Program Specialist VI

Job/Position DescriptionUnder the general direction of the Manager for the Tobacco, Asthma, and Cancer (TAC) Branch in the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section, serves as the Team Lead (Program Specialist VI) of the Texas Asthma Control Program (TACP). Performs highly advanced (senior-level) program planning, development, implementation, and management of TACP activities. Provides technical assistance to program staff, internal and external partners, and leadership on all topics related to asthma. In consultation with the TAC Manager, assigns work to other team members. Supports statewide implementation of cross-cutting approaches to address asthma control using evidence-based strategies. Leads grant application, implementation, management, reporting, and evaluation activities. Develops contract scopes of work, monitors contractor activities and budgets, ensures contract activities are conducted and reviews for quality, and provides technical assistance to contractors. Oversees and supports the Texas Asthma Control Collaborative (TACC) and its workgroups to implement strategies identified in the Strategic Plan for Asthma Control in Texas. Develops and reviews educational materials on evidence-based best practices and approaches for asthma control for a variety of audiences. Consults with stakeholders, oversees and monitors contracts, and implements directives and projects designed to promote delivery of evidence-based services and education on a statewide level for people with asthma. Assists management and section leadership with completing division and section level assignments. Works under minimal supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.Essential Job Functions(20%) Serves as Team Lead for the TACP. Oversees advanced programmatic work to support the planning, development, implementation, and strategic direction of TACP, including coordination of daily and long-term activities of program staff, preparing and evaluating budget requests, reporting requirements and evaluation of programmatic activities and impacts. Establishes program goals and objectives, and develops activities, schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving them. Implements and manages advanced special project initiatives funded through general appropriations, cooperative agreements, or other funding sources. Evaluates and identifies program needs and opportunities for improvement as well as implementation of quality improvement efforts.(20%) Leads development of federal grant applications and continuation applications, activities, deliverables, budgets, work plans, projects, and progress reports. Identifies priorities for the federal grant and works with TACP staff and contractors to achieve the aims of the federal grant and of the TACP. Leads routine meetings with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionand#146;s National Asthma Control Program. Oversees TACP contracts and contractor activities. Identifies potential contractors and develops contracts, including writing scopes of work, budgets, and deliverables. Monitors contracts, provides technical assistance to contractors and staff as needed, and ensures appropriate and complete spend down of contract funds. (20%) With the TACP Partnership and Outreach Coordinator, provides guidance, facilitation, and technical assistance to the TACC and its workgroups with regard to meetings, special reports, educational and outreach materials, data requests, and other projects. Works with program https://jobshrportal.hhsc.state.tx.us/ENG/CareerPortal/job_profile.cfm?szOrderID=622026 Copy the URL in the preceding sentence to an Internet Explorer browser to apply to the job directly through the Texas Health and Human Services Career Portal.