Altarum is a nonprofit organization that creates and implements solutions to improve the health of individuals with fewer financial resources and populations disenfranchised by the health care system.  We're driven to solve tough problems for the greater good, and we do so by working closely with government insurance programs to conceive of and implement improvements to address the unique population health challenges of their beneficiaries.  
Our solutions are holistic, enabled by technology, and intently focused on prevention and appropriate care. Solving tough problems for the greater good is what drives us, along with a belief that a future of better health for all is within reach. From lower-income children to nursing home-eligible older adults, our mission is to help those whose health is negatively impacted by social determinants.

While the core of Altarum's work is advancing health through research and advisory services, our wholly-owned subsidiary—Palladian Partners—expands on this mission by providing health communications services to government agencies.

Altarum has a dynamic and entrepreneurial culture, a purpose-driven mission, and a firm commitment to diversity and inclusion. We're also making an outsize impact in our work with some of the most influential institutions in health and health care. Our work environment is friendly and our benefits package generous. Ready to check out our opportunities?

View our current job openings at https://altarum.org/about-us/careers-main.

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Project Manager

Lead evaluation projects in food and nutrition for disenfranchised populations.

• Establish work plans and multi-disciplinary staffing plans for each phase of project and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Manage and mentor staff, encouraging collaboration and promoting a positive relationship between colleagues.
• Manage programs to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives.
• Plan and develop methods and procedures for evaluating food and nutrition programs, lead and coordinate evaluation, training, and/or technical assistance activities, and exercise control over personnel responsible for specific functions or phases of programs.
• Demonstrate advanced subject matter expertise, as well as a clear understanding of team’s and broader Altarum capabilities to leverage.
• Review project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of projects.
• Provide professional client interface, ensure responsiveness to client requirements.
• Continually identify lessons learned, evaluate completed tasks and make process improvements based upon successful and unsuccessful project elements. Develop best practices to share across Altarum.
• Present findings to clients, policymakers, service providers, and community groups, as needed.
• Assist with developing, preparing, and coordinating Requests for Proposals (RFP), grant applications, and grant related activities to obtain funding for practice area related programs and Altarum related work.
• Provide thought leadership, subject matter expertise, and project/client management capabilities as needed.

Food and Nutrition Evaluation Project Manager

Customer Support

Support nursing homes in culture change initiatives for better care delivery.

• Provide support for continued implementation and enhancement of Altarum’s comprehensive culture change projects.
• Act as a liaison for partnered nursing homes: maintaining collaboration and engagement with them. Including assistance with monthly data submissions, creatively evaluate and eliminate obstacles to data tracking and submission, and craft resources and materials to support nursing homes in their culture change efforts. Previous training experience is helpful.
• Lead qualitative interviews and focus groups with nursing home residents, staff and families and distill qualitative data for publications.
• Consolidate quantitative and qualitative data to inform partners' progress and identify areas to concentrate efforts to ensure forward momentum continues.
• Identify and mitigate barriers that are inhibiting growth.
• Monitor individual nursing home outcomes and ensure partners and project team members are well informed of their status and progress.
• Assist in crafting publications and presentations that communicate evaluation findings to a range of audiences, including project partners, funders, advocates, and other key stakeholders.
• Leverage Quality Assurance Performance Improvement principles to build sustainable models of culture change in partnered nursing homes.
• Support development of reports, case studies, site visit summaries and other writing, as required
• Provide additional project support as needed.

Long-Term Services and Support Specialist

Support aging and disability projects, manage teams, and ensure deliverable success.

• Model the values of the organization
• Manage a set of federal, state and philanthropic projects focused on aging and disability as part of the Delivery System Transformation Practice Area
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with clients including developing appropriate approaches to addressing client concerns and pain points
• Monitor and track project execution to ensure budgets and timelines are met; Manage processes for budgets, timelines, technical documentation, project briefings and reviews, and take ownership of all contract deliverables and program success
• Implement quality assurance and control processes for project deliverables and services
• Review and quality check projects, prepare monthly status reports and financial reports
• Prepare presentations and conduct in-process reviews with leadership and client staff
• Identify subcontractor needs and sources, review statements of work, and monitor subcontractor performance
• Oversee development of project plans and resources estimates, including planning level of effort projections for projects in the behavioral health portfolio; set objectives, develop project work plans, establish milestones, and assign tasks to staff to fulfill scope of work
• Create materials and resources (e.g., briefs, reports, blogs, presentations, and other written documents) to articulate the progress, impacts and value of the work
• Review the work of team members to ensure the highest standards of quality.
• Lead a team of employees, researchers and subcontractors, to efficiently execute the different components of the project(s)
• Manage, mentor, and develop a diverse group of staff
• Promote staff achievement by providing the necessary tools and knowledge opportunities for continued success and professional growth
• Continuously identify lessons learned, evaluate completed tasks and make process improvements based upon successful and unsuccessful project elements
• Continue to foster and develop relationships with organizations 
• Contribute to the development of educational resources and training materials, as needed
• Assist the DST Senior Director on planning for strategic growth of the focus area portfolio, often leading full proposals to successful submission
• Work with the DST Senior Director to assess new opportunities for pursuit through new, extended or expanded growth
• Develop relationships with external contacts, consultants, and experts in the field to help further organizational goals and fulfill Altarum’s mission
• Contribute to writing significant portions of proposals especially with developing creative innovative programs and strategizing ideas for grants

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