The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst. The candidate should be dedicated to the HRSA-funded cooperative agreement to build literacy among state Medicaid directors and other health care payment officials about HRSA priorities and initiatives. This position will be responsible for establishing routine connections among Medicaid officials, other health care payment officials and state public health leaders that transcend projects and endure over transitions of federal and state administrations; and to identify and act on opportunities to align strategies and interventions as well as to braid and optimize use of HRSA and Medicaid funding to ensure sustainable impact.
This position will be apart of a small collaborative team that supports Medicaid leaders through connection and programmatic assistance to Medicaid leaders in all 50-states, D.C. and the territories. This individual will be dedicated full-time to the HRSA grant as the Project Manager and play a lead role in project management and day-to-day operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Project manager and responsible for managing and coordinating the majority of activities for the HRSA grant
- Serving as project manager across NAMD’s state programming team, federal policy team, and member/communications team
- Liaising directly with state leaders, HRSA, public health leaders, public and private sector, national associations, and other external partners
- Identifying and coordinating opportunities for HRSA engagement with state Medicaid leaders at NAMD’s Fall or Annual member meetings and events.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in political science, public policy, public health or other related area of study.
- At least 5 years applied work experience in public policy, public health, government, or related area
- Ability to occasionally travel to NAMD meetings and events
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