Assistant Director for Public Health Operations

Career Opportunities with Town of Brookline

The Town of Brookline is seeking a highly skilled and collaborative Assistant Director for Operations to support the Director of Public Health and Human Services in overseeing the operational, administrative, and facilities functions of the Department. This senior management role is critical to ensuring efficient internal operations, effective service delivery, and strong coordination across municipal departments and external partners.

Reporting directly to the Director, the Assistant Director for Operations exercises independent judgment and initiative in managing daily departmental operations, supervising staff, administering budgets and grants, and ensuring compliance with applicable public health, municipal, and data privacy regulations. The position plays a key role in strategic planning, staff management, facilities oversight, and continuous improvement of departmental systems and processes.

• Support the Director in establishing departmental goals, strategic priorities, and operational policies aligned with the Department’s mission.
• Provide day-to-day oversight of the Health Center facility, including coordination of maintenance, renovations, and operational needs.
• Supervise and coordinate clerical and administrative operations, including direct supervision of three or more full-time and/or part-time employees.
• Assist with recruitment, onboarding, performance evaluations, professional development, and offboarding of staff and interns.
• Serve as a liaison between the Department and Human Resources on personnel matters, including performance improvement plans.
• Contribute to departmental budget development and monitoring; oversee procurement, payroll processing, and financial reporting functions.
• Support grant development, administration, compliance, and outcome reporting.
• Maintain accurate public health records and prepare required monthly and annual reports.
• Ensure compliance with data security, confidentiality, HIPAA, public records law, and other regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate extensively with other municipal departments, boards, committees, neighboring municipalities, and external agencies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Public Administration, or a related field, and a minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in operations management, administration, or public service; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Supervisory experience and experience working directly with the public are highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of municipal operations, public administration, budgeting, procurement and records management.
• Familiarity with public health programs and regulations, grant administration, facilities operations and data privacy requirements.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency with systems such as MUNIS, ACCELA and Microsoft Office; multilingual skills are a plus.

This position requires a high degree of professionalism, discretion and sound judgment, with access to confidential and sensitive information. Errors may have significant operational, financial or legal consequences for the Town.

The Town of Brookline offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits and the opportunity to play a key leadership role in advancing public health and human services for the community. If you’re interested in joining us, please apply today with your resume and cover letter! Priority consideration to applications received by January 4, 2026

The Town of Brookline is an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to maintaining a diverse workforce.