Manager, Office of Planning and Community Affairs (OPCA) Initiatives

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Responsibilities

The Manager, OPCA Initiatives, will manage priority OPCA initiatives, including but not limited to "Ending the Epidemic Initiative," the annual Ending the Epidemic Summit, World AIDS Day events, health equity, and development of annual AIDS Institute priorities. The incumbent will be responsible for program/project planning, design, implementation, and evaluation; responsible for the allocation of resources; manage special projects; oversight of statewide workgroups and advisory boards; represent OPCA and the AIDS Institute; and will supervise staff. The annual Summit is the premier Ending the Epidemic event in the State and the work associated with the Summit is year-round. World AIDS Day responsibilities will involve overseeing all planning, development and implementation of activities and events. Health equity involves serving as OPCA liaison on health equity issues and managing health equity in OPCA. The development of annual AIDS Institute priorities involves directing deliberations of leadership, ensuring input from all program areas, compiling priorities, conducting presentations, and managing updates and modifications.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in a related field and five years of experience in the management of an HIV/AIDS or other relevant program in a public health, health/human services, health regulatory program or community-based services organization; OR an associate's degree in a related field and seven years of such experience; OR nine years of such experience. The years of experience must have included policy formulation, program planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and/or allocation of resources. At least three years of experience must have included supervision of staff and program management. A master's degree in a related field may substitute for one year of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in coordinating workgroups, advisory boards, or coalitions. Experience in planning public health-related conferences. Experience leading health equity related projects.

Conditions of Employment

Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel, up to 25% of the time, will be required.

The selected candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the official work location specified in the job posting and must also be located in or willing to relocate to one of the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, or Massachusetts, prior to hire. Telecommuting will be available.

HRI has a long-standing dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. HRI is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in all phases of its employment procedures and practices.

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