Description

The Project Manager will work directly with department staff, project stakeholders, and project leadership team to implement grant projects. Grant projects may focus on issues related to community health improvement activities, collective impact, and information exchange. The Project Manager may serve internal (Humboldt IPA/NCHIIN) customers or external customers (community partners) to support project work.This is a grant funded position with funding through December 2025.  Continuation of this position is contingent on project funding. This is a full time benefited position, working 32 hours a week. 

General Responsibilities:

• Lead planning, design, and implementation activities with the project team
• Help design, coordinate and implement discovery efforts to inform work
• Convene and lead activities and engagement with stakeholder groups
• Design and facilitate meetings pertaining to project work
• Interface with local providers and stakeholders, and serve as the communication lead for the initiative
• Track project progress and ensure that project deliverables are achieved
• Coordinate with funders, grant partners, and technical assistance providers
• Develop communication materials to convey project work, including presentations, documents, etc.
• Attend meetings, conferences, webinars, etc. on behalf of the project and report learnings to project team
• Support coordination and scheduling of events/meetings by securing venue, ordering catering, providing meeting materials, writing meeting notes, assembling meeting packets, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Current Project Assignment and Associated Duties:

This position is currently assigned to the NCHIIN Health Information Exchange Data Exchange Framework project. The North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN) supports Health Information Exchange (HIE) activity in the region. This project manager will oversee the technical, policy, and partner engagement activities associated with ensuring that NCHIIN’s HIE is compliant with the technical and policy standards put forth by the state Data Exchange Framework (DxF) by January 31, 2026.This is a grant funded position with funding through December 2025.  Continuation of this position is contingent on project funding.

Specific duties associated with this project include:

• Oversee state DxF Grant project plan to ensure NCHIIN is meeting key milestones
• Work and coordinate with interface developer, IT program manager, and vendors to support technical implementation
• Closely follow roll out of DxF policies and procedures to ensure compliance
• Participate in local, regional, and statewide meetings pertaining to the data exchange framework
• Communicate with partnering agencies and other invested stakeholders about grant progress.
• Coordinate with partner organizations, interface developer, and IT program manager, about interface development need
• Work with partnering organizations to address and adopt new workflows to support DxF compliance
• Lead reporting efforts back to the state regarding the DxF onboarding grant
• Work with project consultants as needed to advance project goals, address regulatory issues, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Project management experience; with experience in health and information technology sectors preferred
• Experience and background related to HIPAA, CMIA, and data sharing regulations preferred
• Experience working with Healthcare practices and hospitals and their EMR systems or other information exchange activities preferred
• Experience working across organizations and/or with multi-sector stakeholder groups
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, and zoom
• CA Drivers license and reliable transportation

Characteristics:

• Exceptional communication skills; written and oral communications
• Exceptional meeting facilitation and presentation skills
• Ability to be a self-starter, quick learner, prioritize effectively, organize workload, meet deadlines, be flexible, pay attention to detail, work independently and function effectively as part of a team
• Present professional image at all times to the public, project stakeholders and partners, and colleagues
• Compassion, patience, flexibility, curiosity, initiative, and accountability