Program Manager

Job Posting Title

Program Manager

092 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT ENDMT TRUST

Tobacco Settlement Endowment T

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full time

Regular

$82,500.00

This is a full-time position located in Oklahoma City.

The Program Manager - Community Programs is responsible for managing a variety of programs and uses program operations, research, evaluation, and program management experience in working with grantees and stakeholder organizations to achieve effective implementation and successful outcomes of programs. The Program Manager fosters and maintains positive grantee relationships by providing quality guidance, training, and consultation on best practices.

• Actively supports TSET's commitment to preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease in Oklahomans and creating healthier places for all Oklahomans to live, work, learn, and play.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for grantees and provides guidance, training, and consultation on best practices for operating a program under the terms of the grant, effective implementation of the grant, and appropriate use of agency funds.
• Facilitates connections and collaborates with researchers, evaluators, technical assistance and training partners, and grantees on the delivery of evidence-based interventions related to tobacco prevention and cessation, physical activity, nutrition, and other health related topics.
• Implements and maintains a grantee reporting process that includes periodic performance reports and results of completed projects.
• Stays abreast of research, trends, and new issues in grants management and programmatic initiatives endorsed by TSET's strategic plan. Assesses and researches current trends, existing programs and resources that might be leveraged, surveillance data, evidence base, and state and national plans, to inform decision making about priority populations or approaches for future funding.
• Conducts post-award and pre-performance meetings with grantees to review agreed upon measurable outcomes, grant terms and conditions, funding amount, required reports, deadlines, grant support, training schedule, and other pertinent information.
• Reviews and approves program-related strategic maps, logic models, work plans, budgets, and budget revision requests, ensuring a link to the scope of work for each assigned grant.
• Travels periodically in performance of job duties and activities. Program Managers are expected to visit grantees up to four times per fiscal year.
• Works collaboratively with technical assistance and training team partners, as well as grantees, when developing new plans, tools, protocols, and consultation delivery, as well as when translating research and evaluation results into actionable intervention strategies.
• Assists with the process of application reviews and preparation of grant performance summaries for the Board of Directors.

This position works in a comfortable office setting with a computer for a large percentage of the workday.

The noise level in the work environment is usually mild.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher learning. Academic degrees preferred, but not required, would include those related to community health, public health, public administration, education, and/or social work.
• Three years of experience working in programs and managing grants in a private foundation, academic institution, health care or clinical setting, nonprofit, or government sector.
• Experience in fiscal operations, financial management, providing consultation, program planning and development, policy development, managing grants, research, and public health is preferred.

• Knowledge of and experience in scientific research, philanthropy, government…