Youth Tobacco Program Manager

This position is responsible for monitoring and overseeing the Office of Tobacco’s youth strategies, activities, and implementation of existing and new initiatives. This position will be critical in overseeing Students Taking a New Direction (STAND), the youth technical assistance partner contract, and implementing strategies and nicotine dependence among youth. Responsibilities include: Development of request for proposals, evaluation of contractor proposals, and negotiation of contracts to provide services, development and provision of technical assistance and continuing education both internally and to all contracted agencies, development of collaborations and partnerships between individuals and agencies involved in youth and young adult tobacco cessation, prevention, secondhand smoke, and emerging issues; preparing written reports, oversee collection of data from contractors and reports summary data to funders

This position guides contractors to ensure their proposed implementation concepts are realistic and grounded in community input and support. Working closely with youth technical assistance partners and STAND coalition coordinators, the role oversees compliance with contract terms, deliverables, and state and federal regulations.

The position may be responsible for representing the department on program or policy level committees at the state and national levels. This position will be required to perform work and/or travel as necessary and/or as required.

Responsibilities include:
• Implementing the structure of the current STAND youth coalition program and identifying program improvements.
• Developing and implementing a model for STAND coalitions to collaborate with health care providers and public health professionals in order to screen for tobacco use and dependence and educate when interacting with other youth and young adults.
• Developing request for proposals, evaluation of contractor proposals, and negotiation of contracts to provide services.
• Developing and administering a STAND Youth Advisory Board to engage youth and young adults to examine strategies and activities to reduce initiation of tobacco use.
• Managing and coordinating statewide youth trainings/meetings engaging youth to educate other youth and communities on the dangers of tobacco use and dependence.
• Developing and implementing a program evaluation plan and contract monitoring tools to monitor and review results to develop recommendations for program change and contract compliance with youth technical assistance partners.
• Developing and overseeing a work group to recruit and engage existing partners, community-based programs, and/or organizations to conduct youth and young adult outreach to prevent initiation and reach at-risk youth and young adults impacted by tobacco-related disparities.
• Developing and implementing web-based training and toolkits for STAND coalitions to utilize for education and outreach.
• Developing marketing and media strategies prioritizing youth and young adult tobacco prevention.
• Other duties as assigned related to the position

Knowledge of:
• Principles, practices, and current trends in youth tobacco and vape prevention and cessation strategies and activities.
• State and local government principles, practices, and rules regarding public health policy on tobacco.
• State procurement laws, rules, and procedures.
• Theory of standard accounting procedures, program planning, management, and evaluation methods, and techniques.
• Performance Management (PM), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Lean methodologies.

Skilled in:
• Communication: excellent oral and written skills to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Leadership: Mentor skills, teaching skills, decision-making skills, problem-solving, listening skills and handling emergency situations.
• Executive: Time management, task completion, priority setting and coordination.
• Technical: Data entry, word processing, typing, computer usage, including applying computer techniques to access and process new and existing information, mathematics, and accountancy.

Ability to:
• Interpersonal: Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with agency staff, office staff, funding sources, other state agencies and community organizations, consultants, contractors and grantees, for the coordination and collaboration necessary for the projects; to develop and maintain the relationships needed to monitor contracts, organizing and maintain projects
• Analytical: Ability to identify problems and formulate effective solutions; research appropriate sources to obtain required information; analyze and interpret program data; critical thinking required.
• Support a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment, and creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination.

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, public administration, or closely related field and 4 years of work experience in program planning or administration. Master's degree will substitute for 2 years of work experience.

• Drivers license

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including:
• Affordable medical and dental insurance plans
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Wellness program and plans
• Life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• Defined retirement plan
• Award winning infant at work program
• Credit union membership
• Transit subsidy
• ADHS Student Assistance Pilot Program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

To help you build a financially secure future, the State makes monthly contributions to finance your retirement benefit. The State will contribute to the ASRS in an amount equal to your contribution. In other words, you and the State will each pay 50% of total cost of the benefit. New State employees have a 27-week wait period for contributions to begin.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/ Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by emailing steven.santiago@azdhs.gov. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. DHS is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All newly hired employees will be subject to E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.