NEWTON-WELLESLEY
TITLE: Senior Project Manager
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DEPARTMENT: Community Health REPORTS TO: Senior Director, Community Health and Volunteer Services
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GENERAL SUMMARY:
* The Department of Community Health at Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) seeks an experienced, strategic, proactive, and results-oriented professional to serve as Senior Project Manager for the NWH Community Collaborative. Embedded within the broader umbrella of Community Health, the mission of the Collaborative is to unite healthcare professionals and volunteers to bridge medical system gaps by reducing healthcare disparities, strengthening the social fabric of support, and empowering residents to lead healthier lives.
* The Collaborative was established in 2017 to serve residents of six towns in the Metro-Boston area.
* The Collaborative integrates Newton-Wellesley Hospital more deeply into the local community's social structure and is a core part of the hospital's mission to enhance health and wellness.
* Its eight councils focus on unmet, often poorly funded, or unreimbursed needs through oversight and support of clinical services and educational programs.
* Initiatives are aligned with needs identified in the ongoing Community Health Needs Assessment and carried out by specialized councils.
* Work embraces education, advocacy, philanthropy, and targeted programmatic initiatives.
This role will report to the Senior Director, Community Health and Volunteer Services and collaborate with the leadership of the eight Community Collaborative Councils (Domestic and Sexual Abuse, Elder, Heart Health and Wellness, Maternity Services, Palliative Care Services, Resilience (youth mental health), Substance Use, and Workforce Development). Council leadership includes highly engaged Community Chairs/Co-Chairs and Hospital Champions (Chiefs of Service and clinical leaders associated with Council areas of focus). This position will be responisbie for executing on the identified strategic priorities for each Council.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
* Demonstrate accountability for project results. Regularly evaluate and measure effectiveness of engagement strategies and make recommendations to leadership.
* Establish evaluation methods and systems for sustainability of Council priorities.
* Serve as a liaison with operational hospital departments. Develop partnerships with hospital colleagues.
Working Conditions
40 hours/week
General day hours with flexibility to meet the demands of the position (e.g., some early morning or later meetings)
A hybrid work environment with some days in the office and some remote.
QUALIFICATIONS:
JOB REQUIREMENTS
o Skilled communicator - leading meetings, facilitating, presenting.
o Ability to make recommendations and convey outcomes to multiple audiences from clinical staff to leadership.
o Demonstrated knowledge of project management, improvement methods/concepts. Proven knowledge of evidence-based process approaches and outcome metric methods. PMP or other similar project management certification preferred.
o Excellent Organizational skills - ability to manage tasks and projects, meet
deadlines and manage to tight schedules.
o Strong customer service orientation.
o Ability to work effectively as both a leader and member of a team.
Skills/Competencies