Director, Grants Development & Management

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health is one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in the country, providing coordinated world-class primary and specialty care with dignity and respect for all New Yorkers, without exception. At Gotham Health, we practice a person-centered caring culture that values delivering compassionate, quality healthcare in partnership with our patients, community organizations, and staff. Gotham Health is focused on high-quality, affordable care to everyone regardless of ability to pay. We serve the community through a two-pronged approach: providing treatment to those who need it while emphasizing prevention. We strive to deliver services in a way that maximizes each patient's opportunity to achieve successful health outcomes, believe in every person's right to participate in their care plans, facilitate partnerships with other community resources to meet the needs of our patients beyond healthcare, and celebrate and recognize the compassionate care of our committed staff.

About the role

Under direction of the vice president, Health Care Planning Policy and Standards, this role is responsible for developing and administering the Corporation’s total program for securing grant support for various Corporate programs from public and private sector sources of funding. Scope of responsibilities includes:

• Identification and development of sources of funding and maximization of available grants
• Administration of procedures and systems required to monitor grants through all phases of the development, funding, and administrative cycles, and to ensure contract compliance

Responsibilities

• Designs funding strategy and seeks public and private funding; establishes and maintains liaison with appropriate funding agencies and governmental units
• Maintains accurate and total information about outside funding sources suitable for Corporate purposes, and keeps appropriate units and institutions informed on availability of such sources
• Coordinates Corporation efforts to define program priorities for grant funding purposes
• Provides technical assistance to hospitals in drafting submissions for funding to facilitate approvals, maximize grant potentials, and ensure that program and financial implications are understood
• Supervises development of criteria for grant review, and provides staff services to committees concerned with grant review
• Develops and administers the procedures and tracking systems to monitor grants through all phases of the funding cycle and reimbursement formula, including technical assistance for contract compliance

Requirements

• A Baccalaureate Degree with a major in Public Administration, Business Administration, or Public Health Care Administration, and eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in areas relating to Public Administration and/or Health Care Planning and Administration, at least three (3) years of which have been directly related to grants development within these fields
• A Master’s Degree in related fields of study may be substituted for one (1) year of experience
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience