Sr Program Manager

The College of Population Health (COPH) at the University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center, serves New Mexico's communities, government and non-profit agencies, businesses and health-related organizations. The COPH houses three education programs: The Bachelor of Science in Population Health (BSPH), the Master of Public Health (MPH) and the newly created PhD in Health Equity Sciences. With more than $8 million in annual research funding the COPH is proud to be at the forefront of advancing public health knowledge and practice. Our faculty conduct cutting-edge work around community engagement and involvement in research, evaluation of community programs, and improvement of the medical and behavioral health infrastructure in New Mexico. COPH research efforts reflect our strong commitment to the social justice and health equity values that are at the center of the COPH mission and vision.

COPH's Center for Health Policy (CHP) invites applications for a Program Manager to play a vital role in supporting CHP's project and fiscal oversight while working with directors of the center. Working with CHP Directors, the ideal candidate will collaborate with CHP and COPH faculty, research and administrative personnel to effectively manage CHP projects and initiatives. The person in this role will be responsible for oversight of administrative and financial planning, development management to ensure projects and all finances comply with funding agency and UNM policies and procedures. This will include activities related to Pre-Award and Post-Award, budget development, daily program administrative functions, personnel management, workflows, developing and maintaining timelines.

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities:

* With supervision from CHP co-directors, guide budgeting, finance, and restricted and non-restricted funding management.

* Participate in the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, objectives, standard operating procedures, and short and long-range planning.

* Compile, analyze, interpret, and integrate information for CHP leadership for presentations and reporting purposes.

* Maintain compliance with UNM/HSC, Federal, State, and other funding agencies' fiscal policies and procedures.

* Work with COPH Pre-award team with submission of funding proposals which may include budget development and other required proposal documents.

* Reviewing fully executed agreement(s) for exclusions and limitations, preparing award budget sheets for index creation, setting up shared files for monitoring of project life cycle

* Manage the post-award activities such as evaluating monthly budget expenditures and working with COPH Post-award team for salary adjustments and corrections.

* Develop and maintain forecasting tools and monitor appropriate funding levels

* Key contributor for monthly financial preparation and reporting, budgeting and forecasting; budget management

* Evaluating costs for allowability, allocability, and reasonableness per CFR 200

* Approves purchasing requests including P-card activity ensuring compliance, purchase requisitions, vendor payments, and journal entries submitted by other fiscal personnel within the college.

* Track and maintain records of faculty, staff, and student salary allocations and redistributions

* Work in a team environment, be flexible and adaptable to changes in assignments and the work environment, work independently, manage time efficiently and multi-task effectively.

* Collaborate with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of business and technical experience and maintain good working relations.

* Other duties as assigned.

See the Position Description for additional information.

High school diploma or GED; at least 7 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified; two of which are management level experience.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Preferences:

* Master's degree in administration with an accounting emphasis

* Experience in program management or equivalent, reporting to CEO, Chair, Director, or similar leadership role.

* General knowledge of accounting in higher education including pre and post-award contract and grants administration.

* Proficient in MS Office Suite, primarily, Word and Excel for analysis and interpretation of reports and financial data

* Knowledge of University Policy/Procedures and applicable local, state, and federal guidelines

* Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate financial information and compliance requirements to staff, faculty, leadership, and other professionals

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