Organization Overview
The National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ) is an independent nonprofit organization working for more than a decade to improve children’s health. We help organizations and professionals who share this mission make breakthrough improvements, so children and families live healthier lives. While NICHQ is Boston based, we have a strong remote culture and invite candidates from across the country to apply.
Position Overview
NICHQ is currently recruiting an energetic, organized Project Manager with at least 2-4 years of project management experience to be responsible for the day-to-day interaction and management of specific activities within a project or multiple projects.Position Responsibilities
- Builds and manages project plans
- Drives and manages day to day project tasks, and specific deliverables
- Ensures project is on track to meet deadlines and within scope
- Elevates any concerns regarding scope, timelines, or deliverables to project leadership
- Demonstrates ability to influence, manage, and drive teams/individuals/project towards success
- Demonstrates understanding of quality improvement and the Breakthrough Series model and approach and can manage components of it with guidance
- May provide day to day management of external customers, vendors and/or internal support departments that are contributing to the project
Position Qualifications
- Strong oral and written communications skills. Ability to communicate sensitive information with a variety of stakeholders in a tactful manner
- Skilled multi-tasker who can prioritize, work autonomously, establish timelines and meet deadlines
- Exhibits high level of organization, time management skills and management of numerous details for multiple projects
- Advanced problem-solving skills, ability to think quickly and implement plans/structure for accomplishing work
- Ability to learn, navigate and update information management systems
- Works well in team environment and is able to generate solutions to issues as they arise
- Highly flexible and adjustable
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast moving, and at times, intense environment
- Strong interest in ongoing professional development and growth
- Ability to learn, navigate and update information management systems, REDCap experience preferred
- Ability to synthesize data and produce reports in various formats including narrative written reports, graphs and charts, dashboards, etc.
Benefits
We offer a generous benefits package for employees including competitive compensation; remote work; paid time off including vacation, sick and holidays; insurance including medical, dental, vision, disability and life; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance programs; and professional development benefits.
Equity Hiring Statement
NICHQ is committed to increasing the representation of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in our workforce and to value and embrace their skills, perspectives and experiences for the benefit of our mission. NICHQ is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. NICHQ strongly encourages applications from candidates who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQI, or from any other minoritized group.
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