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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Hybrid
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Join MAHEC's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) and play a key role in advancing innovative initiatives that strengthen healthcare access and workforce development in rural communities. We are seeking a highly organized and collaborative Project Manager to lead the planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of grant-funded projects, ensuring successful delivery of program goals, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder engagement activities. This position works closely with program leadership, faculty, learners, and regional partners to manage project operations, coordinate educational and clinical experiences, track financial performance, and communicate project outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills, along with experience coordinating complex programs and multiple priorities.
Please note: Candidates must include a resume and cover letter to proceed in consideration.
JOB SUMMARY:
Provides project management for grant funded and other special projects and programs including writing and submission of project proposals, establishing and tracking budgets and agreements, setting and meeting project timelines and deliverables with direction from Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI). The Project Manager will schedule and manage meetings, activities, events and programs relevant to the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). The Project Manager works with the Program Director, PD/PI and Evaluation Scientist to establish and achieve project aim, goals, objectives and outcomes. Project Manager will complete and disseminate project reports and communicate to key stakeholders on the project impact. The position will oversee all facets of day to day operations of the various projects and activities related to the project(s) including processing and tracking of financials. This position will oversee program details to include scheduling and coordinating events, rural rotations, and other activities as specified in the RHTP.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
KEY COMPETENCIES:
Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.
Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.
Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.
Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.
Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.
Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.
SPECIFIED SKILLS
COMPUTER:
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None. Reports to Program Director - RHI
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
SCHEDULE:
COMPENSATION:
$26.54/hour, non-exempt + MAHEC Total Rewards Package
At MAHEC, we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.
MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.
If you are interested in this role, and you have related experience and qualifications, we encourage you to apply or reach out to AskTalent@mahec.net for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities
All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.
MAHEC does not provide employment-based US visa sponsorship, now or in the future. All new employees must provide valid, original I-9 documents on their first day of work.
MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.
