Program Manager, Tobacco Policy and Control

Posted by on June 04, 2012

PROGRAM MANAGER, TOBACCO POLICY AND CONTROL
Division of Chronic Disease Prevention – Get Healthy Philly
Philadelphia Department of Public Health

The Program Manager of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s (PDPH) Tobacco Policy and Control Program will lead a team responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to prevent tobacco use initiation, promote cessation, and create smoke-free environments for Philadelphians.

For this position, we seek a dynamic leader with expertise in tobacco control and/or public health, significant management experience, and strong policy development skills. The Program Manager will supervise a staff of 7-10 people within the Department and will work with local governmental and non-governmental partners to implement and evaluate tobacco control programs funded through local, state, and federal sources. A job description is attached below and can also be found at: http://www.phila.gov/personnel/announce/current/jol_exempt.html.

In the last several years, PDPH has become a national leader in tobacco control through its Get Healthy Philly initiative, which has:
Made  200 recreation centers, playgrounds, and pools 100% smoke-free via a Mayoral Executive Order, affecting over 3 million annual visits
Enforced the Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law, making workplaces, bars, and restaurants smoke-free for 1.5 million Philadelphians
Developed a local permitting requirement for the 4,000-plus tobacco retailers in Philadelphia
Decreased illegal sales of tobacco to youth by 16% through education and enforcement
Implemented a mass media initiative achieving 24 million impressions and helping increase Quitline use ten-fold
Expanded access to smoking cessation therapies for 100,000 Philadelphians by spurring reforms in public and private insurance coverage
Provided free counseling and nicotine patches to 10,000 Philadelphians, enabling one-third of them to quit for good

For more information about our tobacco control work, please visit http://www.phila.gov/health and http://www.smokefreephilly.org.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a cover letter and CV to Giridhar Mallya, MD, MSHP, Director of Policy and Planning, Philadelphia Department of Public Health via Health Commissioner’s Office Representative, Andrea Dwyer at: [email protected].