Job Description

 

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health’s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

Skills / Requirements

Job Summary

This position assists the Program Director, Grant Business Operations & Compliance Monitoring by independently planning, implementing, and managing various initiatives related to grant management and compliance monitoring. This role has grant project management and develops, produces grant management and compliance monitoring reports. The Program Manager coordinates grant business needs with a multi stakeholder group of grant stakeholders including but not limited to business operators, nursing, service line leadership, finance, legal, contract administration to help assure grant compliance, spending of awarded dollars and needed contract renewals. The position helps find solutions to identified problems, helps Program Director,- Grant Business Operations to develop strategies, task/solution specifications, identifies and secures needed resources, and develops and updates project plans, timetables and milestones. The position can be responsible for conducting research on grant reporting systems, grant guidelines and grant funding regulations as needed. This position can be responsible for grant writing or the editing of grant proposals. The position maintains and distributes documentation and communications to keep stakeholders and leadership informed, on task, and on time. The position identifies structures of authority and processes for decision making within the identified project and ultimately manages the execution of the plan and post implementation evaluation of outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

Degrees:
- Bachelor's Degree

Work Experience:
- Four (4) Years Work Experience in grant management or grant proposal writing and financial administration experience, preferably in Hospital/Healthcare Operations.

Management Experience:
- Two (2) Years work Experience with Program management.

Communication Skills:
- Above Average Verbal Communication (Heavy Public Contact)

Proficiencies:
- MS Excel: Expert
- MS Access: Expert
- MS Project: Expert
- MS PowerPoint: Expert
- MS Word: Expert
- Personal Computer: Expert; PeopleSoft: Beginner; Grants Management Systems/Software: Intermediate (Preferred)
- Typing

Job Attributes

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Analytical Abilities: Ability to develop and analyze grant budgets, state, federal and private
- Statistical Knowledge and Abilities: Critical thinking and strong problem-solving skills.; Aptitude for multi-tasking and juggling concurrent projects.

Work Schedule:
- Mostly Weekdays, Normal Business Hours

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