Program Manager LDH; Grants Manager - Post Award

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

Make a statewide impact by safeguarding and strengthening more than $365 million in public health funding. As Post-Award Grants Manager, you’ll lead complex grant oversight across the Office of Public Health within the Louisiana Department of Health—driving compliance, fiscal integrity, and performance across a diverse portfolio of programs. You’ll serve as a trusted authority on post-award monitoring, cost allocation, and regulatory requirements, using your expertise to guide program leaders, improve systems, and ensure funding delivers measurable results for communities statewide.

If you’re ready to lead with precision, influence major public health investments, and elevate grant performance at scale, we encourage you to apply!

• Adapting to Change:
  The ability to demonstrate flexibility in thoughts, behaviors, and actions in response to evolving circumstances or unexpected change.
• Building Trust:
  The ability to create a safe and supportive environment where others feel comfortable speaking up, sharing ideas, and acknowledging mistakes.
• Communicating Effectively:
  The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• 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.
• Learning Actively:
  The ability to pursue learning, seek feedback, and integrate new knowledge to improve personal and professional performance.
• Managing Budgets:
  The ability to plan, monitor, and adjust budgets to meet goals, ensure compliance, and promote financial transparency.
• 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; OR
• 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; OR
• 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; OR
• 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 and implements standardized post-award monitoring procedures and internal…