Program Coordinator-Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

About the Opportunity

The Roux Institute at Northeastern University serves as a Consolidated Partner to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services on Initiative 5 (Sustainable Rural Health Ecosystems) of Maines Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) co-leading the Hospital Efficiency and Stabilization work across Activity 5.1 (Hospital Efficiency and Financial Management) and Activity 5.2 (Regional Health Ecosystems Planning and Implementation).

The Program Coordinator will provide logistical administrative and stakeholder engagement support across two closely related lines of work: (1) the Hospital Sustainability Learning Collaborative convened under Activity 5.1 and (2) the regionalized rural health ecosystems planning process convened under Activity 5.2. This position ensures that recurring convenings individual hospital and regional stakeholder meetings and cross-activity communications run smoothly are well-documented and support the Providers obligations to the Department under this Contract.

This role will work closely with the Roux Institutes RHTP project leadership Contracted Vendors and state RHTP personnel delivering technical assistance to rural hospitals andand engaging regional stakeholders across the state in health system coordination. Due to the statewide multi-stakeholder nature of this initiative this individual will routinely coordinate across organizations and levels of seniority and must be comfortable managing a high volume of scheduling logistics and documentation with strong attention to detail.

Minimum Qalifications

• Bachelors degree required and 3-5 years of relevant experience in program or project coordination event/meeting logistics or administrative support ideally in a healthcare public health higher education or government-facing setting.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating recurring meetings convenings or workshops for multiple external stakeholders including scheduling agenda preparation materials distribution and notetaking.

• Strong analytical and technical abilities. Ability to independently deliver high quality organized and repeatable results. Factual direct style of communication.

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and deadlines across two related but distinct activity areas.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the judgment and diplomacy to interact professionally with hospital leadership state government staff and community stakeholders.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook) and virtual meeting platforms (Zoom Microsoft Teams); comfort with survey/data collection tools (e.g. Qualtrics) and shared file systems (SharePoint) preferred.

• Ability to synthesize notes and input from meetings into clear concise summaries for internal and Department-facing reporting.

• Knowledge of or interest in rural health hospital operations or health policy is a plus but not required.

• Ability to exercise discretion with sensitive or confidential information related to hospital finances and operations.

Position Type

General Administration

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical vision dental paid time off tuition assistance wellness & life retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin age sex sexual orientation disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Compensation Grade/Pay Type:

107S

Expected Hiring Range:

$53615.00 - $75728.75

With the pay range(s) shown above the starting salary will depend on several factors which may include your education experience location knowledge and expertise and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.

Required Experience:

IC