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Program Manager at InsideHigherEd

InsideHigherEd Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Job Description

Department:

OBGYN-Horizons-412480

Career Area :

Health Professional (Physician/Nurse/Other)

Posting Open Date:

10/24/2025

Application Deadline:

11/14/2025

Open Until Filled:

No

Position Type:

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Working Title:

Program Manager

Appointment Type:

EHRA Non-Faculty

Position Number:

20065004

Vacancy ID:

NF0009357

Full Time/Part Time:

Full-Time Permanent

FTE:

1

Hours per week:

40

Position Location:

North Carolina, US

Hiring Range:

$62,990 - $74,000

Proposed Start Date:

12/01/2025

Be a Tar Heel!:

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events. UNC-Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary:

UNC Horizons at Wake seeks a Program Manager to support the clinical and administrative for new projects/services caring for pregnant and parenting women and single women interfacing with the legal system (child welfare/family court, jails, prisons) with a substance use disorder in North Carolina. The position will lead gender-responsive outpatient and reentry services initiatives such as overseeing the transitional housing program and outpatient SUD perinatal programming and lead intake coordinator for the justice-involved state-wide program. The tasks will focus on program management, programmatic reporting, data/evaluation monitoring (intake forms, consent to treatment, monthly treatment plan updates, discharges), and supporting the clinical services (assessments, intakes, leading clinical team minutes, and facilitating intake/admissions in Wake County). This position will also train and supervise project staff and oversee the referral lines to initiate behavioral health services. This position will be responsible for clinical assessments to determine substance use disorder and mental health conditions that align with the DSM-5 manual and ensure treatment plans are delivered promptly.

Likewise, this position will report to the Director of Community Engagement and Integrated Treatment Services to ensure the fidelity of evidence-based SUD services through administrative supervision, direct observation, and training through quality assurance and improvement tasks. Further, this position will engage in community outreach, local and state presentations, and site visits with the Director of Community Engagement and Integrated Treatment Services to various jails and prisons to complete screening, referrals, and intakes. The person in this position will ensure compliance with all project protocols and regulations and will monitor data collection and project documentation for internal and external audits. This position requires two clinical licenses (LCSW, LPA, LMFT, LCMHC, or a provisional license of one of these credentials) and an addiction credential (CADC, LCAS-A, LCAS). Also, this position requires experience working with women with a SUD, trauma, violence, legal involvement (child welfare/family court, jails, prisons, etc), and an understanding of working with women and families.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in a Human Services discipline with coursework related to the area of assignment. Some positions may require certification to practice as a certified or licensed Clinical Social Worker as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:

  • Provisional or full clinical license of two licensures (LCSW, LCAS, LCMHC, LMFT, LCSWA, LCASA, LMFT-A). One must be an addiction license
  • Must have experience related to behavioral health services, preferably substance use disorder treatment
  • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Must be knowledgeable of the impact of trauma, stigma, substance use, and incarceration among pregnant, parenting, and single women
  • Must be able to develop strong partnerships with community agencies
  • Must have a valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:

  • Master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work
  • Master’s degree in counseling in a human services field and one year of social work or counseling
  • Experience working with pregnant, parenting, and single women impacted by substance use, trauma, incarceration
  • Experience providing trauma and gender-responsive treatment
  • Experience with project management and staff supervision
  • Understanding of the medical model of addiction (addiction medicine) and biopsyhosical-spiritual framework of addiction treatment (social work/human services field)
  • Ability to build rapport and relationships with individuals, families, and communities
  • Experience with the addictive disorder section of the DSM-5, assessing and diagnosis addictive disorders, and the ability to diagnose mental health conditions or collaborate with medical providers to inform a mental health diagnosis
  • Experience with understanding consent to treatment or services, data collection, quality assurance, data security, reviewing protocols or programming
  • Experience working within an interdisciplinary team and/or training/leading behavioral health professionals (PSS, QP, case managers, paraprofessionals, etc.)

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities:

Not Applicable.

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