Health Program Manager (Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services)
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Application
Details
Posted: 01-Oct-24
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: $84,893 - $109,143
Categories:
Mental Health / Social Services
Public Health
Required Education:
Masters
Internal Number: 5F27-20240930-OC-01
Announcement Date
09/30/2024
Close Date
10/11/2024
The Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services is hiring an experienced program manager to join their dedicated team. We offer great benefits, pension, and the opportunity to make an impact on the well-being of our community. Apply by October 11, 2024.
This is public health administrative work at the second supervisory level, directing the planning, development, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of program services in the area of specialization. Employees in this class prepare program policy and service standards used in the monitoring of management and financial practices, and the evaluation of the delivery of services provided directly by the City or through a consortium of contracted agencies. Significant aspects of the work include frequent contact with other program administrators, managers, specialists, and representatives of contracted and governmental agencies to coordinate program goals and procedures, resolve funding and programmatic issues, and ensure delivery of the appropriate health services, and the supervision of a subordinate administrative, technical, and clerical staff. Work is performed under the direction of an administrative superior.
GENERALEXPERIENCE:
Three years of experience as an analyst in a public health, social service, or a related agency or program which has included one year of experience monitoring the cross-systems fiscal and programmatic data of contracted provider agencies.
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SPECIFICEXPERIENCE:
Three years of experience supervising analysts engaged in developing, monitoring, and evaluating behavioral health, developmental or intellectual disability program services provided by contracted agencies.
NOTE: A Master’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance or related field may substitute for one year of the required experience.
The mission of the Department of Public Health is to protect and promote the health of all Philadelphians and to provide a safety net for the most vulnerable.The history of public health in Philadelphia reaches back to the city’s beginnings. William Penn’s “greene countrie towne” was the first American city to provide free hospital care for its poorest residents at the Philadelphia Almshouse, built in 1732. Our city is home to the nation’s first medical school, children’s hospital, and eye hospital.The present Department of Public Health was created by an Ordinance of December 31, 1919 to succeed the Department of Health Charities.The history of public health in Philadelphia reaches back to the city’s beginnings. William Penn’s “greene countrie towne” was the first American city to provide free hospital care for its poorest residents at the Philadelphia Almshouse, built in 1732. Our city is home to the nation’s first medical school, children’s hospital, and eye hospital.The present Department of Public Health was created by an Ordinance of December 31, 1919 to succeed the Department of Health Charities.Learn more about the history of public health in Philadelphia.