Program Coordinator Strategy Development

General Information

PHMC serves as both a direct service provider and an intermediary agent, managing large-scale contracts, government and philanthropic partnerships, and multidisciplinary initiatives.

About the Role

The Strategy Development Program Coordinator will focus on public health funding across PHMC’s subsidiaries and programs, manage several programs under the Strategy Development portfolio, supervise program interns, and support the Pennsylvania Public Health Association.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and write letters of interest, grant proposals, reports, and other materials responsive to funder guidelines.
• Gather information from PHMC employees to articulate goals, activities, anticipated outcomes, successes, and challenges to funders.
• Develop, edit, and present grant proposals to management for approval, maintain tracking for all grants, and package the final grant application.
• Support data entry and data management of the Grant Management System, and help maintain the integrity of the database via regular maintenance and data-cleaning.
• Coordinate logistics of events, manage attendees and vendors, and provide project-defined internal and external communications work.
• Represent PHMC’s Strategy Development team at meetings as needed.
• Coordinate program planning and monitoring goals and objectives to support team and programmatic growth.
• Supervise interns and communicate formally on a bi-weekly or weekly basis with supervisor and direct reports.
• Work with colleagues to foster a cohesive team-oriented work environment.
• Manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment, working both independently and as a team member.
• Communicate effectively in written and oral form, and manage competing priorities.
• Work well under pressure and handle several projects at one time.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously, and have excellent judgment and ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Be computer proficient in Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Smart Sheet, and other software as needed.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and follow project timelines to ensure completion of project deliverables on or ahead of schedule.
• Ability to identify and prioritize tasks based on project and organizational needs and manage competing priorities.
• Willingness to travel.

Skills

• Strong writing, editing, and copy-editing skills.
• Proven research abilities, including gathering and interpreting data.
• Excellent problem-solving, conflict resolution, time management, and professional communication (written and oral) skills.
• High energy, high degree of initiative, flexibility, teamwork, and attention to detail.
• Strong partnership-building skills.
• Excellent research and organizational skills.
• Adequate understanding of data and the ability to translate data into compelling narrative prose.
• Computer proficiency in Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Smart Sheet, and other software as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in public health, health education, or equivalent.