PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR 3 - 69889

Executive Service

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https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/program-areas/careers/7%2019%202025%20PHA%203%20job%20ad.pdf

Background Check: This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our strategic priorities. Mission: Protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of all people in Tennessee.

How you make a difference in this role:

Equip law enforcement to keep communities safe and empowering every community to stay safe. Improve our education system to help develop a skilled and knowledgeable workforce prepared to succeed in a 21st century economy. Implement a systematic Community Health Improvement Process by building the capacity of County Health Councils through technical assistance and funding support by growing the impact of community-led initiatives. Develop a comprehensive and coordinated strategy to address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), including relational health, within clinical and community environments throughout Tennessee.

Job Overview:

The Public Health Administrator 3 will serve as the Director of the Overdose Response Coordination Office (ORCO) at the Tennessee Department of Health. The Director of ORCO is responsible for leading and coordinating a comprehensive strategy to prevent drug overdoses and reduce substance use-related harms in the State of TN. This role involves strategic planning, program oversight, partnership development, data-driven policy formulation, and cross-sector collaboration to address the overdose crisis particularly related to opioids, stimulants and emerging substances.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain a state-wide jurisdiction-wide overdose prevention strategy aligned with evidence-based practices.
• Lead internal staff and external stakeholders in identifying and addressing gaps in overdose prevention strategies.
• Seek funding opportunities and growth strategies to further organizational impact.
• Oversee prevention, harm reduction, linkage to care and public health/public safety partnership initiatives.
• Lead a team that provides grants and contract management, administrative management, program oversight, monitoring and evaluation, as well as technical assistance.
• Manage federal and state grants, including CDC Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) and a state Opioid Abatement Council competitive grant.
• Ensure effective use of public health data to inform program design, monitor outcomes, and evaluate impact.
• Collaborate with public safety, behavioral health, community-based organizations, healthcare systems, and people with lived experience.
• Provide policy recommendations to reduce overdose mortality and morbidity to TDH leadership, statewide and local partners.
• Represent the health department on coalitions, task forces, and at public meetings.
• Consistently follow the overdose epidemic by reviewing data, speaking to stakeholders and partners and following policy developments.
• Staff Supervision & Development Supervise a multidisciplinary team including epidemiologists, program managers, and administrative staff.
• Foster a culture of inclusion, innovation, coaching and professional development.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: Master's Degree in a related field and substantial experience of increasingly responsible professional public health program work, including full-time supervisory work, statewide program oversite, and grant writing experience.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.