Senior Project Lead

Description

Position Title: Senior Project Lead, State of New Jersey
Reports to: Director, Newark, PIH-US
Location: (Hybrid/In-person and remote) New Jersey. NJ. Travel required to meet with partners throughout the state of New Jersey as needed and to attend PIH New Jersey team meetings. 50% travel

Position Type: Full-time, some evenings and weekends

About Partners In Health United States (PIH-US)
Partners In Health United States (PIH-US) is the U.S. arm of Partners In Health, a nonprofit, social justice organization. We envision a future in which health is a human right, not a privilege in the United States. We seek the transformation of health and social systems so that structures of oppression no longer determine the quality or length of a person’s life.

PIH-US accompanies visionary public health and community partners working to build strong, integrated, community-led health systems across the US. PIH-US currently supports local health departments, health providers, elected officials, and community leaders to define ambitious health and racial equity agendas, and provides technical advising and operational support to deliver on those commitments. Our current focus communities include: Montgomery, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Immokalee, Florida; Newark, New Jersey; Massachusetts; North Carolina; and Pima County, Arizona. We capture learnings from across this network to mobilize resources, advance policy change, and lay the groundwork for stronger community health systems nationally.

Position Overview

The Senior Project Lead (SPL) will be responsible for leading PIH-US technical advising and implementation accompaniment efforts for projects conducted in the State of New Jersey. The Senior Project Lead will serve as the primary liaison with PIH-US's partner agencies (e.g., New Jersey State Department of Health, local health departments and government administrations, community organizations) in the development of effective and equitable development of a Community Health Worker Hub (CHW-HUB) in New Jersey.

The SPL acts as the primary liaison for the work conducted with partner organizations and will drive strategy and set organizational and programmatic goals for PIH-US accompaniment work by providing general project technical assistance, staff/partner training, workforce data mapping, data interpretation and presentation, facilitation of governance meetings, and mapping of priority populations and key employer setting for community health workers throughout the state of New Jersey.

In addition, the SPL will collaborate with PIH-US colleagues across the United States, to bring learnings and insights from New Jersey to national advocacy and communications initiatives.

Responsibilities

Project implementation, data collection/management, and research – 50%

• Provide technical assistance to project partners in the implementation of a CHW-HUB in collaboration with the New Jersey State Department of Health and the primary recipient of a grant to a community health organization.
• Create data informatics systems to provide mapping of CHW workforce and ongoing workforce activities that support data transparency, accuracy, and data-based decision-making related to resource allocations and needs for supporting the ongoing use of the CHW HUB, community outreach and education, and workforce retention.
• Oversee the development of materials related to training of external and internal project staff and partners to conduct research, training, develop methods of implementation of a community health worker employment/workforce resource utilizing available technology.
• Conduct health policy analysis related to sustainability of CHW workforce, scan best practices in other part of the United States, and make recommendations to the project team which includes primary external partners.
• In partnership with other PIH-US team members and project lead organizational partners, develop short-term and long-term strategies and program design to facilitate sustainability of a CHW workforce in New Jersey.
• Provide strategic leadership, administrative and managerial oversight, and monitoring of ongoing workstreams, including community-based workforce development and management; community needs assessments; communications & community engagement; response governance and coordination.
• Serve as spokesperson for PIH-US in both internal and external exchanges, including collaborating with and providing external reporting to funders and other external partners, and contributing learnings and insights.
• Evaluate project performance using appropriate key performance indicators and project metrics in collaboration with PIH-US Monitoring & Evaluation team

  Project Management - 40%

  • Create and oversee a project management plan and project deliverables to support implementation of a CHW-HUB in New Jersey.
  • Establish strong collaborative relationships with all relevant government, technical, advisory and programmatic partners to strengthen CHW work
  • Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with partner organizations and other relevant stakeholders throughout the state of New Jersey in order to meet project deadlines and goals
  • Collect, analyze, and evaluate key performance measures across the project

    Other Duties as Assigned - 10%

    • Contribute to cross-site learning and community health worker strategy development, including participating in advocacy and policy development
    • Cultivate partnerships and learning opportunities with other PIH-US sites and external partners
    • Author and coordinate documentation of experiences in project to share in academic and operational communications means, including conferences, white papers, memos, or learning presentations and webinars

      Qualifications

      • Master’s degree required; advanced degree in relevant fields related to public health desirable
      • 8-10 years of experience in public health program development and implementation, preferably with an emphasis on community health and community health workers
      • Experience collaborating with teams in complex, decentralized environments
      • Proven experience crafting and executing strategy for innovative initiatives
      • Demonstrated experience in effectively managing and prioritizing a large number of projects simultaneously in a complex and fast-paced organization and setting including budget management and grant reporting
      • Demonstrated commitment to social justice and health equity
      • Excellent strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
      • Exemplary interpersonal skills: ability to collaborate effectively with staff and leadership across a diverse range of departments and organizations
      • Experience with community-based care delivery, community organizing, or high-level health program management preferred, specifically managing projects with multiple stakeholders
      • Familiarity with community health worker programs and/or workforce development strongly preferred
      • Familiarity with U.S. public health systems and understanding of working in the public sector strongly preferred

        Organizational Profile
        Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the world’s leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governments’ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.

        As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Navajo Nation, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement.

        Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.

        Partners In Health participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.