procedures; in addition to having excellent computer, verbal and written communication skills. Performance Management (PM), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Lean methodologies.

Pre-Employment Requirements

• Must possess a valid Arizona Driver's license.

Benefits

• Affordable medical and dental insurance plans
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Wellness program and plans
• Life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• Defined retirement plan
• Award winning infant at work program
• Credit union membership
• Transit subsidy
• ADHS Student Assistance Pilot Program
• Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here.

Contact Us

• The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/ Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
• Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation by emailing steven.santiago@azdhs.gov.
• Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.
• DHS is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.