Program Coordinator-Boston, MA

Health Resources in Action (HRiA) is a 50+ year old non-profit organization, serving philanthropic, governmental, and health care organizations to help people live healthier lives and create healthy communities through prevention, health promotion, policy development, and research. A program of HRiA, the Asthma Regional Council of New England (ARC) is a unique coalition of nearly 75 governmental, community-based, academic, and health organizations across New England committed to advancing a common goal to address the environmental and clinical aspects of asthma and its disproportionate impact on low income and minority populations at greatest risk. In 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services granted a $4.2 million Health Care Innovation Award to HRiA/ARC to establish the “New England Asthma Innovation Collaborative” (NEAIC). NEAIC is a multi-state, multi-sector partnership that includes health care providers, payers, and policy makers. NEAIC’s overarching goal is to improve asthma outcomes, quality of care, and health care costs of primarily Medicaid and CHIP-enrolled children. NEAIC seeks to establish and promote Community Health Workersas strong health care delivery partners addressing environmental conditions as part and parcel of the disease management program — with reimbursement by payers.

Job Summary:

The Program Coordinator’s role is to develop and maintain systems to facilitate ARC’s overall success for NEAIC and other ARC initiatives. S/he will be responsible for a wide range of duties addressing the administrative, programmatic, communications/marketing, meeting/event planning, grants administration, website management, and other vital needs of ARC. This is an exempt full-time position.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create, manage and maintain systems of communication and work coordination of team members/NEAIC partners.
• Support team in program activities, including scheduling, communications and follow-up needs.
• Coordinate grants administration, contract management, budget management and report compilation.
• Maintain databases and budgets, using MS Excel.
• Monitor clinical sites through regular communication and data analysis. Includes developing enrollment targets and projections and keeping site directors accountable for data collection, data submissions, meeting benchmarks, and following through with deliverables.
• Coordinate recruitment, registration and logistics for events including trainings, webinars, focus groups, meetings, and conferences, including preparation of materials.
• Take meeting minutes; draft documents and correspondence as requested.
• Develop, format, edit and/or proofread written program materials.
• Update/maintain website.

Qualifications:

• This position requires a master’s degree in public health or related field or commensurate work/professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Self-starter and able to work independently, as well as part of a team.
• Assertive and comfortable making decisions.
• Willing to take on administrative responsibilities.
• Excellent attention to detail. Highly organized and motivated.
• Experience in planning events and developing promotional materials.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint), internet research, facility with web media is a plus (e.g., Twitter, SlideShare, Vertical Response, Event Brite, Go-to-Meeting, Survey Monkey, etc.), and have some proficiency with web maintenance (WordPress).
• Federal and/or state grants management experience a plus.

This job description is intended to indicate the kinds of work duties that will be required in this position. It is not intended to limit, or in any way modify, the rights of any supervisor to assign, direct, and contract work of staff under his/her supervision. The use of a particular illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties, not mentioned, that are of a similar level or difficulty.

Diversity in organizational practice is a core value of Health Resources in Action resulting in culturally competent services, materials, resources, and programs. Our hiring and business practices are informed by an appreciation of the strengths offered by differing cultures, races, religions, ethnicities, classes, sexual orientation, physical capacities, and age groups.

HRiA offers an attractive benefits package including medical and dental insurance, life insurance, retirement plan, tax‐deferred annuity, and generous vacation time.

Qualified candidates should apply by clicking on this link:http://hria.org/applynow