Community & Behavioral Health Manager - Health Department

Community & Behavioral Health Manager - Health Department

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Community & Behavioral Health Manager - Health Department

Salary

$95,596.84 - $143,395.26 Annually

Location

Brighton, CO

Job Type

Regular Full-time

Job Number

07229

Department

Public Health Department

Division

Health Equity and Strategic Iniatives

Opening Date

11 / 04 / 2025

Closing Date

11 / 18 / 2025 4 : 30 PM Mountain

Our Mission

To responsibly serve the Adams County community with integrity and innovation.

EEO

Adams County is an equal opportunity employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Position classification

Hybrid Job duties and expectations allow for onsite and remote work scheduled every week. Employees in this classification are regularly scheduled onsite one (1) to four (4) days per week based on the County needs and as determined by Department Director. Hybrid classified roles can be onsite more than the set minimum based on employee preference.

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What Success Looks Like In This Job

The Community and Behavioral Health Manager serves as a strategic leader within the Strategic Health Initiatives Division of the Adams County Health Department, advancing division- and department-wide goals through the integration of community health, behavioral health, and youth engagement cross-cutting initiatives. This role drives systems-level change by aligning strategies across organizational plans—such as the Strategic Plan, Community Health Improvement Plan, and Community Engagement Plan— and local and state policy agendas to address the root causes of complex social health challenges. This position effectively brings together project management, change management, and advanced public health skills to build strategic tools and systems that support complex internal and external alignment and collaboration, centering the social determinants of health and fostering sustainable, data-driven approaches to improving population health outcomes and community resilience.

Examples of Duties for Success

Strategic Leadership and Program Oversight

Provides strategic direction and oversight for County-wide Community and Behavioral Health initiatives aligned with organizational and community priorities and foundational public health capabilities.

Strengthens organizational capacity through infrastructure development, technical assistance, workforce development, and evidence-informed strategies.

Develops Community and Behavioral Health unit goals and objectives and oversees the alignment of community and behavioral health efforts across the Department using a shared risk and protective factors framework to drive collective impact, resource blending, and sustainability.

Manages, including developing, approving, monitoring, and forecasting, a multi-million-dollar budget and contracts portfolio; oversees accounting (AP, AR, pcards) and procurement (RFPs, RFAs, NFOs) processes and ensures transparency, integrity as fiscal stewards, and community participatory approaches for maximum Adams County-wide impact.

Supports community and behavioral health funding development, including grant identification, writing, and interdepartmental coordination.

Develops, implements, and oversees continuous quality assurance and improvement processes at division and departmental levels to monitor progress of programs and projects, improve efficiency, and meet public health accreditation standards.

Responsible for continually monitoring the Community and Behavioral Health fields to maintain active working knowledge of the principles, techniques, best practices, and procedures related to areas of focus and identify model programs and opportunities for innovation.

Supervision and Team Development

Supports, guides resource allocations, and creates accountability for supervisors and staff in performance management, cross-team collaboration, team development, and professional development.

Guides teams in applying project management, change management, quality improvement, evaluation, and public health models to drive collective and sustainable impact across Adams County.

Implements adaptive leadership frameworks to support organizational shifts, new initiatives, and evolving community health priorities.

Supports a team culture of ongoing learning, growth, and collaboration, assures mentorship and professional support, and identifies learning opportunities for the team.

Effectively uses values-based leadership methods and coaching skills to provide mentorship to direct reports and staff across the Division.

Ensures operational policies and procedures as well as grant contracts are understood and abided to by staff, including oversight of program budgets and deliverables and employee performance

Proficiently supervises personnel and program operations including the assignment and review of staff work, interpretation of program and policy for staff, providing clarity and tools to support staff success, and coordinating schedules and work to meet community needs.

Community Engagement and Partnership Development

Strengthens the county’s role as a trusted leader in community and behavioral health strategy, positioning the health department as a key convener and innovator in population-based health strategies.

Visible in the community as a trusted resource to advance community and behavioral health priorities through the chief health strategist approach that embraces multi-sector and system collaborations to advance community and data-driven policy, systems, and environmental changes.

Ensures authentic community and youth engagement practices through co-designed strategies that elevate lived experiences in program planning, decision-making, and implementation.

Strengthens internal collaboration across the Department to leverage learnings from public health programs and enhance community engagement efforts.

Creates strong and innovative partnerships within Adams County government, local government and the community to integrate community health, behavioral health, and youth and community engagement strategies into programs, partnerships and policy.

Strengthens the capacity of external partners through technical assistance, resource-sharing efforts that foster collective impact, and professional development opportunities.

Represents the department in regional and state initiatives, serving as a subject-matter expert and advocate for integrated, prevention-driven health systems.

Commitment to the Community :

Regularly assesses work and supports changes to remove systemic barriers and build systems that address unfair differences. Creates and maintains partnerships and processes that support and integrate practices that center community needs and ensure just opportunities into all aspects of Adams County Health Department work.

Integrates community driven work that addresses system-level barriers and fosters fair opportunities into internal and external goal setting.

Emergency Preparedness and Response Duties

• Completes trainings identified as appropriate for this level employee. Employee participates in all exercises and drills on emergency preparedness and response, as required. Employee responds, as required, to support emergencies, incidents and events with a public health and medical impact.

HIPAA Statement : Maintain sensitive & confidential client information according to the HIPAA policy confidentiality requirements.

