POSITION SUMMARY: The senior program analyst is a member of America’s Essential Hospitals’ research, education, dissemination, and leadership development team and participates in the full scope of projects developed by the team, focusing on projects related to health equity and addressing structural racism in health care delivery systems. The senior program analyst serves as task lead on projects and summarizes information and results in clear and comprehensive briefs and presentations. This position supports disseminating new knowledge and best practices to member hospitals and conducts regular and ad hoc research on assigned projects. The senior program analyst is expected to be highly organized and an excellent writer and to build relationships with members and maintain a high level of professionalism.

REPORTS TO: Vice President of Innovation and Director of Essential Hospitals Institute

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES*

Learning and dissemination

• Contributes to the design and implementation of new team initiatives to advance health equity and combat structural racism. Participates in teams to design and manage program areas to achieve key team objectives
• Collaborates with senior staff in managing relationships with external organizations to coordinate joint projects; develops materials for recruiting, marketing, training, and measurement; engages members; and drafts reports
• Supports developing content curricula for webinars and in-person and virtual meetings and workshops

Research

• Collaborates with senior staff to evaluate health care programs and policies; perform literature reviews; conduct analyses; interpret findings; draft briefs, newsletter content, and presentations; and present findings in a clear, concise, and effective manner
• Serves as a resource to senior staff to respond to short-term information requests to support member hospitals

Team and association functioning

• Contributes significantly to writing insightful and clear proposals for ongoing funding and could lead smaller proposals
• Actively participates in team activities and improving team functioning, including following team norms and providing support and backup for team members.
• Collaborates with the vice president and team to provide insight and guidance on programmatic strategies
• Works collaboratively and effectively with members of other teams

* The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the job’s principal functions as identified and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities that may be inherent in the position. Responsibilities are subject to change.