Senior Health Program Coordinator

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Compensation Details:

Positions with a designated work location in New York City, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, or Westchester Counties will receive a $4,000 annual downstate adjustment (pro-rated for part-time positions).

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Job Description:

Responsibilities

Health Research Inc. is seeking a Senior Health Program Coordinator to assist in the coordination and implementation of the recommendations made by an advisory council to support residents living with rare diseases. The incumbent will support the review of rare disease professionals and community members that have applied to be a member of the Rare Disease Advisory Council. Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating activities that support the selection of advisory council participants and engage all advisory council members including but not limited to gathering applications, disseminating to review teams, filing scores, keeping record and developing a contact list of those selected, listservs for future engagement, etc.

• Coordinating meetings for the advisory council.

• Contributing to the maintenance and updates to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) Rare Disease webpage and internal SharePoint to engage New Yorkers and council members.

• Coordinating responses and providing regular updates on the progress of the advisory council.

• Supporting the implementation of advisory council recommendations by contributing toward the development of a project timeline.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field and two years of experience contributing to the coordination of program activities in a public health, health, health regulatory, or human services related program; OR an Associate's degree in a related field and four years of such experience; OR six years of such experience. A Master's degree in a related field may substitute for one year of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience organizing and/or participating on workgroups that have a goal to improve care.

• Experience coordinating meetings (agenda, attendance, follow up communications).

• Experience preparing reports and updates to be shared with leadership.

• Experience designing, monitoring and capturing performance metrics to keep a workgroup on track.

• Experience saving and organizing documents in cloud-based systems (ex. Teams, OneDrive, Google, SharePoint)

• Experience facilitating virtual and in-person meetings and adherence to open meetings law.

• Experience coordinating the development of public health campaigns (project planning, developing folders to host information and shared documents to be edited, etc.).

Conditions of Employment

Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel up to 25% of the time will be required.

The selected candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the official work location specified in the job posting and must also be located in or willing to relocate to one of the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, or Massachusetts, prior to hire. Telecommuting will be available.

HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.

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About Health Research, Inc.

Join us in our mission to make a difference in public health and advance scientific research! At Health Research, Inc. (HRI), your work will contribute to meaningful change and innovation in the communities we serve! At HRI, we are on a mission to transform the health and well-being of the people of New York State through innovative partnerships and cutting-edge public health initiatives. As a dynamic non-profit organization, HRIplays a crucial role in advancing the strategic goals of the New York State Department of Health (DOH), Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC), and other health-related entities.