Equipment Used

Must demonstrate proficiency in using PPE; computer use including internet, email, Microsoft Office Suite; audio- visual and other teaching equipment; anthropometric equipment. Must be able to learn and become proficient with equipment and software programs as required to perform assigned duties effectively and efficiently.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Oversees the Community and Behavioral Health unit and directly supervises a mix of first-level supervisors and individual contributors

Qualifications for Success

Knowledge of :

The public health model for community change, including policy, systems, and environmental change

A diverse set of public health areas of focus, such as mental health, suicide prevention, substance use, tobacco use and FDA compliance, and school and youth engagement.

Social Determinants of Health and their impact upon community and behavioral health

The underlying factors that lead to unfair health outcomes and how to address them through partnerships, programs, and policy.

Skills to :

Effectively lead teams through project management, change management, and the application of complex policy and systems change frameworks to advance community-driven initiatives

Accurately scope out length and difficulty of tasks and projects, set goals and objectives, break down process into steps and develop project plans within and across the organization

Create a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate many kinds of team members and can support each person to be their very best through open dialogue and shared ownership

Facilitate dialogue among a broad range of audiences to advance a common understanding and shared priorities

Identify and engage unique partnerships to advance public health

Look at trends and patterns in services to inform community health strategy

Ability to :

Present information in a variety of settings with different audiences within the community both inside and outside of the organization.

Facilitate group processes to advance dialogue to informed action.

Adjust to a changing climate to achieve intended goals of the work.

Learn how organizations work and how to advance community health promotion strategies within different settings

Engage community and institutional organizations and community members to move toward a common goal

Address unfair health outcomes within different settings and speak to the systemic factors associated with Community and Behavioral Health priorities

More Qualifications for Success

Experience :

A minimum of five years’ experience related in public health or behavioral health.

Experience must include progressively increasing responsibility, including a minimum of four years leading teams of varying backgrounds toward shared, sustainable outcomes.

Education & Training : Requires a Master’s degree received from an accredited college or university, preferably with major coursework in public health, public policy, behavioral health sciences, health administration, social work or a related field.

License or Certification : Possession of or the ability to obtain a valid Colorado Driver's License.

Background Check : Must pass a criminal background check.

Working Conditions and Physical Abilities :

This role remains in a semi-stationary position, often sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time.

Occasionally, this role will move about to accomplish tasks by walking from one department to another; and requires reliable transportation to drive from one worksite to another.

This position’s physical demands are assessed to be light work that includes moving objects from 14 pounds to lifting supplies up to 50 pounds.

This role constantly communicates with others to exchange information by speaking, listening, and writing.

Requires sufficient writing ability to communicate needs fluidly and accurately in grant proposals and program reports.

This position can expect no adverse environmental conditions as work is performed in an office building.

Adams County complies with Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act (“JAFA”). JAFA prohibits employers from asking individuals to disclose their age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation on an initial employment application. However, additional application materials such as certifications and transcripts containing this information may be required for certain positions; if such additional materials are requested, applicants may redact information that identifies the applicant’s age, date of birth, or dates or attendance or graduation.

Adams County provides a comprehensive benefits package to employees that goes above and beyond what is offered at most organizations.

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Benefits You Expect :

AFLAC Supplemental Medical Insurance

Basic Term Life & Optional Term Life Insurance

Deferred Compensation Plan

Dental / Vision / Medical Plans

Generous Vacation / Sick leave

Long-Term Disability

Retirement Plan

Short-Term Disability

Plus some you might not expect :

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Fitness Center

Employee Health Clinics

Flexible Work Schedules

Recreation Center Discounts

Training & Tuition Reimbursement Programs

Wellness programs

Lactation friendly certified workplace

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Please be aware that your cover letter and resume will not be accessed in the initial screening process, so you must complete your application and supplemental questions with as much detail as possible. Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager. If the hiring manager selects you to advance in the hiring process, your cover letter and resume will then be accessible to the hiring team. Information provided on the application is used to determine if a candidate meets minimum qualifications. Only information provided at the time of the application being completed will be considered and additional information that is not listed on the application will not be considered when deciding if a candidate meets or does not meet the qualifications. Applicants are STRONGLY encouraged to include all information and details on their application. I understand and agree that only information provided at the time of my application will be used to determine if I meet the minimum requirements for this position.

Yes, I understand and agree

Yes, I understand but disagree.

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Do you have at least five (5) years of experience in public health or behavioral health, including progressively increasing responsibility and a minimum of four (4) years leading teams of varying backgrounds toward shared, sustainable outcomes?

Yes

No

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Do you possess a Master’s degree, or higher from an accredited college or university, preferably with major coursework in public health, public policy, behavioral health sciences, health administration, social work or a related field?

Yes

No

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Are you able to possess a valid Colorado's Driver's License, or have the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire?

Yes

No

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This role requires leadership in both team development and performance management. How do you approach mentorship and professional development for your direct reports, especially in a cross-functional, collaborative environment?

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This role involves aligning multiple community health and behavioral health initiatives with broader organizational goals. Describe a time when you successfully aligned multiple initiatives or teams to achieve a common, strategic objective. What tools or frameworks did you use to ensure alignment and collaboration?

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Building effective cross-sector collaboration is key in this role. Share an example of how you facilitated partnerships between multiple sectors (e.g., public health, government, non-profits, community groups) to address a complex health issue. What strategies did you employ to ensure the collaboration was impactful and sustainable?

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