Position: CONTRACT MANAGER, RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM Coordinator Special Programs Health Servi[...]

Location: Mt Rainier

Introduction

The State Office of Rural Health (SORH) serves as a focal point and state clearinghouse for collection and dissemination of information regarding rural health care issues, research findings, and innovative approaches to the delivery of health care in rural areas; provides coordination of rural health programming across the state to avoid redundancy and support coordination of efforts among public health and health care entities;

and delivers technical assistance to rural‑serving public and non‑profit private entities to build capacity to access state and federal resources. Ultimately, as the state entity primarily responsible for rural health, SORH aims to support the Department, other state agencies, and rural Maryland communities to improve the accessibility of quality health services throughout rural Maryland and positively impact the health of rural Marylanders.

SORH oversees and administers the newly established CMS‑funded Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) for the state of Maryland. The RHTP will improve the health of rural Marylanders by (1) strengthening the rural health workforce, (2) connecting rural Maryland to primary care, chronic disease management, specialty care, and behavioral health, and (3) addressing chronic disease with increased demand for and supply of nutritious food.

GRADE

16

LOCATION OF POSITION

MDH State Office of Rural Health, Baltimore MD

Main Purpose of Job

This recruitment is for three contractual positions. There are three Contract Managers – Rural Health Workforce, Rural Food Access, and Rural Health Access – each coordinating and advising sub‑recipient work efforts on a statewide basis and having grant monitoring responsibilities across a variety of partner types. They support the implementation of statewide rural health transformation strategies, act as subject‑matter experts regarding their pillar, ensure alignment of sub‑recipient work efforts with program goals, complex funding requirements, and stakeholder needs, and provide technical assistance and capacity building to expand services to rural communities.

Contract

Manager, RHTP (Rural Health Workforce)

Coordinates and advises sub‑recipient work efforts on a statewide basis, has grant monitoring responsibilities across a variety of partner types, and supports the implementation of statewide rural health transformation strategies. Serves as the subject‑matter expert regarding “transforming the rural health workforce,” ensures alignment of sub‑recipient work efforts with program goals, complex funding requirements, and stakeholder needs, and provides technical assistance and capacity building to expand services to rural communities.

This contract manager is the lead for all agreements related to this pillar, provides workplan and budget review, and approves assigned sub‑recipients and their sub‑awardees, ensuring frequent, clear, and consistent communication and contract‑management documentation.

Contract Manager, RHTP (Rural Food Access)

Coordinates and advises sub‑recipient work efforts on a statewide basis, has grant monitoring responsibilities across a variety of partner types, and supports the implementation of statewide rural health transformation strategies. Serves as the subject‑matter expert regarding “empowering Rural Marylanders to Eat for Health,” ensures alignment of sub‑recipient work efforts with program goals, complex funding requirements, and stakeholder needs, and provides technical assistance and capacity building to expand services to invest in infrastructure supporting Marylanders’ access to nutritious, locally grown and raised Maryland foods.

This contract manager is the lead for all agreements related to this pillar, provides workplan and budget review and approval of assigned pillar sub‑recipients and their sub‑awardees, ensuring frequent, clear, and consistent communication and contract‑management documentation.

Contract Manager, RHTP (Rural Health Access)

Coordinates and advises sub‑recipient work efforts on a statewide basis, has grant monitoring responsibilities across a variety of partner types, and supports the implementation of statewide rural health…