PROGRAM CONSULTANT bei Georgia Department of Community Health, GA

About the Department

Pay Grade M

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) is one of Georgia's four health agencies serving the state's growing population of over 10 million people. DCH serves as the lead agency for Medicaid, oversees the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) and Healthcare Facility Regulation, impacting one in four Georgians.

Through effective planning, purchasing and oversight, DCH provides access to affordable, quality health care to millions of Georgians, including some of the state's most vulnerable and under-served populations. Six enterprise offices support the work of the agency’s three program divisions. DCH employees are based in Atlanta, Cordele and across the state. 

DCH is committed to providing superior Customer Service and Communication, embracing Teamwork and fostering Accountability to ensure that our internal and external customers and stakeholders feel included, respected, engaged and secure.  

Position Duties

Under broad supervision, plans, coordinates, organizes and assesses the development and implementation of a functional program including program evaluation, and program management. Oversees, develops, and implements policy, procedures and processes. Analyzes and applies findings from complex and comprehensive research.

Job Responsibilities

• Understanding and maintains knowledge of MCO rules and regulations and specifically, Georgia’s CMO care delivery systems and processes for managing service to GA’s Medicaid beneficiaries 
• Conduct analyses on CMO Performance for a subset of strategic initiatives.
• Implements and assists performance management strategies on CMO improvement initiatives 
• Evaluates CMO performance data 
• Ability to prioritize projects, resources and skills to meet agency needs for performance management process results timely.
• Interprets dashboards, standardized reports, and other visualization

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma/GED and one (1) year of experience required at the lower level Prgm Consultant 2 (GSP091) or any other combination of education and professional experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the job.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with Tableau/Business Intelligence Tools 
• Knowledge of and program evaluation.
• Knowledge of process improvements and data analytics
• Demonstrated ability to communicate to senior managers

Other Qualifications

EARN MORE THAN A SALARY! In addition to a competitive salary, the Georgia Department of Community Health offers a generous benefits package, which includes employee retirement plan; paid holidays annually; vacation and sick leave; health, dental, vision, legal, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, health and childcare spending account.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification. 

THIS POSITION IS SUBJECT TO CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SATISFACTORY APPLICANT POOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT WORK EXPERIENCE LISTED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. CURRENT GEORGIA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE SUBJECT TO STATE PERSONNEL BOARD (SPB) RULE PROVISIONS. THE POSITION MAY BE FILLED AT A LOWER OR HIGHER POSITION LEVEL.

This position is unclassified, and employment is at-will. Candidates for this position are subject to a background history and reference check. For more information about this job contact: http://dch.georgia.gov