Project Manager 2 - DO

DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND INDEPENDENCE OF IDAHOANS

*THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL FILLED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BE CONSIDERED.*

Are you interested in providing leadership and direction for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s (DHW) Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) by leading statewide, complex, initiatives focused on improving rural access to care through technology, ensuring accessible, high-quality care through innovative models, sustaining rural health workforce and investing in rural health infrastructure? If you answered yes, we have incredible opportunities for your consideration.

We are looking for two Project Manager 2 's with strong leadership and collaboration skills to serve on our team in a full-time, limited-service capacity in DHW’s newly established Idaho Office of Rural Health Transformation located at our downtown Boise office.

This position is not eligible for telework.

This is a limited-service position. Length of limited-service appointments are determined by the availability of funds such as grants, alternative funding sources and/or timeframes such as pilot projects, alternative funding sources or program termination.

BENEFITS:

The State of Idaho offers a robust total compensation and benefits package, including but not limited to:

• We have one of the Nation's best state retirement systems (PERSI) that offers a lifetime benefit at retirement.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick and vacation that begins accruing on your first day of employment; can be used immediately after accruing (no waiting time)
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance benefits that become effective first of the month following your hire date. All contributions can be pre-tax (full-time/30 hours per week)
• 2 voluntary supplemental retirement plans including both pre-tax and Roth options
• Deferred compensation plan
• Life insurance for self, spouse, and children
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Wide variety of training opportunities

• Some positions offer flexible hours and/or telecommuting
• Additional perks and discounts available through medical provider
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligibility
• Employee assistance program

Additional information related to benefits and/or State programs can be found here: https://dhr.idaho.gov/StateEmployees/Benefits.html.*

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES:

• Lead statewide, complex RHTP initiatives focused on improving rural access to care through technology, innovative care models, workforce sustainability, and rural health infrastructure.
• Manage full life cycle project planning, including developing project plans, defining objectives, scopes of work, timelines, and implementation strategies.
• Monitor, measure, and communicate project performance, including evaluating results, analyzing impact, and recommending modifications for continuous improvement.
• Oversee and manage initiative and project budgets, prepare cost estimates, authorize expenditures, manage capital budgets, and lead quarterly and annual budget reviews.
• Lead business analysis activities, including gathering and documenting business/system requirements, conducting design reviews, and ensuring project quality assurance.
• Coordinate and facilitate project communications, meetings, and collaboration across multiple entities, advisory groups, and committees.
• Oversee grants, subgrants, and contracts, including development, monitoring, performance oversight, negotiating language, and ensuring compliance and deliverables.
• Supervise and support a grants/contracts officer, ensuring integrated management of contracts and subgrants across RHTP initiatives.
• Exercise independent judgment in project planning, risk analysis, vendor engagement, implementation strategies, and decisions that affect RHTP operations, budgets, and compliance risk.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

You must possess all the minimum qualifications below to pass the exam for this position. Please make sure your resume or work history supports your meeting the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to do this may disqualify you from being considered for this position. It is highly recommended to attach a one-page cover letter to your application to demonstrate how you meet the requirements below.

• Experience planning and implementing projects including coordinating the development of project scope, goals, work plans, timelines, implementation strategies, and measurement processes/methods for assessing progress towards goals and project outcomes. Typically gained by one year of experience managing projects with at least one year in a leadership role. Your experience must have included being responsible for the development (needs assessment, planning and budgeting) of the projects as well as being responsible for assessing the projects toward goals and project outcomes.
• Experience interpreting and explaining specialized or complex material into information usable by the public. Typically gained by at least one year of experience involving the interpretation of laws, policies, procedures, rules, or similar levels of information where the information was analyzed and communicated into information that was usable by the public or the project team in various formats (oral, written, graphic, WEB based, etc.)
• Experience developing and monitoring contracts. Typically gained by one year of experience which included consultant selection, development of the scope of work and man-hour negotiation; developing and managing schedule. This experience should also include reviewing progress payments; enforcing contract compliance for scope, budget and milestone completion; and consultant evaluation.

Below is preferred experience. It is not required for the position but applicants with this experience may receive consideration over other applicants.

• Experience managing staff. Typically gained by directly supervising staff for five or more years and conducting performance evaluations.
• Experience managing a budget. Typically gained by at least one year of experience developing and managing a large program budget including multiple funding sources and programs.
• Experience developing and managing complex, collaborative workplans. Typically gained by at least one year of experience in a role in which developing and managing workplans that included partners from multiple organizations was a primary responsibility.
• 3 years of progressive project leadership with evidence of delivering projects through the full lifecycle. Typically gained by 3 years of experience including, a demonstrated ability to produce and manage the standard project management deliverables and controls, such as a project charter (or supporting its development), project management plan, cost tracking, risk and issue management, stakeholder engagement and communications, and integrated change control.
• Evidence of a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desired .

Learn About a Career with DHW

If relocating to Idaho, the Department of Health & Welfare does not reimburse the cost of relocating and the department does not sponsor anyone with a work visa.

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EMAIL: dhwjobs@dhw.idaho.gov
PHONE: (208) 334-0681

EEO/ADA/Veteran:

The State of Idaho is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The State of Idaho is committed to access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, auxiliary aids and services are available upon request. If you require an accommodation at any step in our recruitment process, you are encouraged to contact (208) 334-2263 (TTY/TTD: 711), or email ada.coordinator@dhr.idaho.gov.

Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.