PROGRAM MANAGER - FOOD IS MEDICINE (GRANT FUNDED)
$624,000–$624,000 year
On-siteLewes, Delaware, United States
Job Summary
Lead day-to-day implementation and operational oversight for the Southern Delaware Food Is Medicine infrastructure initiative, ensuring compliance with grant deliverables, timelines, and budgets. Develop comprehensive project workplans, monitor milestone tracking systems, and coordinate activities across Beebe Healthcare, TidalHealth, La Red Health Center, and other partners. Manage workforce deployment, technology integration, and culinary medicine capacity building while overseeing Epic workflow design and closed-loop referral systems. Serve as primary liaison among healthcare organizations, community partners, and state stakeholders to facilitate meetings, resource coordination, and evaluation readiness. Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for the Rural Health Transformation Program and collaborate on sustainability planning for future pilot services.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in public health, Nutrition/Food Science, Community Health, Healthcare Administration, Project Management, or a related field
- Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience managing nutrition programs, healthcare, public health, community-based, and/or grant-funded programs
- Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives involving healthcare organizations, community partners, academic institutions, and other key stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience managing project plans, budgets, contracts, deliverables, performance measures, and program reporting requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience facilitating meetings, presenting information, and preparing reports and other professional communications
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in public health (MPH), Healthcare Administration (MHA), Nutrition, Population Health, Social Work, Community Health, Health Services Administration, or a related discipline
- Experience implementing programs that address food insecurity, social drivers of health, behavioral change, and rural health populations
- Experience utilizing Epic or other electronic health record (EHR) systems, healthcare data platforms, population health reporting tools, closed-loop referral technologies, or project management software platforms
- Experience coordinating and supporting certification programs, educational and professional development activities, training, events, and community engagement initiatives
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