Description
The Maryland Department of Health is seeking a consultant to conduct a comprehensive organizational assessment of its perinatal health portfolio. The goal of this assessment is to understand how the initiatives currently serve Maryland families and to identify potential programmatic overlaps, service gaps, and opportunities to improve service delivery efficiency. The successful applicant will provide a comprehensive organizational assessment and strategic roadmap to modernize and align the Bureau's perinatal health initiatives. Key responsibilities include:
• Conducting a comprehensive audit to identify all internal and external initiatives currently categorized under perinatal care coordination or perinatal health
• Defining specific objectives, funding, and legislative requirements, target populations, and service areas for each program
• Identifying service or administrative gaps that are currently unaddressed by the existing portfolio
• Proposing a future-state team structure that supports an integrated portfolio
• Developing a protocol for migrating fragmented project files into a unified repository
• Designing a model for a single, Bureau-wide perinatal update/newsletter and facilitating consensus on a unified brand strategy for all MCHB perinatal services
• Reviewing existing financial and programmatic reporting and proposing an integrated reporting framework that reduces administrative burden for MCHB staff and subrecipients
• Providing a phased roadmap for transitioning the Bureau to a centralized, results-based infrastructure by June 2028
The applicant must demonstrate a minimum of five years of experience in organizational design, change management, or public health administration. The applicant must also provide proof of tax-exempt status and meet all requirements outlined in the RFA.