This position is hybrid and will require 3 days a week in person work at the Henry Ford Health corporate office located at One Ford Place in Detroit, MI.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Under guidance of a director or project manager, executes specific stages of project plans specific to community health, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and/or wellness projects. The ideal candidate will have experience with project and evaluation design, monitoring short and long-term project goals, maintaining a project workplan, facilitating project meetings, monitoring and controlling project activities, ensuring all team members have the resources and materials they need, interacting with internal and external customers at all levels, ensuring deadlines and deliverables are met, regularly maintaining and filing paperwork, and gathering and reporting metrics.
S/he must have strong interpersonal communication, time management, problem solving, technical and organizational skills to keep projects on track. Strong technical writing skills to prepare project reports, funding proposals, scientific presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts is required. Prior experience assisting with research (i.e., data entry, data collection, data management, basic statistical analysis) a plus. Ability to work on multiple projects and assist with budgeting details is preferred. Some staff supervision may be required.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsibilities include assisting with designing new or modifying existing demonstration projects, quality improvement initiatives, worksite wellness programs, employee wellness programs, patient education programs, employee education programs (i.e., cultural competency and diversity trainings), and other related project activities. Duties may also include coordinating recruitment and retention efforts, development of data collection tools, managing databases and other evaluation activities, and facilitating team meetings.
- Ability in monitoring project activities, monitoring time and effort reporting, interacting with internal and external customers at all levels, along with reporting and responding to requests from grant funders and senior leadership will be key.
- Additional responsibilities may include conducting site visits; assisting in the development of program goals and objectives, program budgets, grant proposals, scientific abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and curriculum design.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's Degree required, Master’s preferred, in Public Health, Health Education, Health Administration, Public Administration or a closely related field as well as three years of experience in a health care setting.
- Three to five (3-5) years of experience in community health, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and/or wellness preferred.
- Project Management Professional certification preferred.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Normal health care environment with possible exposure to communicable disease. Involves periodic travel to community agencies and collaboration with other system worksites. Some weekends and evenings required.
Additional Information
- Organization: Corporate Services
- Department: Comm Health, Equity & Wellness
- Shift: Day Job
- Union Code: Not Applicable