Position Highlights

Position Title: Project Manager

Location: Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, Mississippi

Position End Date: 10/30/2027

Salary: $75,000 - $85,000 plus benefits

Overview

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Project Manager who will provide strategic and operational leadership for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of a Community Health Worker (CHW) certification and credentialing program. The position will coordinate partners, oversee program standards and processes, support CHW workforce development, and ensure that certification and credentialing activities are equitable, accessible, transparent, and aligned with established professional and public health standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, healthcare, social services, education, business, or a related field; master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in project management, workforce development, certification/credentialing, public health, healthcare, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of CHW roles, competencies, workforce development, and community-based public health practice preferred.
• Experience with certification, credentialing, assessment, accreditation, or quality improvement preferred.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively with diverse communities and professional partners.

Responsibilities

Program Development & Implementation

• Lead the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the CHW certification and credentialing program.
• Develop and maintain program policies, procedures, eligibility requirements, competencies, application processes, examinations or assessments, and renewal requirements.
• Establish project timelines, milestones, deliverables, and performance measures.
• Identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement and program sustainability.

Stakeholder & Partnership Management

• Build and maintain relationships with CHWs, employers, training organizations, health departments, healthcare organizations, community-based organizations, academic institutions, and other stakeholders.
• Convene and facilitate advisory committees, workgroups, and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure meaningful CHW participation in program design, governance, implementation, and evaluation.

Certification & Credentialing Operations

• Coordinate applicant intake, eligibility verification, documentation review, examination/assessment processes, certification decisions, renewals, and recertification.
• Ensure consistent application of certification standards and maintain confidentiality and data integrity.
• Coordinate with training providers to ensure alignment between CHW education, competencies, and credentialing requirements.
• Monitor program compliance with applicable policies, standards, and accreditation or recognition requirements.

Project & Performance Management

• Develop and monitor the program budget, contracts, resources, and operational needs.
• Track key performance indicators, including enrollment, certification rates, workforce participation, diversity, completion, renewal, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Prepare reports, presentations, dashboards, and recommendations for organizational leadership and governing bodies.
• Identify risks, resolve operational issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Other duties as assigned

Special Notes

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Mississippi State Department of Health in order to best support the State of Mississippi in their public health programming.

This position requires the operation of a motor vehicle as a component of the job responsibilities and duties. In adherence with CDC Foundation’s Driver Safety Motor Vehicle Policy (“Policy”), offers for employment for this position require the Applicant to provide authorization to the CDC Foundation to conduct a Motor Vehicle Record (“MVR”) review both pre-employment and also annually post-employment while in this position. Additionally, if an offer of employment is accepted, employees in these positions must possess and maintain a valid driver's license in their state of residence, self-report motor vehicle violations/convictions, and provide proof of acceptable insurance coverage with mandatory minimum coverages as set forth within the Driver Safety Motor Vehicle policy. All offers of employment and continued employment for this position are contingent upon meeting all minimum qualifications of this Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.

About the CDC Foundation

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.2 billion and launched more than 1,200 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 140 countries last year. Learn more at www.cdcfoundation.org.