NYREACH is a non-profit community health organization serving all five boroughs of New York City, working to create equity in healthcare through education, research, and community programs. As a high-performing community-based organization (CBO) within New York State's Social Care Network (SCN) under the Medicaid 1115 Waiver, NYREACH connects Medicaid members with housing, nutrition, transportation, and care navigation services.
NYREACH's mission is centered on helping to prevent disease and improve quality of life in underserved communities by partnering with healthcare and community organizations and drawing on research, education, and technology. Beyond care coordination, NYREACH runs food pantries and a medically tailored meals program through its vendor partnerships.
Guided by values of health equity, community-first program design, innovation, and compassion, NYREACH is proud to build a more connected safety net for the New Yorkers it serves.
Job Summary: Our Program Coordinator will work with the NYREACH team to facilitate and
develop workforce development initiatives as needed, create schedules, oversee progress and
ensure goals are met on time. He/she is also responsible for coordinating and attending meetings,
developing project strategies, operating our WFD program, and providing all administrative
assistance as required.
Minor Responsibilities: include supporting leadership with grant applications as needed.
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment and information
• Break projects into doable actions and set timeframes
• Act as interdepartmental liaison to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives
for assigned projects.
• Assist with schedule management and outreach for WFD programs.
• Adapt to the dynamic needs of project/program management.
• Analyze risks and opportunities
• Monitor project progress and handle any issues that arise
• Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants
• Use tools to monitor working hours, plans and expenditures
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through quality assurance tests
• Network with other organizations as related to WFD opportunities
• Provide administrative assistance to your direct supervisor
• Assist with developing applications for grant opportunities
• Design, develop, and deliver trainings
Qualifications:
• Proven work experience as a Program Coordinator or similar role
• Experience in project management, from conception to delivery
• An ability to prepare and interpret workflows, schedules and step-by-step action plans
• Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time-management
• Strong client-facing and teamwork skills—incl. communication and leadership
• Familiarity with risk management and quality assurance control
• Strong working knowledge of common Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel,
Word, PowePoint and Visio as well as Canva.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively
collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized
• Bachelors Degree – Public Health, Health Services Administration or related field.
Ideal Candidate
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Detail-oriented and deadline-driven
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Comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously
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Strong communicator who can interface with clinical and administrative leadership
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Solutions-oriented with strong follow-through
Essen Health care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population.