- Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in health-related field
- 2+ years professional experience in related field
Preferred: Master’s degree in public health from an accredited university with three to five years of experience in project management. Experience working with tribal health facilities and the Indian Health Service (IHS) highly preferred, specifically working within IHS and tribal health systems as a licensed healthcare provider or administrator.
Special Skills/Qualifications: Personnel and project management. Demonstrate knowledge and skills in event coordination and planning, data collection, management, and analysis. Must have and be able to demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills; presentation skills; decision making and time management skills; excellent problem solving skills; leadership and team building skills; ability to prioritize multiple projects; self-motivation skills; work effectively under pressure; ability to build positive work relationships with internal and external partners; ability to interact professionally with the public; maintain confidentiality; and computer skills and knowledge of technical and applicable software programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) is required.
Program and Personnel Supervision and Management:
Selected individuals for this position must possess the capacity for supervision, coordination and management of both staff members and organizational programs and projects within the program.
Program management responsibilities include but are not limited to;
- Program planning and development
- Decision making with concurrence from supervisor
- Fiscal planning and development and budget responsibilities
- Reporting program activities/progress to supervisor on a regular basis
- Accepting responsibility for program performance and meeting goals/objectives
Personnel management responsibilities include but are not limited to;
- Candidate evaluation and selection
- Discipline, as needed, of subordinates
- Communication of duties, responsibilities, and expectations to subordinate(s)
- Consistent communication of progress and feedback regarding performance
- Communication to supervisor regarding subordinate(s) performance
- Coaching, training and skills development
- Responsible for monitoring and correcting attendance and punctuality problems
- Accepting responsibility for subordinate’s performance where reasonable
Travel: In and out of state travel may be required in the fulfillment of job requirements and training.
Equal Employment: Except for Indian Preference, consideration will be made without regard to any non-merit factors such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, politics, disabilities, marital status, age, membership or non-membership in any employee organization.
Reasonable Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified applicants or employees with disabilities, except when so doing would impose an undue hardship on the SPTHB.
Conditions of Employment: 1. Full-time grant funded appointment (Subject to grant continuation); 2. Applicants must possess and maintain a current State Driver’s License; 3. Climbing, walking, standing, bending, and occasionally long hours.