Public Health Program Supervisor - PHPS 0825 SOM#02

Public Health Program Supervisor

Location: Missouri / Remote with statewide travel
Schedule: Part-Time – Approximately 20 hours/week
Travel: Statewide travel required
Position Level: Senior / Supervisory
Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree + 6 years of relevant experience; equivalent substitutions may be considered

Position Overview

We are seeking a Public Health Program Supervisor to provide senior-level leadership for a statewide Local Public Health Agency Service Mapping and Shared Resources Project.

The Supervisor will provide overall leadership and oversight for a complex initiative involving local public health agencies across the state. This position will supervise a Public Health Program Specialist and collaborate with state and local public health leadership, healthcare organizations, community partners, and other stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in public health systems, program management, data-driven decision-making, stakeholder engagement, workforce and resource planning, systems mapping, and strategic planning.

The Supervisor will be responsible for moving the initiative from planning through implementation and completion while ensuring project quality, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder engagement are effectively managed.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and supervise a statewide Local Public Health Agency Service Mapping Project.
• Provide overall project leadership involving approximately 115 local public health agencies.
• Supervise and provide direction to assigned project staff.
• Establish project goals, objectives, timelines, work plans, milestones, and evaluation measures.
• Apply project and program management principles to maintain project schedules, quality, and deliverables.
• Lead statewide collection, validation, analysis, and maintenance of public health service and resource data.
• Establish consistent data collection, validation, and reporting standards.
• Coordinate directly with local public health agency administrators, leadership, and staff.
• Collaborate with state public health leadership and program directors.
• Develop and oversee a statewide inventory of public health services, resources, and capabilities.
• Oversee systems mapping, service mapping, resource mapping, and data visualization activities.
• Analyze statewide information to identify:
  • Service gaps
  • Unmet needs
  • Duplication of services
  • Workforce capacity issues
  • Resource distribution challenges
  • Access disparities
  • Opportunities for improved coordination
• Translate analytical findings into strategic and operational recommendations.
• Support strategic planning, policy development, workforce planning, resource allocation, and system improvement initiatives.
• Present findings, recommendations, and project updates to senior leadership and local public health stakeholders.
• Oversee technical assistance and training activities for participating agencies.
• Develop processes and quality-improvement initiatives to improve project effectiveness and service delivery.
• Monitor project risks, issues, milestones, and deliverables.
• Ensure project activities comply with applicable state and federal requirements, confidentiality standards, and organizational policies.
• Maintain transparent, collaborative, and professional relationships with leadership and project stakeholders.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications Public Health Leadership

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant professional experience; allowable substitutions may be considered.
• Significant experience working within public health, government health departments, healthcare, community health, or related environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading or managing public health programs or complex health-related initiatives.

Project & Program Management

Experience managing complex projects involving:

• Multiple organizations or stakeholder groups
• Project plans and timelines
• Deliverables and milestones
• Risk and issue management
• Data collection and reporting
• Quality control
• Stakeholder coordination
• Performance monitoring

Formal project-management certification such as PMP is beneficial but not required.

Supervisory Experience

• Demonstrated ability to supervise staff and coordinate work across multiple organizations.
• Experience in roles such as:
  • Public Health Program Manager
  • Public Health Supervisor
  • Program Director
  • Project Manager
  • Public Health Consultant Lead
  • Program Administrator
  • Similar senior-level positions

Systems Mapping

• Strong conceptual understanding of systems mapping, service mapping, resource mapping, process mapping, or community asset mapping.
• Ability to oversee mapping methodologies and translate results into meaningful recommendations.
• Direct GIS expertise is beneficial but not mandatory.

Data Analysis

• Ability to review and analyze complex public health and service-delivery data.
• Experience identifying trends, gaps, duplication, capacity constraints, resource distribution issues, and disparities.
• Ability to translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations for leadership.

Stakeholder Management

Experience working with multiple stakeholder groups, such as:

• State or local government leadership
• Local health departments
• Public health professionals
• Healthcare organizations
• Community organizations
• Government agencies
• Community partners

Strategic Thinking

Ability to connect project findings to broader organizational objectives, including:

Strategic Planning → Policy Development → Workforce Planning → Resource Allocation → System Improvement

Preferred Qualifications

• State or local public health department experience.
• Experience with statewide public health initiatives.
• Experience working with local public health agencies.
• Public health systems transformation experience.
• Public health accreditation experience.
• Workforce development experience.
• Health equity initiatives.
• Community health assessments.
• Program evaluation.
• Quality improvement.
• Policy development.
• Grant administration.
• Performance management.
• Technical assistance programs.
• Power BI or Tableau.
• ArcGIS/GIS.
• PMP certification.
• MPH, MHA, or related advanced degree.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Microsoft Excel / Advanced Excel
• Power BI
• Tableau
• Data visualization
• Data collection and survey tools
• Data validation and quality management
• Systems mapping
• Service mapping
• Resource mapping
• Process mapping
• Microsoft Teams
• PowerPoint
• GIS/ArcGIS

Key Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and team-management abilities.
• Executive presence and professionalism.
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills.
• Strong consensus-building abilities.
• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Diplomatic approach to stakeholder relationships.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Ability to communicate complex information to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strong critical-thinking and analytical skills.
• Highly organized and accountable.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Adaptability and ability to manage changing priorities.
• Strong commitment to transparency and collaboration.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a senior public health professional with approximately 7–15+ years of experience leading public health programs, statewide initiatives, health department projects, community/public health systems assessments, or similar complex engagements.

The candidate should have demonstrated experience managing staff, coordinating multiple local or regional organizations, leading data-driven public health projects, facilitating executive stakeholder discussions, analyzing service delivery and workforce capacity, and translating findings into strategic, policy, workforce, and resource-allocation recommendations.

Experience with state or local health departments and statewide public health initiatives is strongly preferred.

This is a senior-level leadership opportunity requiring strong public health expertise, project management, stakeholder engagement, analytical capabilities, and the ability to lead a complex statewide initiative.