Executive Management Officer

About this Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

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This Executive Management Officer position offers a unique opportunity to work at the executive level in advancing rural health initiatives across Louisiana. Reporting directly to the Executive Director of the Louisiana Office of Rural Health, the role serves as a trusted advisor and special assistant, providing high-level analysis on complex operational, policy, and outreach issues. The position plays a key role in stakeholder and legislative engagement, supports the implementation of strategic policies and processes, and serves as a lead coordinator and member of the Office for Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability Executive Management Team. This role is ideal for a strategic, detail-oriented professional seeking to make a statewide impact through executive leadership and collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

Job Specification

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Management of Office Operations and Policies

• Directs the identification of Office operations in broad and specific categories ensuring compliance of federal regulations, legislative acts, executive orders, budgets, and special commission reports.
• Serves as the Human Resources (HR) Liaison for the Office, coordinating all postings of positions, hiring paperwork and recommendations for hires, separations, and updates to position descriptions.
• Coordinates and participates in Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability Executive
• Management Team meetings, ensuring all operational issues, policy matters, and stakeholder engagement opportunities are addressed in meetings.

Communications/Media Coordination

• Coordinates with LDH Bureau of Media and Communications to ensure any media, communication, and outreach messages specific to the office and its programs are appropriate.
• Interacts with top level Department staff, other office communication officials, legislators, and federal agency representatives on issues relating to the office.
• In conjunction with programmatic staff, researches and develops news releases, fact sheets, media advisories, brochures, posters, articles, social media messages, and other communications specific to Office initiatives.

Policy and Procedure/Program Integrity

• In partnership with the Executive Director and Deputy Director, establishes procedures to ensure compliance with current federal and state regulations and implementation of new regulations and policies.
• Directs policy research projects involving needs assessment surveys and stakeholder outreach.
• Initiates quality improvement activities and coordinates office-wide procedures and work to improve existing processes for maximum clarity, efficiency, and success.

Training and Technical Assistance

• Oversees processes for technical assistance offerings for sub-grantees and other rural health partners.
• Serves as the Training Liaison for the Office.

Location: Office of Secretary / Executive / East Baton Rouge Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment, Promotional appointment, or Job appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months).

Cost Center: 30710003000010

Position Number(s): 50693111

How To Apply

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Shambrielle Pooler

Shambrielle.Pooler@la.gov

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-6477

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