Program Manager – Strategic Initiatives

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⚜️ Louisiana – Remote

⚜️ Louisiana – Remote

💵 $67.4k - $81.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC)

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11 - 50 employees

🛡️ Insurance

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

Insurance • Consulting • Healthcare

Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC) is dedicated to improving health in the region by enhancing access to information, education, and health services. For over thirty years, SWLAHEC has focused on strengthening the healthcare workforce and preparing it for future challenges. Their programs include student initiatives, insurance navigation, community projects, public health support, and career development.

📋 Description

• Develop and monitor project timelines and project plans • Draft, edit, organize, and disseminate reporting documents and communications • Manage meetings, schedules, emails, phone inquiries, and correspondence • Craft communications to assigned leads and staff • Lead staff training, systems optimization, and development and deployment of operational tools • Monitor funding opportunities, write and develop grants, and manage grant-writing processes • Develop standard operating procedures, document management systems, project management standards, templates, and workflows • Research best practices and support continuous process improvement • Build and maintain relationships with internal teams, external partners, funders, stakeholders, and community partners • Lead onboarding, optimization, and integration of grant-seeking, project-management, accounting, and grant-tracking systems • Create and distribute bi-weekly grant opportunities and maintain funder tracking • Develop business development materials, partner profiles, proposals, scopes, budgets, and funding recommendations • Manage special projects, change activities, high-impact initiatives, and connections across strategy and operations • Support organizational reporting, communications, procurement, surveys, marketing materials, and operational improvements • Conduct quality checks, internal audits, and monitoring and reporting of programmatic risks • Report to the Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and supervise no employees

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required • 5+ years of relevant experience required, including complex administrative support for leadership-level staff • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred • Advanced knowledge of project management software and tools • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Outlook • Strong project management skills, including design and utilization of tools • Experience developing and creating surveys/polls and using polling software • Proficiency setting up and running video conference software such as Teams, GoToMeeting, and Zoom • Ability to collaborate effectively and build positive relationships with internal and external colleagues and partners • Emotional intelligence and experience working with individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds • Confidentiality and discretion when communicating with or regarding external partners • Ability to anticipate needs, solve problems, prioritize, multitask, and be resourceful • Excellent verbal and written communication, professional correspondence, proofreading, and editing skills • Ability to present information and respond to high-level inquiries from senior leadership, staff, partners, stakeholders, and community members • Professional demeanor and commitment to professional development

🏖️ Benefits

• LPHI contributes 7% of pre-tax salary to the employees’ 401k per pay period regardless of employee contribution, after six continuous months of employment • 100% paid premiums for employee health (Core plan), dental, short-term disability, long-term disability and term life insurance beginning on the first day of the month, on or following one month of full-time employment • 100% paid Employee Assistance Program • 100% paid parking at 601 Tchoupitoulas Parking Garage • Traditional, flexible, or compressed work schedules • Resources committed to professional development • 15+ paid holidays per year, including Thanksgiving Break and Winter Break • 10 vacation days accrued per year, years 0-2 • 15 vacation days accrued per year, years 3-5 • 20 vacation days accrued per year, year 6+ • 3 personal days • 1 floating holiday (employee’s choice) • 12 sick days • Remote work arrangement • Occasional travel under 10%