Deputy Director Of Regulatory And Legal Affairs

The North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH) is accountable for the protection, promotion, and preservation of health for North Carolinians through ethical, compassionate, and ongoing health practices. Public health is a network of essential services working and cooperating to protect and improve North Carolina's health and to make communities safe and healthy places to live. The primary goals of DPH include strengthening public health infrastructure, improving health outcomes, and eliminating health disparities. DPH interfaces with 86 local health departments throughout the state which are the primary deliverers of public health programs.

The DPH Office of Regulatory and Legal Affairs (RLA) sits within the DPH Division Director's Office. The Director of RLA is part of the DPH leadership team. RLA supports administrative rulemaking by the Commission for Public Health and State Registrar of Vital Statistics, provides legal consultation to state and local public health officials on public health issues, drafts, reviews, and negotiates public health legal agreements, and administers the DPH Institutional Review Board (IRB). The RLA team is responsible for public health legal and regulatory support to NCDHHS and DPH leadership and staff, including the Assistant Secretary for Public Health and the State Health Director.

The Deputy Director of the RLA reports to the Director of RLA and will have a leadership role in RLA, including supervising two legal consultants and responsibility for developing and tracking RLA's performance indicators. The Deputy Director represents RLA in meetings and presents at educational events and conferences in furtherance of the public health mission. The Deputy Director is a subject matter expert on program areas related to public health law, administrative rulemaking, human subjects research law, IRB administration, and state and federal information privacy requirements. Areas of work include, but are not limited to:

• Consulting on regulatory and legal issues, including division-wide and state-wide application and enforcement of public health statutes and rules; 

• Managing and tracking requests for legal agreements, which includes working with DPH staff and third parties to understand agreement requirements and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreement provisions in compliance with state and federal law;

• Assisting with public health administrative rulemaking efforts, including drafting administrative rules and rulemaking fiscal notes, guiding DPH staff in the rulemaking process, and ensuring compliance with the NC Administrative Procedure Act;  

• Serving as the Administrator of the DPH Institutional Review Board (IRB), to facilitate the review of public health research and manage the day-to-day activities of the DPH IRB, including managing federal filings, maintaining the DPH IRB protocol and forms, facilitating DPH IRB meetings, and overseeing education and compliance; and

• Managing assignments for two legal consultants and overseeing their work.

This position is an opportunity to work with and help lead a dynamic team committed to positively impacting the public health of North Carolinians through law and regulation. There is an opportunity for this position to be hybrid with remote workdays.

About the Division of Public Health:

The NC Division of Public Health (DPH) works to promote and contribute to the highest possible level of health for the people of North Carolina - Everywhere, Everyday, Everybody.To receive credit for all of your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the application form. Any information listed under the text resume section or on an attachment will not be considered for qualifying credit. Qualified candidates must document on the application that they possess all of the following:

• Knowledge of North Carolina law and outstanding skills in legal research, analysis, and drafting.

• Knowledge of performance management and best practices.

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written.

• High degree of integrity and trust along with the ability to learn quickly and work independently to perform the duties and functions of the position.

• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders and to supervise staff to achieve program goals.

• Ability to organize, prioritize, and follow complex and detailed procedures independently, including developing and presenting action plans and recommendations to supervisor.

• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with NCDHHS and DPH staff, State officials, and the public.

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience." If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.

Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and five (5) years of experience in the program area of assignment, including two years of supervisory program experience;

OR

 an equivalent combination of training and experience.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) selects applicants for employment based on job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, political affiliation or political influence.  Pre-Employment criminal background checks are required for some positions.

Division of Public Health (DPH) main locations, including their grounds, are tobacco-free as outlined in the Tobacco-free Campus Policy. All tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, e-hookahs, "vape products" and all smokeless tobacco products, may not be used in the indicated areas. For more information, please see the policy and FAQ posted here:

 http://publichealth.nc.gov/employees/

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account. You will either receive a call to schedule an interview or an email notifying you when the job has been filled.

For technical issues with your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at 855-524-5627. Applicants will be communicated with via email only for updates on the status of their application. If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status, please contact HR, 919-707-5450.

Please refer to the link below for additional information:

 https://oshr.nc.gov/work-nc/how-do-i-get-job