Executive Management Officer

Salary : $4,387.00 - $8,608.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: MVA/PAW/222174
Department: LDH-Medical Vendor Administration
Opening Date: 06/11/2026
Closing Date: 6/21/2026 11:59 PM Central


About this Job
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
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Join the leadership team for the Office of Economic Independence (OEI) within the Bureau of Health Services Financing, Medical Vendor Administration! OEI was created in 2025 by integrating the eligibility functions of Medicaid with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, Disaster SNAP, Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP), Kinship Care Subsidy Programs (KCSP) that migrated to LDH from the Department of Children and Family Services by unanimous legislative approval.
The position reports directly to the Executive Director, and the scope of efforts will include all of the programs administered by OEI - both Medicaid and SNAP. This position will be responsible for staff and stakeholder strategic planning and communication, including legislative and stakeholder outreach. Assignments will be directed by the Executive Director. The incumbent will work collaboratively with all members of the OEI leadership team and the Medicaid and Department's communications teams to ensure that efforts are aligned and cohesive and that plans are well crafted and effective. This work requires a strong ability to understand complex and diverse program impacts.

Minimum Qualifications
Six years of experience in administrative services; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field plus three years of experience in administrative services; OR

A bachelor's degree plus three years of experience in administrative services; OR

An advanced degree or a Juris Doctorate plus two years of experience in administrative services.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information


Job Duties:

Management duties will include:

• Serves as high level support to the Executive Director. Assists with development of agency strategies, goals, timelines, plans, and activities for accomplishing OEI work. Responsible for understanding statewide programmatic initiatives and expected outcomes for each.
• Supports the management of major projects and initiatives of the agency, preparing timelines, tracking progress, and managing deadlines with OEI leadership.
• Assists the Executive Director in broad scope efforts that may include: strategic plans, federal plans, and legislative reports. Works with Executive Director to step out strategic meeting cadence and structure for meetings with targeted groups: executive leadership, legislators, stakeholders, staff, etc.
• Works with LDH senior staff to negotiate gathering of sensitive information, demonstrates ability to analyze information gathered, determines effective ways to manage and deliver the information, and ensures it is captured in planning when improvements are needed.
• Promotes and establishes links between field staff and state office staff and LDH staff and stakeholders so that service delivery can be enhanced and partnerships can be maximized. Coordinates activities between department staff and stakeholders.
• Implements a plan to ensure meetings have defined goals and that progress post meeting is recorded.
• Develops and implements statewide communication strategies that promote the Office of Environmental Innovation's mission, initiatives, and priorities through reports, publications, presentations, social media, websites, newsletters, and other internal and external communication channels.
• Researches, writes, edits, and produces a wide variety of communication materials, including reports, news releases, talking points, presentations, promotional content, audio-visual materials, and stakeholder resources, while ensuring messaging is timely, accurate, and tailored to target audiences.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Medical Vendor Administration / ES State Office / East Baton Rouge Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as aProbationary appointment


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Position Number(s): 50689268
How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
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Contact Information:

Patricia Walker
LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

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LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.


As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
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Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
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Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others

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Do you have experience drafting press releases and preparing strategic communications?

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2. Do you have experience working with the Louisiana Legislature?

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