"Project Manager"

Job Description

Provides project management support to leadership ensuring appropriate and timely communications, developing project plans and milestones, and ensuring successful outcomes. May oversee assigned project staff and/or functional and operational goals. Aligns project outcomes to achieve financial, quality, and service goals.

Duties:

• Effectively manages a variety of projects to ensure financial, quality, service, and operational goals are achieved.
• Responsible for day-to-day management and development of department staff utilizing development tools, such as performance evaluations and conducting performance management planning.
• Ensures that the department has the infrastructure and resources required to perform its role.
• Monitors department timelines to ensure resources are available and applied appropriately to achieve desired performance goals in a timely manner.
• Provides support to 3 - 6 process improvement efforts annually, which are expected to dramatically improve operating performance.
• May provide best practice examples from other healthcare organizations or industries.
• Oversees a department which acts as an internal and/or external consulting group providing process facilitation support as well as rigorous analytical support to project teams.
• Provides active tracking tools and risk management summaries for all projects designated by senior leadership.
• Summarizes individual projects progress and risks to senior leadership.
• Keeps abreast of recent trends and developments in process innovation and project management in the healthcare field as well as in related industries.
• Maintains effective internal and external communication regarding the process innovation and project management efforts.
• Provides timely information to executives, senior management and physicians throughout the system and the State.
• Provides consultative, coaching, or mentoring services to leadership, department staff, and outside entities as appropriate.
• Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department in community outreach efforts.
• Oversees the development and implementation of communication plans.
• Provide administration and fiscal management of grants and contracts.
• Assists in grant application preparation.
• Oversee volunteer and community outreach efforts.
• Oversee websites, social media, and other marketing activities of grants programs.
• Occasional event planning as necessary.
• Oversee online grants programming such as Project ECHO.
• Oversee grant program inventory.
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position.

Job Requirements

Required Education: Bachelor's degree, AND: 60 months experience managing/leading multiple projects.

Equivalency/Substitution: Will accept 48 months of related experience in lieu of the Bachelor's degree for a total of 108 months of related experience.

Skills:

• Knowledge of trends and developments in process innovation and project management
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a timely manner.
• Ability to manage and lead projects
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to supervise

Certifications: None

Working Conditions:

Physical: Sit for prolonged periods. Communicate effectively and listen. Use of a computer. Manual dexterity.

Environmental: Standard Office Environment.