Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tanaq Health is a public health contractor delivering professional and technical services to federal agencies. They are seeking a Public Health Evaluation Program Manager to oversee evaluation planning, performance monitoring, and data management for public health programs, while providing leadership and support to project staff.
Responsibilities
- Provide oversight and management of personnel, to include onboarding and required training
- Responsible for evaluation oversight, recipient performance monitoring, technical assistance, and continuous quality improvement across DDT-funded contracts and cooperative agreements across the branch
- Develop and refine evaluation plans (non–cooperative agreement–specific national and programmatic plans); Develop and update logic models, performance measurement frameworks, and indicator matrices; Align evaluation approaches with funding requirements and DDT priorities; Develop performance monitoring plans; Provide consultation to CDC staff, including consultation on application of implementation research frameworks, study design, and measurement approaches
- Provide ongoing evaluation and performance monitoring support to recipients and national partners; Conduct recurring evaluation support calls; Review APRs and recipient evaluation deliverables; Provide written feedback and corrective action recommendations; Monitor compliance and identify trends
- Provide evaluation technical assistance; Develop and deliver evaluation webinars; Develop recipient/partner-facing evaluation tools and guidance including tools and guidance to support implementation assessment (e.g., fidelity, monitoring, adaptation tracking, and barriers/facilitators assessment); Support recipient/partner meeting content development; Respond to evaluation reporting inquiries
- Participate in virtual and in-person monitoring site visits (estimated two in-person visits unless otherwise directed); Review background materials; Document findings; Provide performance improvement recommendations
- Identify performance gaps; Monitor metrics, user/participant feedback and evaluations; Facilitate structured improvement processes using data-informed and implementation science-informed approaches to identify and address barriers to effective implementation; Support development of corrective action plans; Support programmatic updates/revisions; Support SOP implementation across programmatic systems. Document lessons learned
- Prepare routine and ad hoc evaluation reports; Develop presentations and briefing materials; Provide programmatic review of national evaluation materials; Support leadership briefings
- Communicate with the COR regarding performance and/or personnel concerns
- Perform other duties as required
Skills
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in project/program management in public health
- Experience leading an evaluation project or national evaluation
- Experience conducting a national assessment of a program or project's inputs, activities, and outputs to determine its value or worth and to improve the program
- Experience developing a national evaluation plan, identifying evaluation questions and indicators, collecting, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative program data, interpreting the data in the context of the program, and reporting findings
- Experience developing a large-scale program logic model, identifying appropriate program outcomes, facilitating internal and external partner meetings, and providing assistance or training on evaluation, methods, concepts, and tools
- Experience applying implementation research frameworks (e.g., CFIR, RE-AIM) and contributing to implementation-focused evaluations
- Experience integrating qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to assess implementation processes, barriers, and facilitators
- Knowledge of the rules, procedures and principles that govern intramural and extramural program development, monitoring, and evaluation
- Ability to use Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and SharePoint) efficiently and effectively
- Ability to develop forms for CDC Administrative Systems (HUMAN SUBJECTS, OMB, and IRB, and E-Clearance) efficiently and effectively
- Previous experience working with government procedures and guidelines
- Experience with managing teams and overseeing/supervising personnel
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to obtain a government clearance
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
- Bachelor's degree in public health or related field required, preferably with a concentration on program evaluation and monitoring, data analysis, etc
- Experience working at CDC or in a public health setting preferred
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