Public Health Program Director 1

Job Title: Strategic Planning Healthcare Consultant - Hybrid
Duration (Contract): 1-2 Months
Client Location: Nashville TN 37243

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description:

As a Strategic Planning Healthcare Consultant you will lead the development of a comprehensive Child Health Strategic Plan. The contractor will guide a collaborative planning process engage diverse stakeholders assess current child health needs and produce a clear actionable multiyear roadmap that advances child health outcomes across the state. This contractor will drive the full planning process from landscape assessment through final plan delivery working closely with internal leaders external partners and community stakeholders. The ideal candidate brings expertise in child health strong strategic planning skills and the ability to translate complex data and diverse perspectives into a clear actionable roadmap.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the full strategic planning process for child health initiatives.
• Conduct a comprehensive review and crosswalk of child health priorities published from local state and national entities including the Client Title V Block Grant American Academy of Pediatrics Zero-to-Three etc. and gather Client specific data points for child health metrics.
• Engage and survey parent/family representatives community based organizations service providers and other stakeholders through listening sessions focus groups and presentations of crosswalked priorities and data.
• Identify strategic priorities measurable objectives and implementation pathways.
• Develop a comprehensive multi-year Child Health Strategic plan based upon identified priorities complete with clear goals objectives and multi-year strategies that will improve indicators of childrens health and well-being in Client.
• Create an implementation roadmap outlining timelines resource needs partnerships and evaluation metrics.
• Draft the full strategic plan including narrative data visualizations recommendations and implementation considerations.
• Present findings drafts and final deliverables to leadership and relevant stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience (5 years preferred) in strategic planning public health program development or health systems planning.
• Background in child health maternal child health community health or related fields.
• Strong facilitation skills and experience engaging diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights.
• Excellent written communication skills including development of strategic or planning documents.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in public health health policy child development social work or a related field.
• Experience working with state public health agencies.
• Familiarity with Tennessee child health systems or similar integrated health social service environments.
• Experience with data-driven planning methods and designing implementation or evaluation frameworks.
• Knowledge of policy levers affecting child health at local state and federal levels.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $40.00 to $50.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills experience location and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.