Sr. Project Manager, Health Equity - Emory Healthcare

Join Emory Healthcare if you’re looking for an opportunity with one of the largest private employers in Atlanta where those around you are dedicated to the power of teamwork, foster an environment where you can learn, grow and innovate with similarly passionate professionals. Work with us to improve the quality of life throughout Georgia through partnerships with Grady Memorial Hospital, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and other organizations and make a bigger, greater impact than you ever thought possible.

Our Health Equity team is leading the way in shaping the future of health care. We unite to improve lives through innovation, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to achieving unparalleled excellence in patient care. APPLY TODAY!

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with community health initiatives (community based partnerships).
• Health equity
• Health management
• Public health/ community health background
• Travel required

The Sr. Project Manager, Health Equity manages initiatives aimed at advancing and aligning the health equity strategy and tactical workplan to reduce health disparities among specified populations.

• Managing the planning, design, implementation, training, evaluation, and reporting of specified health equity initiatives.
• Working collaboratively with internal and external partners and stakeholders and with external community organizations and agencies on health equity programs that include addressing identified priority disparities and improving health quality and outcomes.
• Organizing meetings of key partners and stakeholders while documenting progress and holding key members accountable for work products.
• Supports and conducts regular Health Equity workgroup meetings with key constituents to build relationships and share best practices and health equity tactics that improve health outcomes.
• Researching evidence-based practices and nationally recognized criteria, designing, and recommending opportunities to enhance efforts through scaling best practices, technology platforms or other culturally relevant modes of communication, and insights and perspectives generated by impacted and diverse stakeholders.
• Facilitating community outreach strategies and partnerships towards health equity and best practices with identifying and addressing ethnic, cultural or racial disparities in health quality and outcomes.
• Acting as a point person and thought partner with internal and external health equity partners to guide adoption and development of strategies to promote health equity and identify and address health disparities.
• Works to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, standardization, and health disparity reduction.
• Monitors, coordinates, and communicates the strategic objectives of health equity across the organization to optimize performance/results.
• Identifies communications strategies for dissemination of equitable outcomes research and recommendations.
• Manages community outreach and engagement programs activities and assists in the development of content and methodologies.
• Aggregates and assists with the analysis of internal and external health equity data.
• Helps build diverse partnerships and collaboration to advance the mission and work of the organization.
• Serves as liaison to executuve leadership and conducts outreach to additional ethnic and cultural groups and populations as needed to engage their interest in and participation with the organization's programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, computer science, business or a related field.
• Five years project planning or related experience or a Master's degree with 3 years previous project planning or related experience.
  
  
  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS (MediumMax 25lbs): up to 25 lbs, 0-33% of the work day (occasionally); 11-25 lbs, 34-66% of the workday (frequently); 01-10 lbs, 67-100% of the workday (constantly); Lifting 25 lbs max; Carrying of objects up to 25 lbs; Occasional to frequent standing & walking, Occasional sitting, Close eye work (computers, typing, reading, writing), Physical demands may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: Factors affecting environment conditions may vary depending on the assigned work area and tasks. Environmental exposures include, but are not limited to: Blood-borne pathogen exposure Bio-hazardous waste Chemicals/gases/fumes/vapors Communicable diseases Electrical shock , Floor Surfaces, Hot/Cold Temperatures, Indoor/Outdoor conditions, Latex, Lighting, Patient care/handling injuries, Radiation , Shift work, Travel may be required. Use of personal protective equipment, including respirators, environmental conditions may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks.