Hourly Project Specialist

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Health Research, Inc. is seeking an Hourly Project Specialist to work within The Department of Health, Charles D. Cook Office of Rural Health, Center for Health Care Policy and Resource Development, Office of Primary Care and Health Systems Management. This position will be located in Albany, NY.

Lack of access to care in rural communities and infectious disease outbreaks posed capacity issues, as exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, there were other factors that caused a variation in community response including misinformation regarding mitigation efforts and vaccine confidence. The incumbent will contribute to the development of evaluation design of rural health programs, help to develop, and administer data collection tools, review evaluation data, and prepare summary reports. The evaluation tool will include measures that will determine how communities served by rural health networks were able to react to infectious disease outbreaks, specific local issues, mitigation efforts and techniques that were employed, and future capacity for effective infectious disease outbreak prevention and response. Evaluation findings will help to inform future policy and programmatic direction.

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of experience within a health, public health, education, human services, community-based organization, or institutional setting; OR two years of experience in administrative, personnel, fiscal, or other related operational activity; OR a related bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

A Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Social or Behavioral Sciences or a related field. Experience in rural health. Experience in collection and management of program data for evaluation purposes. Experience in data analysis using SAS, R, SPSS, Excel and/or other analytical and data management tools. Experience with preparing draft reports.

Conditions of Employment

Hourly, grant funded position expected to last through 9/1/25. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel, up to 25%, may be required.

The selected candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the official work location specified in the job posting and must also be located in or willing to relocate to one of the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, or Massachusetts, prior to hire. Telecommuting will be available.

HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.

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About Health Research, Inc.

Join us in our mission to make a difference in public health and advance scientific research! At Health Research, Inc. (HRI), your work will contribute to meaningful change and innovation in the communities we serve! At HRI, we are on a mission to transform the health and well-being of the people of New York State through innovative partnerships and cutting-edge public health initiatives. As a dynamic non-profit organization, HRIplays a crucial role in advancing the strategic goals of the New York State Department of Health (DOH), Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC), and other health-related entities.