Access Bridge Project Coordinator

The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

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SUMMARY

The Bridge Center at the Public Health Institute (PHI) strengthens the impact of hospital emergency departments (EDs) on population health issues and health equity. Our largest program, CA Bridge, has supported more than 290 hospitals over the last seven years to implement medications for addiction treatment (MAT) in the ED and recently launched CA Bridge Connect, a helpline that connects people struggling with opioids and other substance use with trained navigators for support to immediately start MAT. Our Bridge National Expansion Project builds capacity for ED MAT across the country. Our Emergency Medical Services program extends the administration of low barrier MAT to paramedics. Our Emergency Department Syphilis/HIV/HCV Screening Program (EDSP) supports EDs to implement routine opt-out testing and linkage to care. Our Access Bridge program builds the capacity of America's emergency departments to serve as reproductive health safety nets.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Access Bridge Project Coordinator is responsible for supporting the day-to-day activities of Access Bridge training and technical assistance work with hospitals and health systems and for program communications. In collaboration with the Access Bridge Principal Investigator and other staff, the Project Coordinator will coordinate clinical champion engagement and communication and support development and maintenance of core program and grant-specific activities, including trainings and technical assistance, and fellowship operations. The Project Coordinator coordinates Access Bridge program operations in collaboration with the Bridge operations team and coordinates planning and logistics for presentations and speaking opportunities.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) position with a schedule of 40 hours/week. This position is 100% grant-funded and contingent upon the successful securing of funding. The position is remote and open to candidates nationwide. The incumbent must be able to travel to the San Francisco Bay Area (CA) 2-4 times a year.

Full salary range for this position: $65,962 to $94,454 per year. The typical hiring range for this position is from $65,962 (minimum) to $80,208 (midpoint), based on 100% FTE. The starting salary is determined using a variety of factors, such as the candidate's knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as internal equity consideration and budget availability.

Employment Type: Full Time

POSITION GOALS

• Successful coordination of projects related to reproductive health training and technical assistance programs.
• Successful project coordination of Access Bridge partner initiatives such as the Doctor Lawyer Alliance and the Reproductive Health Service Corps.
• Tracking project tasks, roles, deliverables, and timelines on behalf of several funded projects simultaneously.
• Effective facilitation of Access Bridge program operations through the use of professional project management tools and techniques.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

Access Bridge Training and Technical Assistance

• Under the direction of the Access Bridge Principal Investigator, facilitate planning, implementation, and tracking of training and technical assistance related to core projects in conjunction with the program clinical director and implementation leaders.
• Coordinate fellowship operations, including core national fellowship and special projects within individual states, tracking deliverables for program and funder reporting.
• Plan and coordinate the drafting and completion of site summaries and grant reports on time and in line with contract deliverables, and in conjunction with the Access Bridge leadership and operations team.
• Provide project support to maintain relationships and liaise with program contacts and representatives through regular outreach and communication, and responses to inquiries and requests for technical assistance, training, and materials.
• Manage and organize Access Bridge materials and resources in collaboration with the program and clinical leaders, including routine updates of training materials and customization for individual sites.

Access Bridge Operations Support

• Support selected presentation planning and execution, including coordination of consultants and presenters, collaborating with internal and external partners, information gathering, and content development, at the direction of program leadership.
• Work in conjunction with program assistant(s) and across teams for effective coordination and delegation of tasks.

Partner Engagement

• Track Access Bridge contacts accumulated over the course of trainings and other events using existing client management tools.
• Collaborate with Bridge Communications staff members to develop marketing and communications tools for new and existing projects, including initiation and maintenance of designed email communications.

Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Three (3) years of related public health experience.
• Bachelor's degree, or substitute with four additional years of relevant work experience.

Other Qualifications

• Experience in a health care context.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear manner.
• Ability to communicate and establish effective working relationships with diverse groups and interact effectively with co-workers, personnel in partner agencies, and other external stakeholders.
• Strong writing skills and experience gathering and synthesizing information from diverse sources.
• Ability to track and coordinate multiple concurrent projects and tasks using identified tools.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly about complex public health topics.
• Experience facilitating small group conversations.
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to furthering the Bridge Center's anti-stigma approach and culture of harm reduction.
• Demonstrated interest in reproductive justice and related public health topics.
• Demonstrated commitment to elevating social and racial equity.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) STATUS
This position is classified as exempt based on the job duties. However, based on the FTE, salary level of the employee, or federal/state/local laws, the employee may be classified as nonexempt.

Bridge is committed to advancing social and racial justice through our work with health care systems. We recognize the value of having a staff that brings a wide range of perspectives to this work based on language, ethnicity, race, gender, socio-economic background, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and disability. We believe that the lived experiences of our employees and their unique ideas inspire innovative solutions. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities and lived experience with substance use are strongly encouraged to apply.

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