Maine Prevention Network (MPN) Manager

Position Type: Full Time

Level: Mid-level

Location: Augusta, Maine (Hybrid)

Our Vision & Mission

We envision a world in which all people have access to high quality and enduring solutions to improve and maintain their health and well-being. MCD Global Health aspires to be a premier partner of choice and a recognized leader, innovator, and trusted partner in healthcare and public health program development, implementation and evaluation. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of people worldwide through enduring, high-quality, cost-effective, and universally accessible public health solutions. MCD operates impactful programs both in the U.S.A. and internationally.

Are you passionate about improving health and public health in Maine? Do you have a background in community-based public health, including tobacco prevention, substance use prevention, and obesity prevention? If yes, this may be the right opportunity for you!

We are looking for a public health leader who will be embedded with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and will be responsible for the oversight, coordination, development, and management of the Maine Prevention Network (MPN).

The MPN is a collaboration among the Maine CDC Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program, Maine CDC Chronic Disease Programs (Obesity Prevention), and Public Health District level community partners. With guidance from the Maine CDC, contracted community partners work to implement evidence-based prevention programming for Substance Use, Tobacco Use, Obesity, and Youth Engagement & Empowerment.

This position is responsible for being a subject matter expert in all three program areas (tobacco prevention, substance use prevention, and obesity prevention). This position will oversee a prevention service coordinator and work closely with other Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control as well as Chronic Disease program staff. This position identifies, develops, and implements the systems, policies, and resources necessary for Maine CDC to provide technical assistance and oversight to ensure MPN’s successful implementation of prevention programming at the community level.