Project Director, Reinforcing COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

TITLE: Project Director, Reinforcing COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

DEPARTMENT: Global Partnerships

REPORTS TO: Vice President, U.S. Programs

JOB STATUS: Full-time (40 hrs/week)

LOCATION: Remote Employment

ABOUT AMERICARES:
Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 90 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies and emergency aid. Americares is the world’s leading nonprofit provider of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org

POSITION SUMMARY:
Americares supports a network of nearly 1,000 clinics and health centers in the United States, serving more than seven million patients collectively. Over the past 40 years, Americares has built deep and mutually beneficial relationships with our safety net partners. Americares partner network treats patients that are harder to reach in communities: frontline essential workers, communities of color, low-income, the uninsured/underinsured, undocumented citizens, and disproportionally affected groups.

In partnership with the Vice President, U.S. Program, the Project Director will be responsible for the successful execution of the cross-departmental Reinforcing COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence project. The Project Director will serve in a 12-month term position to support overall project administration and direction. Duties shall focus on project implementation and monitoring, and team integration. Key responsibilities include working with relevant stakeholders for successful achievement of program goals.

The Reinforcing COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence project is funded through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and seeks to build and reinforce COVID-19 vaccine confidence among healthcare personnel in the safety net sector, and in turn the patients they serve. Healthcare personnel were among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines because of their essential role in fighting the pandemic and their increased risk of infection and further spread among their patients. Healthcare personnel also play a critical role in promoting confidence among the population at large as wider distribution of vaccines become available. To reinforce confidence among healthcare personnel, and in turn the patients they serve, this project will work with our network of partners to implement a number of informational, marketing, social media, networking, and other activities.

Based on Americares ongoing COVID-19 response efforts and the needs of our safety net partners (to include free and charitable clinics) surrounding vaccine confidence, the Project Director will lead intervention efforts to achieve: improved state, territorial and national level safety net clinic and health center information management and coordination; information and feedback sharing to the CDC, and; general COVID-19 vaccine information dissemination and awareness raising.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
-Oversee and manage project workplan and identified initiatives to ensure project deadlines and goals are met or exceeded;
-Organize, attend, and participate in strategic stakeholder meetings in support of program goals;
-Work collaboratively with cross-departmental teams, including Marketing/Communications, Americares Puerto Rico, Americares U.S. Program, Technical Unit and Monitoring/Evaluation departments;
-Supervise Associate, Reinforcing COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence, providing administrative support on the project;
-Manage project calendar and important deadlines, and documentation needs;
-Manage project budget, activities, and measures of success in accordance with project workplan;
-Document and follow up on important action items and decisions from meetings;
-Review pertinent correspondence and communications daily to remain current on project details;
-Participate in project related meetings;
-Develop any required donor reports or communications;
-Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:
-Bachelor’s degree in public health, health care administration, health care management, psychology, social work, nursing, or related field; master’s degree preferred;
-Minimum eight (8) years of project management experience required, healthcare or human services setting or context;
-Minimum eight (8) years experience supervising staff, leading and cooperating with team members in successful project implementation;
-Experience working in matrixed environment, including matrixed reporting structure with cross-functional, cross-business groups and other work models that do not maintain strict vertical business units or silos;
-Genuine commitment to community and public health;
-Knowledge of a range of public health issues and policies at the local, state, and/or federal level;
-Strong understanding and experience with safety net organizations;
-Knowledge of association or membership organization environments;
-Proficiency in data collection and reporting;
-Experience working collaboratively both with internal teams as well as community stakeholders;
-Superior project management skills, strong attention to detail, and demonstrated multi-tasking ability;
-Intermediate to advance level with Microsoft Office, and SmartSheet;
-Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills;
-Experience presenting in large and small forums;
-Training in process or quality improvement is a plus;
-COVID-19 specific knowledge and/or experience is a plus;
-Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Personal Success Factors:
Self-disciplined, driven, and can-do attitude;
Works well independently and can be counted on to get the job done and achieve results;
Adaptability and flexibility;
Maintains positivity with the myriad of challenges inherent in the work, both from external as well as internal levers;
Perseveres under adversity, when faced with challenges;
Proven ability to prioritize projects and tasks and complete them on time and with good quality; sound judgment and decision making.