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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$26.138

Job Posting:

JR2026-00023676 Mobile Maternal Care and Training Program Coordinator (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

03-20-2026

Job Description:

DHHS is seeking an dedicated public health professional with program implementation and maternal-child health program experience to support our Mobile Maternal Care and Training rural health initiative.

 

Job Duties:

• Identify local/tribal health departments (L/THDs) that have high capacity and need to pilot Mom and Baby Mobile Health Clinics and develop subawards to implement Mobile Health Clinics across Nebraska.
• Assess the capacity to provide prenatal/postpartum care and obstetric readiness/training needs in facilities and build relationships with hospitals and local health departments to encourage use of training/capacity building efforts.
• Manage subawards and contracts to increase prenatal/postpartum and obstetric (OB) service readiness
• Provide technical assistance to LHDs and hospitals as needed. Connect facilities to current evidence-based practices.
• Participate in trainings and conferences to learn more about the viability of additional mobile solutions such as telemedicine, virtual visits and remote monitoring.
• Plan and coordinate statewide data collection and continuous quality improvement efforts for building statewide capacity for perinatal and OB care. Use data to inform sustainability planning.

 

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, social/behavioral sciences, health sciences, public health, education, law or related field OR experience in the development of operational policies and procedures, performing quality assurance analysis/evaluation of programs; grant writing, contract management, or leading community based health/social care groups. Related coursework, training and/or education may substitute for the Bachelor’s degree on a year-for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Quality improvement experience with clinics/hospitals, program experience with maternal-child-health programs such as home visiting or with WIC or as a health educator. Demonstrated partnership building and collaboration experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of: basic accounting and business administration; social work and management theory; the structure of organizations; state, local and federal laws and programs relating to social service programs; available funding sources; human dynamics; learning/teaching techniques.

Ability to: relate well with a diverse number of individuals or organizations; analyze community’s present needs and recommend programs to achieve desired results; work with people in a variety of roles (leadership, cooperation, education, networking); collaborate and build partnerships.

Skill in: persuading others to adopt programs; presenting information to groups or individuals in oral or written form; problem solving; prioritizing; goal setting; conflict resolution.

 

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