Public Health Subject Matter Expert – Maternal and Child Health, Home Visiting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Assess and confirm the home visiting program design document, which includes the staffing model, referral sources, visit content, screening tools, and materials, ensuring alignment with public health practices and the home visiting evidence base.

• Evaluate the short-term pilot plan along with its learning questions, tracking methods, and learning schedule, and suggest modifications prior to the pilot launch.

• Review the strategies and resources aimed at engaging new mothers and caregivers directly, focusing on aspects such as language accessibility, trust-building, consent, and confidentiality.

• Participate via video in discovery sessions with municipal public health directors and public health nurses, as well as in selected monthly coordination meetings.

• Analyze the landscape review of early childhood support groups for clinical and early childhood accuracy and thoroughness.

• Develop and conduct three to four learning sessions, lasting 60 to 90 minutes each, for public health directors and staff on maternal, child, and family health within the Foundational Public Health Services framework, home visiting models and evidence, and closed-loop referral practices.

• Deliver presentations on the evidence and pilot findings at one or two regional meetings, in person where applicable.

• Provide written feedback within agreed timelines and engage in the team’s internal quality review of deliverables.

⛳️ Requirements

• A doctorate (PhD, DrPH, or equivalent) in public health or a related field is required.

• Experience collaborating with local or regional public health departments in Massachusetts, a Massachusetts public health shared services collaborative, or a program from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health within the last five years.

• Proven experience in designing, implementing, or evaluating maternal and child health initiatives, home visiting programs, or early childhood systems within the past five years.

• Familiarity with the Foundational Public Health Services framework as adopted in Massachusetts.

• Capability to critically assess program designs and plans and provide clear, actionable written feedback.

• Experience in facilitating or teaching sessions tailored for public health practitioners.

• Availability for approximately 6 hours per week on average from November 2026 through June 2027, with increased commitment expected from November through January, and attendance at one or two in-person meetings in the Greater Boston area.

• Authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, currently or in the future, is mandatory.

• Direct experience with a Massachusetts newborn or early childhood home visiting program, such as Welcome Family, Healthy Families Massachusetts, or a MIECHV-funded initiative.

• Familiarity with closed-loop referral systems utilized in community health settings.

• Experience providing guidance to municipal public health leadership or within a multi-municipal collaborative framework.

• Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or Arabic is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Travel expenses for the one or two in-person meetings will be reimbursed.

• Approximately 210 hours of engagement, averaging 6 hours per week, can be scheduled around the candidate's other commitments.