The Deputy Director is the second ranking senior administrator of MDH’s Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control (CTPC), who works with the Director to set strategic direction for programmatic, policy, and environment and systems across Maryland addressing tobacco use prevention, cessation, and control. With an annual operating budget of over $14 million, CTPC encompasses four Divisions: Local Public Health, Statewide Public Health, Cessation and Health Systems Change, and Tobacco Sales Enforcement.

The Deputy Director directly supervises four Division Chiefs with a combined team of up to 24 professional staff. The Deputy Director will work with the Center Director and Division Chiefs on strategic planning, as well overseeing budget development, expenditure tracking, resource and asset management, and complex large procurements. The Deputy Director is also responsible for ensuring project design, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based program activities are completed in a systematic and efficient manner to achieve MDH, Prevention and Health Promotion Administration, Cancer and Chronic Disease Bureau, and CTPC’s mission, goals, and objectives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Qualified candidates must possess the following:

A Bachelor's degree and six years of health or human services administrative or professional experience, including three years at a supervisory or managerial level.

Notes: A Master's degree will substitute for one year of the general experience and a Doctorate will substitute for two years of the general experience. Additional experience will substitute on a year-for-year basis for the college degree.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The desired candidate should possess experience overseeing public health program implementation; program planning and evaluation; managing grants/contracts, working with budgets and tracking expenditures; and understanding evidence-based public health resources to provide health education activities and services to communities. Experience working in tobacco control, or a closely related field is a plus. Prior supervisory/managerial experience required. Strong writing, communication and interpersonal skills are highly desired.

All applications must be submitted by May 17, 2022, at 11:59:00 PM

Apply to Recruitment#: 22-05478-0007

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Maryland’s health care delivery system consists of public and private hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, home health care services, hospices, providers, and health educators, among others. As a public health department, our goal is to improve the health status of every Maryland resident and to ensure access to quality health care. We are responsible for helping each person live a life free from the threat of communicable diseases, tainted foods, and dangerous products. To assist in our mission, we regulate health care providers, facilities, and organizations, and manage direct services to patients, where appropriate.

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