Program Manager

Make a difference! This is your opportunity to lead a talented team of environmental and public health professionals. You will be responsible for several programs within Food and Community Safety, one of the Department’s largest teams. This work includes regulatory, technical assistance, and education and outreach efforts. You will work closely with other local, state and federal partners, to coordinate our work throughout Pierce County. This is a Regular, full-time (1.0 FTE) position.

Some of what you’ll do:

• Manage budgets, contracts, grant deliverables and program operations.
• Set, monitor, and evaluate program goals and objectives.
• Mentor, coach, lead and manage staff.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and community partners.
• Represent the Department on inter-agency committees and task forces.
• Identify and manage project/program data needs, and perform data analysis.
• Develop and implement regulations, policies and procedures.

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What you bring to the table:

Key competencies for this job include:

• Managing resources: Demonstrates broad understanding of financial and resource management; sets priorities and prepares the program budget; effectively allocates staff and other resources to meet objectives in a cost-effective and timely manner; meets EEO compliance and promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• Collaboration and partnering: Builds strong alliances and attempts to find common ground with a wide range of stakeholders; engages in cross-functional activities and collaborates across boundaries.
• Mentoring: Helps others to fulfill their potential by providing advice, encouragement, and the necessary resources based on one’s own knowledge and experience.
• Influencing and negotiation: Persuades others and builds consensus through a process of give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals; facilitates win/win situations.
• Quality control: Establishes and sustains the highest standards of quality; inspires and motivates others to meet those standards; consistently reassesses processes in order to assure quality standards are met.
• Creativity and innovation: Develops and considers alternatives to conventional approaches; encourages the generation and adoption of new ideas to improve existing programs and processes.
• Change management: Serves as a positive agent for changes in the organization’s structural assignment, climate or operational processes. Ensures effective implementation of required changes.

Who should apply:

Individuals with a Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, public health, business management or public administration and five or more years experience in a related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience to perform the essential functions of work.

The strongest candidates will have five or more years relevant supervisory or managerial experience.

Required Certifications and Licensure

• Possession of a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driver’s abstract is required prior to employment.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:

Work Setting

• Work is performed almost exclusively indoors in an office environment. Exposure to hazards is limited to those commonly found in government office environments.
• The potential for dealing with dissatisfied or angry customers exists, requiring skills in conflict resolution.

Tools and Equipment:

• Duties require the use of standard office furniture and equipment (e.g., desk, filing cabinets, computer, printer, telephone, fax machine, copy machine, etc.)

Travel:

• Driving a vehicle requiring a license.
• Some travel is required, and is typically local or regional, to meet with clients, conduct business, or attend or provide training.

When public health responds to an emergency you may be assigned duties that are outside your regular job description. This may involve responding at any time, including nights and weekends, with possible deployment to locations other than the department.