GRANTS & PROGRAMMING MANAGER

MDH Medical Group; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

457B plan

Employer match

STD/LTD insurance

Job summary

McDonough District Hospital Foundation seeks a Grants & Programming Manager to coordinate major grant-funded programs, including Rural Health Transformation and HRSA initiatives. The role requires coordinating across leadership, departments, and external partners, ensuring compliance with budgets and timelines.

The ideal candidate will manage multiple complex projects, monitor performance, and drive reporting and closeout activities in a collaborative, grant-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health care administration, public health, business administration, project management, finance, data analytics, community health, public administration, or a related field required.
• Master's degree in a related field preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in grant coordination, program coordination, program management, grant-funded program implementation, or a closely related role required.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple complex projects, programs, or grants simultaneously required.
• Experience working with federal grants, cooperative agreements, or federally funded programs strongly preferred.
• Healthcare, rural health, or public health experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with HRSA, CMS, HHS, state health agencies, or similar governmental funding programs preferred.
• Experience identifying funding opportunities and coordinating successful grant applications preferred.
• Experience in data analytics, performance measurement, dashboard development, or data visualization preferred.
• Experience with health care quality improvement or performance improvement methodologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, implement, monitor, and support major grant-funded and strategic programs at MDH.
• Serve as central point of coordination between hospital leadership, departments, Finance, partners, and stakeholders.
• Ensure grant-funded programs meet objectives, budgets, timelines, performance measures, and regulatory requirements.
• Move projects from concept through implementation, evaluation, reporting, and closeout.

Skills

Project management

Grant coordination

Stakeholder communication

Data analytics

Dashboard development

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in health care administration, public health, business administration, project management, finance, data analytics, community health, public administration, or related field

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Teams

Data visualization software

Job description

McDonough District Hospital · FOUNDATION

Remote w/ Periodic Onsite Attendance , IL

Newly Created Position

Full-Time Exempt , Days , 8:00a-4:30p, Mon-Fri

Posted 10/06/2026

• Expected pay for this position is $37.59-$56.38. Actual pay will be determined by experience, skills and internal equity.
• 457B and employer match for FT Employees
• Company paid STD and LTD

This is a remote position with periodic onsite attendance required throughout the year. Specific onsite dates and expectations will be discussed with the selected candidate.

• This position is currently supported through funding from the Rural Health Transformation Grant and a multi-year HRSA Grant. The duration of the position will depend on the continuation of grant funding and the evolving needs of McDonough District Hospital. As the role develops, there may be opportunities for continued employment beyond the initial grant period based on available funding and organizational need. The hiring manager will provide additional information regarding the grant and anticipated position duration during the interview process.

Job Summary

The Grants & Programming Manager is responsible for coordinating, implementing, monitoring, and supporting major grant-funded and strategic programs at McDonough District Hospital (MDH). This position will initially have significant responsibility for the successful execution of two major federal funding initiatives, including Rural Health Transformation (RHT)-related programming and a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant.

The Grants & Programming Manager serves as a central point of coordination between hospital leadership, operational departments, Finance, community partners, funding agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure grant-funded programs are implemented according to approved objectives, budgets, timelines, performance measures, and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate is an experienced program and grant professional who can independently manage multiple complex initiatives, organize multidisciplinary teams, analyze performance data, identify risks and barriers, and move projects from concept through implementation, evaluation, reporting, and closeout.

Job Specifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in health care administration, public health, business administration, project management, finance, data analytics, community health, public administration, or a related field required.
• Master's degree in a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in grant coordination, program coordination, program management, grant-funded program implementation, or a closely related role required.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple complex projects, programs, or grants simultaneously required.
• Experience developing and managing project timelines, deliverables, performance measures, reports, and stakeholder communications required.
• Experience working with federal grants, cooperative agreements, or federally funded programs strongly preferred.
• Health care, hospital, rural health, public health, or community health experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with HRSA, CMS, HHS, state health agencies, or similar governmental funding programs preferred.
• Experience identifying funding opportunities and coordinating successful grant applications preferred.
• Experience in data analytics, performance measurement, dashboard development, or data visualization preferred.
• Experience with health care quality improvement or performance improvement methodologies preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in health care administration, public health, business administration, project management, finance, data analytics, community health, public administration, or a related field required.
• Master's degree in a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in grant coordination, program coordination, program management, grant-funded program implementation, or a closely related role required.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple complex projects, programs, or grants simultaneously required.Experience developing and managing project timelines, deliverables, performance measures, reports, and stakeholder communications required.
• Experience working with federal grants, cooperative agreements, or federally funded programs strongly preferred.
• Health care, hospital, rural health, public health, or community health experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with HRSA, CMS, HHS, state health agencies, or similar governmental funding programs preferred.
• Experience identifying funding opportunities and coordinating successful grant applications preferred.
• Experience in data analytics, performance measurement, dashboard development, or data visualization preferred.
• Experience with health care quality improvement or performance improvement methodologies preferred.

JOB KNOWLEDGE

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

• Strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, stakeholders, and complex initiatives.
• Ability to interpret grant requirements and manage grant activities, budgets, documentation, compliance, and measurable deliverables.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to collect, validate, analyze, interpret, and communicate quantitative and qualitative data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including grant applications, reports, presentations, meeting facilitation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to identify risks and performance gaps, develop solutions, and work effectively across executive leadership, clinical and operational departments, Finance, community organizations, and external partners.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams; experience with project management, data visualization, dashboard, or analytics software preferred.
• Knowledge of federal grant administration, quality improvement, and performance improvement principles preferred, with the ability to work independently while maintaining strong communication, accountability, and collaboration.

ABILITIES, INTERESTS AND TEMPERAMENTS

• Ability to handle incoming/outgoing telephone calls and visitors/donors in an appropriate manner that will enhance and preserve the Foundation department.
• Absolute integrity and sufficient maturity to handle confidential aspects of the position.
• Ability to maintain necessary records in an organized manner.
• Capable of developing and maintaining positive working relationships with supervisors, co-workers and members of the community.
• A preference for routine, concrete and organized activities but also must possess the ability to adapt to change resulting from emergencies and schedules, staff or procedural changes.
• Ability to work independently without close supervision.
• Must be able to meet deadlines while maintaining daily responsibilities.
• Must have the ability to work with a variety of people of diverse populations (e.g. cultural diversity, employee workforce, ages from teen through geriatrics, hearing impaired, physical and mental disabilities and variety of educational and cognitive levels).