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Position Title: ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER
Department: GENESEE COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS PROGRAM (CHAP) Greater Flint Health Coalition – Flint, MI

Greater Flint Health Coalition is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join our team.

Overview:

Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) is a nonprofit, collective impact organization. The GFHC functions as a neutral convener of numerous multi-sector coalitions as well as the operator of a portfolio of community-based programs focused on improving health status, increasing healthcare access and innovation, and addressing chronic disease, social determinants of health, health disparities, and a variety of emerging public health issues.

A program of GFHC, Genesee CHAP (Community Health Access Program) is a community-based population health and care management program serving a diverse network of healthcare providers, physician organizations, health plans, and hospitals to collaboratively address the clinical and community needs impacting residents, patients, and beneficiaries, and their ability to both access health care and achieve optimal health outcomes. Genesee CHAP seeks to connect residents to a medical home, remove barriers to care typically associated with the social determinants of health, while raising the quality of care, better utilizing resources, and decreasing costs. Genesee CHAP’s priority population is Flint and Genesee County children and adults covered by Medicaid insurance, as well as those residents who are uninsured and underinsured.

The full-time Assistant Project Manager will support the Program Director with efforts related to the development, implementation, and management of Genesee CHAP and its community impact programs. The Assistant Project Manager will engage with providers, insurers, multi- sector coalition partners, and community members, support committee convening activities and functions, track and manage program performance data, and advance the mission of the GFHC.

As a full-time Assistant Project Manager, this exciting position and your specific projects, tasks, and responsibilities will evolve over time. Daily responsibilities will include workplan management, data compilation and analysis, problem solving, development of communication materials, and program documentation. Flexibility and a commitment to continuous learning will be required of the successful candidate. A skill set based in public health, community engagement, and program implementation will be vital to this work to improve the factors that affect health via multi-sector partnership activities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist with the planning, support, management, and execution of committees and community collaboration projects in partnership with cross-functional teams composed of clinical partners, education partners, community and social service agencies, and the community at-large.

• Provide committee and task force staffing, ensuring responsiveness to partner requirements, inputs, and concerns. Collaborative processes include timely material preparation, agenda development, minutes, program/grant development, workplan execution, and the completion of required committee follow up resulting from consensus decision making.

• Manage project timelines, activities, documentation, and deliverables while maintaining alignment with multi-sector partner objectives and grant / project workplan requirements.

• Collect and analyze data to inform community needs and project outcomes; assist with planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs; prepare reports and share best practices with multi-sector stakeholders.

• Participate in quality assurance, continuous improvement efforts, identifying system and process issues.

• Support the mission, vision, values and key strategies of the Greater Flint Health Coalition and development of collaborative relationships with the organizations that interface with the program.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

  Qualifications & Experience Required:

  To be successful in this position, a candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in health or related field; Master’s degree (MPH, MHSA, or MS) is a plus, but not required.

• Experience and a passion for public health programs, with an emphasis on those that address broad factors that affect the health of residents and seek to build alignment amongst multi-sector organizations in a collaborative, team-oriented style.

• Demonstrated ability to manage tasks, meet deadlines, and work effectively within structured and time sensitive environments. Experience creating and managing work plans and time-sensitive deliverables and deadlines.

• Characteristics required for thinking strategically, innovating, and engaging multi-sector stakeholders in a manner that builds alignment and creates measurable improvement in project metrics.

• Ability to integrate a diverse skill set (technical, analytical, theory, research, relationship building) to improve desired program outcomes.

• Mastery of computer/software applications, including Microsoft Office Suite – Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a comfort speaking publicly and an ability to present oneself in a courteous, tactful, and professional manner.

• Considerate, attentive, and punctual.

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and to work proactively, both independently and in

  teams; excels in an open office environment.

• Great passion for the mission, vision, and values of the Greater Flint Health Coalition and

  able to promote both internally and externally.

• Motivated, self-starter not seeking “just a job”.

Reports to: Senior Program Director

Job Status:

Full Time, Salary; Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with meetings and events earlier, later, or on weekends as required by the responsibilities of the position.

Compensation:

Greater Flint Health Coalition’s collaborative work environment emphasizes teamwork, personal commitment, integrity, and success. In addition to the meaningful and groundbreaking work to improve health on a community-wide level, GFHC offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include paid time off, holidays, medical, vision, and dental benefits plus life & disability insurance paid 100% by employer for employee, 403b, and more.

About Greater Flint Health Coalition:

Established in 1996, Greater Flint Health Coalition serves as the neutral convener and backbone organization for public health and healthcare collaboration between Flint & Genesee County hospitals, physicians, insurers, businesses, government, public health, schools and colleges, nonprofits, and residents. We work to improve the health status of area residents, and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the healthcare system in our community. For more information on the GFHC and our work, please visit our website http://www.gfhc.org.

Greater Flint Health Coalition is committed to creating and preserving a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our community programs, multi-sector partnerships, and workplace are open and welcoming to all persons and perspectives, inclusive of people of all background, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, and other characteristic. We seek to grow and learn from a unique team of employees sharing diverse perspectives that are valued.

To apply, please submit the following Application Materials:

Qualified applicants please submit (a) cover letter (addressing how candidate meets qualifications), (b) resume, (c) salary history, and (d) employment references via the Greater Flint Health Coalition website at http://www.gfhc.org/jobs.

This position is open until filled.

Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) is a 501(c)3 designated non-profit organization with a two-fold mission to improve the health status of Flint & Genesee County (Michigan) residents and to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the health care system in the community.