Overview:

Reporting to the Chief Health Officer, the Program Manager is responsible for operations, policy advocacy and reporting for the Stamford CARES Prevention and Care program. Stamford CARES (Coalition for AIDS Resources, Education and Services) offers by direct service or through its community partners, access to health and support services to children, adolescents, adults and families living with HIV/AIDS in the Stamford, CT region. Stamford CARES is also responsible for HIV/HCV Prevention activities and initiatives in the community including HIV/HCV rapid counseling and testing, syringe exchange and access to free condoms and other items necessary to maintain one's sexual health.

The Role:

• Represent Family Centers Inc. on local, statewide and national planning/policy bodies that determine and allocate resources for HIV/HCV prevention and care needs including the Connecticut HIV Planning Consortium, New Haven Ryan White Planning Council, Getting to Zero, Stamford/Norwalk Regional Planning Group
• Facilitate and lead the internal and regional Quality Management Team
• Manage all Stamford CARES and subcontractor grant reporting
• Work closely with the Stamford CARES Medical Case Management Supervisor, MCM team and the FCHC team
• Manage the prevention program and prevention outreach staff
• Work closely with 340b Coordinator
• Create new and innovative ways to increase the number of people who are aware of their HIV and HCV status and educate the community on risk reduction tools including PrEP
• Oversee drug user health program including syringe exchange services, and Narcan training & distribution.
• Coordinate and provide programming for rapid HIV and HCV testing in both traditional and non-traditional settings and times
• Work with fund development team to provide for grant writing and other proposals necessary to maintain operations
• Create internal and external reports on program services provided and outcomes
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Prior supervisory experience
• Demonstrated grant writing/reporting experience helpful
• Proficiency with electronic health records and other data collection systems
• Some travel required (car necessary)
• Public health/infectious disease experience or proven capacity to learn these areas

About Family Centers:

Family Centers is a private, nonprofit organization offering health, education and human service program to children, adults and families in Fairfield County. Our team includes 300 professionals and over 500 trained volunteers collaborate to provide our communities with a wide range of responsive and innovative services. Through our comprehensive network of services, more than 23,000 children, adults, families and communities receive the care, encouragement and resources needed to realize their potential.

Rewards:

Salary commensurate with experience. A suite of benefits including generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tax-free spending accounts, disability, life and AD&D insurance. Additional benefits include an employee assistance plan, pet insurance, critical accident and illness, wellness services, tuition assistance, and retirement savings. The opportunity to work for an employer consistently rated one of the Top Workplaces in Western Connecticut by Hearst Connecticut Media and a perfect 100 Encompass rating by Charity Navigator 10.

Family Centers is a United Way, Community Fund of Darien and New Canaan Community Foundation partner agency, and is a member of the Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies and the Alliance for Children and Families. The agency is also accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), The Joint Commission, licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, and is a Department of Children and Families-licensed child psychology center.

Special Note: As the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our community and beyond, it is Family Centers’ commitment to the safety of employees, contractors, volunteers, patients, clients, and student interns, by requiring proof of vaccinations for COVID-19 (or have an approved medical or religious exemption on file).

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.familycenters.org/ ; or on our LinkedIn page

Family Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a competitive salary, training, and generous benefits package.