Local Health Department Response & Recovery Chief

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Position Highlights:

Position Title: Local Health Department Response & Recovery Chief

Salary: $138,386 plus benefits

 Position End Date: 7/30/25

 Location: Hybrid (Raleigh, NC)

Overview:

The Local Health Department Response & Recovery Chief (RRC) position works closely with the branch head of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response branch. The position is responsible for at least three major areas of service to local health departments (LHD’s) negatively impacted by disaster: Local Disaster Support Unit, Mass Fatality Management and Local Health Department Resource and Staffing. The position provides administrative, programmatic and fiscal oversight via guidance, training and technical assistance to staff, state-level policy guidance, comprehensive monitoring and forming federal, state and local linkages. The RRC provides strategic leadership, program & resource management to ensure compliance with federal and state rules and contract provisions. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills, as well as organizational and analytical abilities that allow for project leadership and decision-making.

Responsibilities:

· Provide guidance, leadership, and support for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response branch and respective major areas of service.

· Identify problems and changing requirements and address them in a timely manner.

· Work and communicate with members of the NC General Assembly, US Congress, Commission members, Advisory Committees, Agency Secretary’s/Commissioner’s, employees/staff and potentially the general public to address recovery efforts.

· Interpret federal/state legislation and establish state-level policy guidance related to agency operations to ensure compliance.

· Compile, analyze and summarize administrative, programmatic and fiscal data for assessing agency capacity.

· Develop written documents, oral presentations and/or reports conveying information effectively.

· Work closely with Public Health Leadership, law enforcement, legal officials, Emergency Management, county managers, attorney organizations, regional autopsy centers, educational institutions, and other stakeholders to ensure consistent and coordinated implementation of recovery response.

· Manage complex problems as a team and demonstrate innovative problem solving while also ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements

· Maintains an open and trusting environment for ongoing collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in a discipline relative to the program, business, or public administration from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of managerial or supervisory experience in a closely related programmatic area.

· Prior experience as a Local Health Director or other Health Department leadership experience is preferred but not required.

· Compassionate leadership, operational focus, and effective communication with local, state, and federal officials is required.

· Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead departmental operations.

· Solid organizational and analytical abilities that allow for project leadership and decision-making.

· Extensive knowledge of local/state health and human services or public health system.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills to describe and establish direction and achieve desired outcomes.

· May require considerable knowledge of the reliability of systems and internal controls.

· The ability to effectively interact, build and maintain relations with external and internal stakeholders and constituents, state and local executives/management, the Governor’s Office and a variety of federal agencies.

· Analytical skills to synthesize and comprehend complex information related to human services or public health services and programs to facilitate and delegate problem solving to policy/program administrators and specialists.

· This position may require occasional overnight travel.

Special Notes:

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and North Carolina in order to best support the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in their public health programming.

This position is currently a hybrid position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.