Senior Project Coordinator

The CDC Foundation seeks a Senior Project Coordinator to support Perinatal Quality Collaboratives’ (PQCs) efforts to improve respectful care among pregnant and postpartum persons and their newborns. PQCs are multidisciplinary teams implementing quality improvement initiatives in maternal/infant healthcare facilities across a state to improve pregnancy outcomes. Funding is available to augment PQCs’ work on respectful care and promote birth and maternal health equity. PQCs may also leverage the Hear Her maternal health campaign which seeks to prevent pregnancy-related deaths by increasing awareness of urgent maternal warning signs amongst pregnant and postpartum people and by improving communication between patients and their healthcare providers. This position may also provide evaluation support and technical assistance to PQCs.

This position duties includes the following:

• Development, implementation, and monitoring of subgrants to PQCs that seek to begin or expand their respectful care initiatives
• In partnership with CDC’s Perinatal and Infant Health Team, assist in soliciting and evaluating proposals from PQCs
• Provide technical assistance to PQC grantees to integrate birth equity and respectful care into ongoing or new quality improvement initiatives
• In partnership with CDC’s Perinatal and Infant Health team, support activities of PQCs and the National Network of PQCs to incorporate respectful care into nationwide efforts to improve maternal and neonatal care and outcomes
• Identify and facilitate opportunities to promote and disseminate Hear Her campaign resources as a component to improve respectful care and ensure hospitals provide patient education before discharge
• Strengthen PQCs’ evaluation capacity and may conduct evaluation activities to help assess PQC efforts
  
  
  

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with the nation’s lead agency charged with protecting the public's health. A successful candidate will be hired by the CDC Foundation and will be organizationally located with the Perinatal and Infant Health Team in CDC’s Maternal and Infant Health Branch, Division of Reproductive Health (DRH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).

Atlanta-based candidates are preferred. Remote work may be considered for exceptional candidates, though some travel for in-person may be required. Relocation expenses are not provided. The salary for this position ranges from $80,000-$90,000 and will be based on experience and qualifications. The CDC Foundation offers an attractive benefits package. This is a full-time position with grant funding anticipated through at least September 29, 2025, with the possibility of extension.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to PQCs on project planning, respectful care strategies, evaluation, and other topics as helpful to ensure effective implementation and strengthened organizational capacity
• Lead the request and evaluation of proposals from PQCs to begin or expand respectful care activities
• Monitor PQC subgrants to ensure successful implementation
• Support evaluation as required and help strengthen PQC evaluation capacity
• Coordinate with CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health Staff on Hear Her campaign and PQC work
• Manage team meetings and coordinate related activities between partner organizations and PQCs
• Plan and manage learning activities for PQCs, including webinars and conference calls
• Facilitate dissemination of Hear Her campaign resources through grantee initiatives and activities
• Lead or support the development of written materials that may include reports, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, presentations, and other outputs
• Represent the CDC Foundation and the project team at meetings and partnership events as needed
• Participate in and/or lead special projects and other duties as assigned
  
  
  

Qualifications and Necessary Skills

• Master's degree in public health or related field from an accredited college or university is required
• Minimum of 5 years of public health and related professional experience
• Experience working with PQCs strongly preferred
• Experience supporting programs related to respectful care and/or maternal and child health
• Experience coordinating and supervising multiple partners and/or subcontractors
• Experience evaluating public health programs, preferably with proficiency in mixed methods
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Superior project management capabilities, organizational skills and attention to detail
• Capable of acting independently and tracking, summarizing, and reporting activities