Agency

Division

Job Classification Title
Program Manager II (S)

Position Number

Grade
NC21

Description of Work
The primary purpose of this position is to oversee the Behavioral Health Initiative of the Rural Health Transformation Program Grant (RHTP). RHTP is a 5-year grant awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a five-year CMS grant focused on improving healthcare access, quality, and outcomes in rural communities. This position is responsible for working with Executive Leadership and Subject-Matter Experts partners with executive leadership and subject-matter experts to develop and implement a vision for rural behavioral health system transformation within the projects contemplated under North Carolina's RHTP plan. This position is located within the DMH/DD/SUS Policy Unit and reports to the Chief Policy and Strategy Officer.

The position plays a critical leadership role in aligning stakeholders, ensuring compliance, and advancing long-term system transformation in rural North Carolina. The position oversees a multi-level team, including supervision of team leads and supervisors of both programmatic and operational staff. Responsibilities include oversight of project planning, staffing, stakeholder engagement, and performance management to ensure alignment with grant requirements, timelines, and deliverables.

The RHTP Behavioral Health Grant Manager also represents the initiative in the Department's cross-divisional RHTP governance structure and ensures coordination and accountability with behavioral health project leads in divisions across the Department.

This position works closely with a team of staff to ensure strong internal and external communication about the grant, ensure operational excellence in grant administration.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Salary Grade Range: $70,627.00 - $137,724.00

Recruitment Range: $70,627.00 - $104,175.00

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement.

The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)/ Management Preferences are not required. Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

• Familiarity with complex human services, public health, or mental health/substance use disorder programs and services.
• Strong program and project management skills, including planning, implementation, budget development, budget management, and reporting for complex multi-program initiatives.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills combined with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across teams, business units, and organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic goals into actionable plans.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

The Posting Will Close At 11:59 P.M. The Night Before The End Date

The Position Is Time-Limited
This Position Is 100% Federally Funded
This Role Is Eligible To Be Hybrid And Requires Onsite Reporting Located Within Raleigh, NC

About the NC Division of Mental Health (DMH)

The North Carolina Department of Mental Health provides quality support to achieve self-determination for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and quality services to promote treatment and recovery for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders.

About the Rural Health Transformation Program

NC Rural Health Transformation Program is a statewide program led by NCDHHS to transform rural health care delivery, improve health outcomes, and ensure sustainable access to care for nearly 3 million rural North Carolinians. The program is funded over five years by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The main goals of the program are to:

• Catalyze innovative health care models for rural communities by changing the way providers work together to care for patients in rural NC.
• Transform the rural care experience, building community-based clinical, behavioral, and social supports close to home.
• Create a sustainable rural health delivery system through underlying systems changes in rural workforce pipelines and care team models, and rural provider financial models.

Compensation and Benefits
The State of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits. Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis). Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave. In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees. Visit website for State Benefits

Minimum Education and Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience." If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and five (5) years of experience in the program area of assignment, including two years of supervisory program experience

OR

An equivalent combination of training and experience.

Recruiter:
Dreisa Yvonne Johnson

Recruiter Email:
[email protected]