DHHS Program Manager I - Perinatal Regionalization

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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$28.371

Job Posting:

JR2026-00022293 DHHS Program Manager I - Perinatal Regionalization (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

01-30-2026

Job Description:

The DHHS Public Health Division is seeking a an experienced grant program manager to partner with the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health DHHS Program Specialist RN and Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative to ensure alignment with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists standards of maternal care through the state of Nebraska.

 

Job Duties

• Plans, organizes, and manages statewide implementation of perinatal regionalization efforts, including management of contracts and subawards.
• Develops standards and protocols for identifying risk-appropriate levels of care for birthing hospitals in Nebraska in partnership with the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health DHHS Program Specialist RN and Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative. Ensures alignment with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists levels of maternal care.
• Assesses and verifies levels of maternal care to determine appropriate level of care for birthing hospitals across Nebraska.
• Coordinates statewide perinatal services and builds system for formal system for provider consultation and referrals to regional specialty services, including coordination with Emergency Medical Services.
• Plans and coordinates statewide data collection and continuous quality improvement efforts. Uses data to inform sustainability planning. Aligns program activities with data and population health priorities.
• Provides input and recommendations on policy and systems integration to support long-term sustainability for perinatal regionalization.

Pay: $28.371 hourly to start. $29.790 after successful completion of original probation.

 

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, social/behavioral sciences, education, health sciences, public health, law or related field and experience in program planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluating program functions or supervising/management staff and budgets. Related coursework, training and/or education may substitute for the Bachelor’s degree on a year-for year basis. Experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience monitoring grant activities, contracts and subawards. Past clinic or hospital management experience, EMT, or program assessment experience a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of: the principles and techniques of management; business and management principles including planning, budgeting, resource allocation and human resources; the principles of grant writing and grant administration; the techniques of research, planning and evaluation; work performance or other standards of development; program analysis/evaluation; policy development.

Skill in: communicating to convey information so others will understand.

Ability to: learn, apply and interpret agency policies and procedures relating to the assigned program or function; learn, apply and interpret State and federal laws and standards; develop and maintain effective relationships with program representatives and the public; summarize program and administrative data/statistics into reports; formulate goals and plans; manage time and workflow of oneself and that of others to meet deadlines; demonstrate professionalism.

 

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