CDC Foundation

Program Implementation Specialist

CDC Foundation

full-time

Posted on:

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States

Visit company website
✨ AI Apply
Apply

Salary

💰 $60,000 - $65,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

About the role

  • Work directly with overdose prevention organizations across the state to provide technical assistance on operational, administrative and sustainability needs
  • Participate in established statewide overdose prevention meetings and workgroups to conduct listening sessions and gather feedback from community partners on most pressing needs
  • Provide tailored technical assistance based on assessment findings to strengthen financial and administrative systems for programs
  • Assist organizations in developing policies and procedures that align with federal and state financial requirements.
  • Create and disseminate tools, templates, and learning materials to support organizational capacity.
  • Facilitate collaborative learning opportunities focused on sustaining and expanding programs through development activities, community events, braided partnerships, and other creative strategies.
  • Provide guidance on identifying, pursuing, and managing new funding opportunities to diversify and stabilize revenue streams.
  • Works with staff to develop and implement/enhance systems and processes to ensure consistent, high-quality project management.
  • Fosters and maintains peer-to-peer relationships with subject matter experts, partners, and other stakeholders aimed at efficient and effective program implementation.
  • Serves as programmatic liaison for and between internal and external stakeholders.
  • Manages significant matters such as project development, project budgeting, and auditing/evaluating project impact and performance.
  • Formulates project-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards and priorities
  • Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned project in consultation and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Assists with preparing, negotiating, and monitoring project-related contracts and agreements.
  • Serves as the contact person in the absence of team members, in this capacity
  • Assist in creating sustainability of overdose prevention programming

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required and master’s degree is preferred
  • Minimum of Two years of experience non-profit operations and/or public operations and financial management
  • Professional experience or demonstrated knowledge in overdose prevention, peer-led organizations, substance use disorder treatment, community-based overdose prevention, recovery, and/or drug policy.
  • Skilled in program design, implementation, analysis and evaluation
  • Demonstrated ability to assess organizational systems and recommend improvements in financial management, operations, or program development
  • Familiarity with federal and state grant requirements, budget development, and required documentation (e.g. SAM, DUNS, etc)
  • Self-motivated with exceptional organizational skills and high attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple facets of project development and implementation
  • Ability to work collaboratively with technical experts, administrators, external partners, and the public
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work
  • Exceptional oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Strong cultural competency and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in an environment with diverse cultures, multiple perspectives, and competing needs
  • Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams
  • Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and Zoom

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
program designprogram implementationprogram analysisprogram evaluationfinancial managementbudget developmentgrant requirementspolicy developmentproject managementresource mobilization
Soft skills
organizational skillsattention to detailcollaboration skillstime managementmulti-taskinginterpersonal communicationcultural competencyself-motivationability to prioritizeability to work independently