Project Manager, Clinical Partnership Coordinator - Nursing Innovation Grant

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Project Manager, Clinical Partnership Coordinator - Nursing Innovation Grant

Department-Specific Recruitment Details:

Job Description Summary:

Coordinates the day-to-day implementation of the Nursing Innovation Grant and serves as the primary operational liaison among Project Director, ACC Nursing leadership, ACC nursing faculty, project staff, clinical partners, participating students, and college academic and support offices. Manages project work plans, timelines, clinical partnership activities, academy logistics, milestones, documentation, data tracking, and reporting to support successful implementation of the NightShift+ initiative and achievement of grant outcomes.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A GRANT-FUNDED POSITION. This is a full-time position is funded for a 24-month project period through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Nursing Innovation Grant. Continuation of the position is dependent upon the availability and duration of grant funding and the operational needs of the grant-funded project.

Job Description:

Competency Expectations

• Oversees multiple functions, projects, or service components within a department.
• Develops and implements operational goals aligned with departmental objectives.
• Manages defined budget segments and monitors financial performance.
• Makes independent operational decisions with limited escalation.
• Leads process improvements and cross-functional coordination efforts.
• Impact influences department-wide effectiveness.
  

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Develop, maintain, and monitor the project work plan, timelines, and operational dashboard for the NightShift+ Nursing Innovation Grant. Track deliverables, maintain risk/issue logs, identify operational barriers, and implement corrective strategies to ensure all grant milestones are met on schedule.
• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for hospitals, healthcare systems, and clinical agencies. Build collaborative relationships, support the execution/maintenance of clinical affiliation agreements, resolve operational issues, and coordinate expanded clinical capacity needs.
• Coordinate with Nursing faculty and leadership to manage clinical scheduling, student assignments, and academy activities, ensuring alignment with curriculum requirements, student learning needs, and established clinical practices.
• Collect, organize, and maintain project data to support grant management, evaluation, and compliance. Assist in drafting monthly, interim, annual, and final reports for the Project Director, grant evaluator, and institutional stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with college departments (Purchasing, Contracts, IT, Facilities, Communications) to manage project resources. Plan, schedule, and facilitate project meetings, ensuring clear documentation of decisions and timely follow-up on action items.
• Document implementation processes, best practices, and lessons learned to support future grant sustainability and model expansion. Perform other related project duties as assigned.

Major Deliverables

• Comprehensive project work plan and implementation timeline.
• Operational project dashboard.
• Monthly implementation and progress reports.
• Stakeholder meeting documentation and action-item tracking.
• Clinical and academy implementation schedules.
• Project risk and issue log.
• Documentation supporting grant performance and evaluation reporting.
• Implementation procedures and resources to support project sustainability.
  

Performance Measures

• Achievement of project milestones and deliverables within established timelines.
• Timely and effective coordination of clinical and academy activities.
• Strong communication and collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Partner satisfaction and responsiveness to partnership needs.
• Timely identification, escalation, and resolution of implementation barriers.
• Accuracy and completeness of project documentation and reporting.
• Effective coordination across Nursing, clinical partners, faculty, students, and ACC support offices.
• Contribution to achievement of NightShift+ grant outcomes and sustainability goals.

Job Requirements

Knowledge:

• Project management principles, practices, and tools.
• Program implementation, coordination, and continuous improvement processes.
• Higher education and/or healthcare program operations.
• Clinical education environments and healthcare workforce partnerships.
• Stakeholder engagement and external partnership coordination.
• Data collection, documentation, tracking, and reporting processes.
• Grant-funded project implementation and reporting requirements.
• Methods for tracking milestones, deliverables, performance indicators, and project risks.
• Principles of student-centered practice in higher education.
• Basic budget and resource management practices.

Skills:

• Manage complex, multi-faceted projects and changing priorities by developing detailed plans, timelines, tracking dashboards, and solution-oriented operational workflows to ensure high-detail execution and timely follow-through.
• Build and maintain effective, collaborative relationships across internal departments, clinical partners, faculty, staff, students, and community organizations, working productively both independently and within cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate meetings, collect and analyze project data, and deliver clear, professional summaries, presentations, and decision documentation tailored to audiences using tact and diplomacy.
• Work effectively with individuals championing student-centered practices across all program activities.
• Exercise sound judgment, high professional integrity, and strict discretion when managing sensitive or confidential records and information.

Technology Skills:

• Uses spreadsheet, word processing, database, presentation, project management, and collaboration software.
• Uses technology to develop project dashboards, monitor work plans and milestones, maintain documentation, and support virtual and in-person collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree.
• ​Four (4) years of related work experience or an Associate’s degree plus two (2) years of related work experience may be substituted for the required education (plus the required experience noted below).

Preferred Education:

• Master's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, higher education, public administration, business administration, project management, or a related field.

Experience:

• Three (3) years of related professional experience.

Preferred Experience: 

• Proven experience leading program management, project coordination, and cross-functional initiatives across higher education, healthcare, workforce development, or clinical education settings.
• Track record of cultivating and maintaining strategic partnerships with hospitals, healthcare systems, clinical agencies, employers, and external community organizations.
• Expertise in coordinating clinical education, practicums, internships, and work-based learning opportunities aligned with healthcare workforce needs.
• Experience overseeing grant-funded projects, including project management tool implementation, performance monitoring, dashboard tracking, and compliance reporting.

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

Physical Demands: 

• Position may require travel to ACC campuses and affiliated clinical partner locations throughout the service area.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.
• Some early morning, evening, or nontraditional hours may be required to support.
• NightShift+ clinical activities, stakeholder meetings, and project events.

 

Work Environment:  

• Work is performed in a standard office, educational, clinical, or similar environment.

Salary Range (PG 8)

$69,939 - $87,424

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

November 9, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ( CleryComplianceOfficer@austincc.edu ). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.