Strategic Partners Supervisor – Epidemiologist 3 – Homebased – DOH6776

This is a full-time, permanent, home-based Epidemiologist 3 position located within the Division of Disease Control & Health Statistics’ Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology’s Tuberculosis Program.  While this position is primarily home-based, the incumbent will be required to occasionally travel, typically locally or regionally to meet with clients, conduct business, or attend/provide training and may be expected to occasionally commute to the DOH Shoreline Campus for meetings.

Reporting to the Tuberculosis (TB) Program Manager, this Epidemiologist 3 position oversees the TB strategic partners initiative and supervises the operations staff of the TB program. This position will also direct work of other program members they don’t supervise, including epidemiologists and nurse consultants.  Additional responsibilities include:

• Oversight of partnership policies, outreach, guidance and response activities,
• Relationship building with a broad spectrum of key partners.
• Grant coordination and proactive identification of funding opportunities.
• Project prioritization.
• Evidence-based policy development and training to support the health of the citizens of Washington State. 
• Serving as principal investigator on new grant initiatives.
• Proposing, directing, and supervising epidemiological investigations.

This position coordinates with other teams within the TB Program, assists in guidance document development, and advances special projects for the TB Program. Staff are responsible for addressing epidemiology-related, clinical, and programmatic activities as outlined in the CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Cooperative Agreement, CDC Enhancing Detection grant, RCW 70.28, WAC 246-170, and WAC 246-101, as well as all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations. 

As the Strategic Partner Supervisor, you will also:

• Provide oversight and management of strategic partnership projects.
• Supervise TB operations staff and activities.
• Oversee development of grant applications and decision packages to attain new resources to support this work.
• Track grant progress reports and deliverables.
• Serves as grant writer and reviewer on program related grants as applicable.
• Develop protocols for these activities and assures that staff are adhering to protocols.
• Develop working relationships with local health jurisdictions, community partners and other internal/external customers to accomplish the work.
• Oversee program-related technical assistance and capacity building activities.
• Protect the confidentiality and security of all data.   

This position serves as a liaison to other Division of Disease Control and Health Statistics (DCHS) offices including the Public Health Outbreak Coordination, Informatics and Surveillance (PHOCIS) Office and Public Health Laboratories, other DOH Divisions, state agencies such as Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and professional organizations in activities pertaining to improving prevention, control, and response for TB. This work directly supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s TB Elimination Cooperative Agreement.

About the Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology

The Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology (OCDE) is responsible for statewide surveillance and investigation of more than 60 of Washington State's approximately 80 notifiable conditions, including planning and response for public health emergencies involving communicable diseases. These responsibilities align directly to the Agency’s mission and vision, equity, and optimal health for all (Department of Health Strategic Plan, Effective January 2020).

Within OCDE, the Tuberculosis (TB) Program works to prevent and care for tuberculosis. The Strategic Partners supervisor advances TB prevention and care initiatives in Washington State by strengthening connections between the DOH and a broad spectrum of partners.  

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