Job Abstract

Do you have a passion for Community Health Development? Are you looking for an enriching opportunity to serve and fulfill your career to transform the life and health of our community?

We are looking for a dedicated, warm, caring project management leader and then we help them boost their skills to become their best! If you are interested in joining a team of exceptional services, our team is ready to connect with you!

The Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) is a progressive public health leader providing services that promote population health, protect public health and the environment, and ensure residents' equitable access to health services and information. Developing a competent public health workforce is integral to the Department’s mission. The Health Department looks to enhance its workforce with a dynamic and innovative leader to fill the Strategic Partnerships Manager position within the Community Health Development Division.

Further duties include, but are not limited to:

• Leads and manages the health departments system unit, responsible for managing program staff.
• Performs advanced-level analytic and technical work in data analysis and management.
• Monitors, assesses, and reports on multi-partner activities and business processes, including developing, recommending, and implementing plans and programs for improvement in the capacity, performance, quality, compliance, or efficiency of operations and services.
• Provides leadership on the development and evaluation of grant processes and outcomes.
• Leads data collection efforts, liaising with county stakeholders, internal department leads, grant partners and subcontractors.
• Researches and develops policy related to public health and SDoH.
• Assists implementation efforts of the Stable Families, Thriving Futures grant to include: coalition and advisory committee convening and facilitation; partner recruitment, engagement and capacity building; strategically focused community outreach; training coordination; grants and fiscal management; federal, county and agency reporting; and other duties as assigned.
• Works in collaboration with Community Health Development Division Director and CHD Supervisor overseeing Stronger2 Health Literacy, Grants and Reporting to achieve all Stable Families, Thriving Futures Project grant performance requirements.
• Performs professional-level management work, including complex analysis in a lead capacity.
• Oversees the implementation of the grant evaluation plan, working with evaluation team.
• Ensures the coordination of performance efforts with other, existing, performance management agency efforts countywide.
• Coordinates performance measurement activities, including data collection, among grant partners.
• Coordinates and manages the work of evaluation team.
• Researches, recommends, and develops policies, procedures, or processes related to public health performance management improvement.
• Plans and conducts or oversees evaluation and assessment activities to ensure program quality, determine unmet needs or ensure efficacy of existing policies, processes, or programs.
• Writes, edits, and finalizes grant performance reports, annual reports and presentations and presents findings and recommendations to the grantor and department senior managers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in field related to the assigned functional area; Plus four years of professional work experience with in the functional area.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Driver's license
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - CPR (Required within 60 days)
• AED (Required within 60 days)

• Three or more years of leadership experience in community and partnership development working in a local government, community-based organization or non-profit environment.
• Five or more years of experience implementing and contributing to evidenced-based interventions, evaluating community-based health and social service educational programs in culturally and age-diverse populations.
• Master's degree in public health or related field of study or equivalent years of experience.
• Knowledge and experience with managing grant-funded programs to include program compliance and data reporting.
• Demonstrated record of establishing, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of individuals, such as community members and building partnerships with businesses, nonprofits and faith-based groups;
• Two or more years of experience working independently and direct supervision of staff.
• Must communicate effectively through the use of verbal, written and electronic means.
• Proficiency Microsoft Office Suite applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).