Director of Education and Community Engagement

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the leadership of a large well-established urban public health department. The Director of Education and Community Engagement (ECE) leads the ECE Division and its staff in all areas of infectious disease related to education and community outreach, in order to reduce risk of illness and promote health of residents in Boston. Strengthened by the Boston Public Health Commission's two hundred years of leadership in public health, our Infectious Disease Bureau strives to reduce the impact of infectious diseases, prevent morbidity associated with these diseases, and create healthier lives for the residents of Boston. Work within the Infectious Disease Bureau includes disease surveillance, investigation of cases and outbreaks, funding a continuum of HIV/AIDS-related education and care through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act, and community and provider education related to other communicable diseases. From sexually transmitted infections to tuberculosis to new emerging diseases, we address a range of issues related to preventing and treating infectious diseases. - Works to help BPHC advance as an antiracist organization by meetin...