Program Infrastructure and Data Support

Position Highlights

Position Title: Program Infrastructure and Data Support

Location: Mecklenburg North Carolina

Position End Date: 09/29/27

Salary: $75,000 (plus benefits)

Overview:

The CDC Foundation is working with CDC and state and local authorities to provide surge staff to support surveillance, prevention and response activities within the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) Capacity Building Initiative program. The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for an Program Infrastructure and Data Support position will be responsible for reviewing partner reports and reviewing impact across the County. They will also be responsible for helping develop and maintain a centralized Monday.com program management platform to organize partner reports, invoices, financial reports, deliverables, program milestones, performance measures, and other documentation. The coordinator would establish standardized workflows, tracking mechanisms, deadlines, and reporting structures to improve visibility into partner performance and program implementation.

Minimum Qualifications:

· A Master’s degree in public health, social sciences, or a related field

· Minimum of 5 years related work experience in project management

· Strong writing skills, strategic and analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

· Excellent organization and project management skills, managing multiple projects simultaneously with competing timelines

· Experience working in diversity, equity and inclusion

· Experience developing curriculum and comfort facilitating trainings and workshops

· Ability to demonstrate awareness and understanding of numerous facets of diversity and intersectionality

· Demonstrated knowledge in overdose prevention, substance use disorder treatment, harm reduction, recovery, and/or drug policy

· Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams

· Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams

· Displays strong leadership, management and interpersonal skills

· Demonstrated engagement in networking and strategic partnerships

· Ability to work effectively with diverse partners and stakeholders

· Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and Zoom

Responsibilities:

· Develop and maintain program monitoring systems to track overdose prevention activities, partner performance, financial documentation, deliverables, and community impact.

· Manage and optimize the Monday.com platform to support program oversight, including tracking contracts, reports, invoices, milestones, deadlines, and performance measures.

· Establish standardized workflows and reporting processes to improve accountability, data quality, visibility, and coordination across funded partners and initiatives.

· Review and analyze partner reports to monitor program implementation, services provided, populations reached, geographic coverage, and progress toward program goals.

· Monitor financial and contractual documentation, including invoices and expenditure reports, to ensure completeness, accuracy, and alignment with approved activities and deliverables.

· Collaborate with epidemiologists and program staff to integrate surveillance and programmatic data, identify service gaps, assess community needs, and support data-driven decision-making.

· Prepare dashboards, reports, presentations, and data summaries that communicate program performance, outcomes, and impact to leadership, partners, and funders.

· Support evaluation, partner monitoring, and quality improvement activities to ensure compliance with grant requirements and successful implementation of the OD2A Year 4 work plan

· Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams

· Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams

· Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and Zoom

Special Notes:

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Mecklenburg, North Carolina in order to best support the Mecklenburg County Public Health.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans. 

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.

About the CDC Foundation

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1 billion and launched more than 1,000 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 140 countries last year. Learn more at www.cdcfoundation.org.