The mission of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is to protect, preserve, and promote the health and well-being of all Boston residents, particularly the most vulnerable. The BPHC envisions a thriving Boston where all residents live healthy, fulfilling lives free of racism, poverty, violence, and other systems of oppression. The BPHC sets an expectation that all staff and leadership commit, individually and as part of the BPHC team, to hold ourselves accountable to establishing a culture of antiracism and advance racial equity and justice through each of our bureaus, programs, and offices.

PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

The Education and Community Engagement division is looking for a Community Health Grant and Program Manager to join the team! As the Community Health Grant and Program Manager, you will collaborate with a highly qualified team members in the division, community partners, residents, and communications agencies to implement population health efforts that aim to enhance communicable disease education and support health education and engagement to achieve improved health outcomes. The Community Health Grant and Program Manager oversees implementation federally funded grants and contracts, ensuring alignment with the Infectious Disease bureau and ECE division mission.

DUTIES

• Working to help BPHC become an antiracist organization by meeting or exceeding the standards set by the BPHC Anti-Racism Policy.
• Provide guidance on implementation of funded projects that support public health education, engagement, and data modernization, including ensuring project timelines/deliverables are clearly outlined and align with grant objectives and requirements.
• Lead review and enhancement of contract-related documents (i.e. requests for proposals, contract scopes of work) related to grant-funded activities, services, and planning in conjunction with subject matter experts/program leads with in ECE.
• Ensure programs' procurement (purchases & contracts) is in line with grant scope and allowable activities, as well as CDC or other funder-approved budgets.
• Collaborate with fiscal team to manage competitive bid processes, including reviewing documents, developing timelines, and sharing information between fiscal agent and funded programs to support every step of the bid process.
• Provide ongoing programmatic and administrative support to vendors to elicit updates, provide guidance, set expectations, as well as identify issues and next steps.
• Ensure vendor progress and evaluation reports and other deliverables, and clearly and accurately describe ECE's progress in achieving goals and objectives of funded campaigns.
• Document grant-related procurement and contracting processes, as well as identify timelines and make recommendations for improved effectiveness in initiating and implementing projects. · Oversee the development of comprehensive communication strategies to raise awareness of infectious disease related public health issues and initiatives.
• Lead the planning, execution, and evaluation of public health campaigns.
• Develop communication plans and protocols to respond swiftly and effectively in case of infectious disease outbreaks. Provide guidance to team members and stakeholders.
• Plan and execute public awareness campaigns to educate the community about infectious diseases and prevention methods. Collaborate with internal and external partners to maximize outreach.
• Perform other duties as assigned.