Program Manager -LDH; Grants Oversight Supervisor

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

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This position may be filled in the following parishes:
East Baton Rouge

Lead the strategy behind high-impact public health funding as you direct a centralized Grants Oversight Office serving the Office of Public Health within the Louisiana Department of Health. In this leadership role, you’ll guide the full grant lifecycle—from proposal strategy to financial oversight and closeout—while shaping agency-wide policy, strengthening compliance, and driving data-informed investment decisions. You’ll collaborate with executive leadership, supervise a dedicated team, and ensure grant-funded initiatives deliver measurable outcomes that improve health across Louisiana.

If you’re ready to influence funding strategy, build strong systems, and lead meaningful public health impact, this is your opportunity to apply.

• Acting Decisively:
  The ability to make timely, confident decisions using sound reason.
• Championing Continuous Improvement:
  The ability to promote and implement ongoing enhancements in processes, products, services, or organizational culture.
• Demonstrating Accountability:
  The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Demonstrating Initiative:
  The ability to assess situations independently and take proactive steps to address them without being prompted or instructed by others.
• Driving Results:
  The ability to set and pursue goals, maintain focus amid competing demands, and deliver results.
• Leading Change:
  The ability to lead people through change by setting a focused direction, building trust, addressing concerns, and supporting lasting results.
• Navigating Organizations:
  The ability to understand what an organization values, how it is structured, and how decisions are made to accomplish its goals.
• Thinking Critically:
  The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, well‑supported conclusions.
• Training Others:
  The ability to design and deliver training experiences that build knowledge, develop skills, and improve performance.
• Working with Financial Information:
  The ability to interpret financial data, manage financial approvals, and ensure compliance to support informed decisions and promote transparency.

• Seven years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus four years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.
• A bachelor’s degree plus four years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.
• An advanced degree or a Juris Doctorate plus three years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.

Experience substitution:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field. The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Develops, implements, and maintains agency-wide policies and standard operating procedures governing grant administration, financial oversight, and internal controls.
• Establishes strategic goals, performance…