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Program Coordinator IV

NC Department of Health and Human Services
Wake, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/10/2026 CLOSED ON 5/13/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Coordinator IV position at NC Department of Health and Human Services?

Agency

Dept of Health and Human Services

Division

Public Health

Job Classification Title

Program Coordinator IV (NS)

Position Number

60041134

Grade

NC14

About Us

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Description Of Work

This position works to provide leadership for DPH to address sexual violence prevention and manages the Branch’s Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) and funding for the Rape Set Aside Services under the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHS RSA). This position will work in conjunction with other IVPB programs to ensure a collaborative approach to violence prevention, while incorporating shared risk and protective factor approaches to sexual violence prevention. Position is responsible for coordinating, developing, and maintaining federal grants to strategize for and support community- and societal-level approaches for the primary prevention of sexual violence.

Position is responsible for coordinating, developing, and maintaining federal grants to provide primary prevention programming and utilizing evidence-based strategies for sexual violence. The bulk of the funding received is awarded in contracts to organizations that provide primary prevention of sexual violence and victim services. The position is responsible for developing request for proposals from potential contractors, managing the programs contracts, and budgets. The position will also provide some technical assistance and program evaluation support to rape crisis centers and other community-based organizations across North Carolina.

Work involves the technical and administrative activities of sexual violence prevention programs, with an emphasis on contract development, monitoring, and fiscal guidance for local and state-wide program partners; coordinating with internal and external partners; and monitoring local and state-wide program implementation to assure efficient and effective prevention service delivery. Work is guided by state and national evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies to include strategic plans, work plans and an evaluation plan. Work is reviewed on the state level through periodic conferences and reports from subrecipients.

The position will ensure that rape and sexual assault issues are appropriately included in all NC efforts to prevent sexual violence, and the position will coordinate addressing these issues with the NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA), the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the NC Council for Women and Domestic Violence Commission, the Governor’s Crime Commission, and other appropriate agencies and organizations.

The position will also work across the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch’s units. It will collaborate with other program/topic areas in the Prevention Unit as applicable, including identifying ways to integrate the Shared Risk and Protective Factor framework. It will work with the Branch’s Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Informatics Unit to assure that epidemiological surveillance and data collection are adequate to provide information needed by programs and developers of policy (including the NC General Assembly). It will work with the Operations Unit to manage federal budgets and contract agreements with local subrecipients.

This position involves the provision of technical assistance, excellent oral and written communication skills, experience with program planning and evaluation, developing and maintaining contract agreements, strategic planning, and working with a wide range of partners and populations.

Knowledge Skills And Abilities/Management Preferences

Salary Range: $52,292.00 - $92,036.00

Recruitment Range: $52,592.00 - $69,000.00

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they have the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement.

The following Management Preferences are not required, but applicants that possess these skills are preferred:

  • Experience managing a grant-funded public health program.
  • Experience with primary prevention of sexual violence.
  • Experience using evaluation to improve programs.
  • Experience interpreting data to inform prevention activities or other related public health programs.
  • Experience with partnership development in North Carolina.

Position is funded in part through federal funds

Posting closes at 11:59 p.m. the night before the end date

About The NC Division Of Public Health

The NC Division of Public Health works to promote and contribute to the highest possible level of health for the people of North Carolina. Our entire statewide system of public health has dedicated professionals who carry out our mission every day through a wide range of essential activities touching the lives of everyone in our state.

Compensation And Benefits

The State of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits. Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis). Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave. In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees. Visit the website for State Benefits.

Supplemental Contact Information

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer that embraces an Employment First philosophy, which consists of complying with all federal laws, state laws, and Executive Orders. We are committed to reviewing requests for reasonable accommodation at any time during the hiring process or while on the job. For more information about DHHS: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/.

DHHS uses the Merit-Based Recruitment and Selection Plan to fill positions subject to the State Human Resources Act with the most qualified individuals. Hiring salary will be based on relevant qualifications, internal equity, and budgetary considerations pertinent to the advertised position.

In accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 303, our agency supports second-chance employment for individuals who were previously incarcerated or justice-involved. We invite all potential applicants to apply for positions for which they may be qualified.

Application Process

Be sure to complete the application in its entirety. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing this application.

  • Information should be provided in the appropriate areas, to include the following: Education, including high school and all degrees obtained, Work Experience, and Certificates & Licenses. It is critical to our screening and salary determination process that applications contain comprehensive candidate information.
  • Answers to Supplemental Questions are not a substitute for providing all relevant information within the body of your application. To receive credit for the supplemental questions, you must provide supporting information within the "Work Experience" section of the application to support your answers.
  • Applicants may be subject to a criminal background check. All candidates selected for positions considered "Positions of Trust" will be subject to a criminal background check.
  • Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account. Upon the closing date, applications are "Under Review" and will be screened by Human Resources for qualified applicants. The hiring process may take several weeks.
  • Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. Transcripts and degree evaluations may be uploaded with your application. The State of North Carolina/Office of State Human Resources uses the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) as a referral resource for applicants who need to have their credentials certified as equivalent.
  • For a list of organizations that perform this specialized service, please visit the NACES membership website at https://www.naces.org/members.

Degree/College Credit Verification

Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. Transcripts, degree evaluations, and cover letters may be uploaded with your application.

Veterans’ and National Guard Preference

  • Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference must attach a DD-214 Member-4 Form (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to their applications.
  • Applicants seeking National Guard Preference must attach an NGB 23A (RPAS), along with the state application, if they are a current member of the NC National Guard in good standing.
  • Applicants who are former members of either the NC Army National Guard or the NC Air National Guard, with honorable discharge and six years of creditable service, must attach a copy of the DD 256 or NGB 22, along with the state application.

ADA Accommodations

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), DHHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, DHHS will ensure that people with disabilities, or known limitations covered by the PWFA, are provided with reasonable accommodation. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the person indicated below.

Contact Information

If there are any questions about this posting, please contact Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dhhs.nc.gov. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing this application.

Minimum Education And Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution and three (3) years of experience in the program related to the area of assignment.

OR

An equivalent combination of education and experience.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs, observances, and practices.

Recruiter

LaWanna Baker

Email

talentacquisition@dhhs.nc.gov

Salary : $52,292 - $92,036

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