Manager, Hepatitis

NASTAD is a non-profit national association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis health care, prevention, education, and supportive service programs funded by state and federal governments in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Pacific Islands. NASTAD also supports partner governments in Africa, the Central America region, and the Caribbean region.

NASTAD’s vision is a world free of HIV and viral hepatitis

The Manager is a member of NASTAD’s Hepatitis team, assisting in the development of readiness assessments, the provision of capacity building assistance (CBA) and training products to health department hepatitis programs, and program evaluation. The position works within NASTAD’s Hepatitis Testing Partnership and Learning Collaborative (HTPLC) Team to implement the required elements of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) PS16-1608 Viral Hepatitis Networking, Capacity Building, and Training cooperative agreement.

The position will be responsible for coordinating CBA requests and tracking CBA topic trends, working with partner organizations to develop and strengthen HCV programmatic activities, maintaining a listserv and an online resource center, and planning for network meetings.

Essential Duties

• Provide support for NASTAD capacity building assistance activities within the hepatitis program.
• Coordinate NASTAD’s Hepatitis Testing Partnership and Learning Collaborative (HTPLC) team, and leverage the Learning Collaborative to facilitate improved testing of the target populations for chronic viral hepatitis and link to care and treatment.
• Develop and maintain a directory of coalition member organizations for NASTAD’s Hepatitis Testing Partnership and provide technical assistance and training to conduct culturally competent educational outreach to the populations living with hepatitis C.
• Leverage the Hepatitis Testing Partnership coalition to assist implementation of CDC’s national viral hepatitis educational campaign.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned

Minimum Qualifications
Experience/Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and four to five (4-5) years of relevant work experience.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Prior experience working in capacity building with governmental public health a plus
• Prior experience working in the area of HIV and/or hepatitis a plus
  
  

Minimum Competencies
Skills, knowledge, and abilities

• Fostering Teamwork: As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team.
• Oral Communication: The ability to express oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others.
• Written Communication: The ability to express oneself clearly in business writing.
• Attention to Communication: The ability to ensure that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.
• Building Collaborative Relationships: The ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.
• Advanced Written Communication: The ability to use formal writing styles or advanced literary techniques and formats suited to the audience.
• Technical Expertise: The ability to demonstrate depth of knowledge and skill in a technical area.
• Analytical Thinking: The ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.
• Stakeholder Orientation: The ability to demonstrate concern for satisfying one’s external and/or internal stakeholders

•Interest in working with a national HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis public health organization

•Interest in working within a diverse environment

•Willing to travel as needed (Approximately 25%)

NASTAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer