Project Coordinator (Dental Public Health)

Ut-Health-Science-Center-At-SAN-Antoni; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

UT Health San Antonio seeks a Project Coordinator (Dental Public Health) to manage project life-cycle tasks, budgets, and staffing under grant funding. The role requires coordinating activities, ensuring protocol adherence, and reporting progress to management and stakeholders.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience, strong MS Office skills, and the ability to work independently on data collection and analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
• Experience may substitute education (4 extra years) for HS diploma or GED.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and MS-Project.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, and staffing requirements.
• Oversee project workflow, scheduling, and status reporting to stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities including training, data management, and budget prep.
• Track progress and resolve obstacles to keep projects on schedule.
• Prepare financial reports and monitor expenditures.

Skills

MS Office

Coordination

Communication

Time management

Budgeting

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

4 years experience with HS diploma or GED

Tools

MS-Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Project Coordinator (Dental Public Health)

Job Description

Under direct supervision, responsible for coordinating the completion of the project life-cycle, including preparing and maintaining project plans, budgets, and staffing requirements.

This position is grant funded.

Responsibilities

• Ensures projects run smoothly by overseeing a workflow, scheduling assignments, evaluating the course of the project and reporting its status to the management and stakeholders.
• Creates project plans and timelines to ensure adherence to established guidelines and ensures projects are administered according to protocol.
• Coordinates and organizes project activities to include training, data management, statistical analysis and budget preparation.
• Tracks progress, identifies and resolves obstacles.
• Oversees fiscal reporting to include monitoring expenditures and preparing financial reports.
• Provides status updates on the progress of the project.
• Ensures effective preparation and delivery of all project events, meetings and production of all necessary documentation.
• Serves as the project liaison between the various departments and stakeholders.
• Participate in project design meetings and propose improvements if necessary
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• General business knowledge to plan, organize, and control resources, procedures, and timing for an administrative or business process.
• Solid organizational skills, including coordination, multi-tasking and time management.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of common Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS-Project, Outlook, etc.).
• Strong focus on quality assurance with attention to detail and ability to apply protocols.
• Ability to work independently to collect, research and organize data.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Team-management and leadership skills.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
• Will accept experience (4 additional years) with High school diploma or GED.

PREFERRED:

• Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) software.
• Experience working with grants.

Required Skills

• Three (3) years of directly related experience is required.

This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas EO-GA-48.

About Us

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence — advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond. UT San Antonio serves approximately 42,000 students in 320 academic programs spanning science, engineering, medicine, health, liberal arts, AI, cybersecurity, business, education and more. With 17,000 faculty and staff, UT San Antonio has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Company Culture .

Benefits Overview

UT Health San Antonio offers an excellent benefits package for its employees. Employees who work at least 20 hours a week, with an appointment of at least 4.5 months, are eligible for benefits.

Medical - UT SELECT Medical insurance is offered free for employees and administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Family members can be added to the plan through payroll deduction. Employees and their dependents can also receive discounted copays and coinsurance when using UT Health Physicians, a network of 800 premier physicians including more than 100 specialists. Employees receive $50,000 of group term life insurance and $50,000 of basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance for free, with options to purchase additional employee and dependent coverage for both at group rates.

Dental - Three dental insurance plan options are available for employees and their families through Delta Dental Insurance Company, two PPOs and one dental HMO plan. Both PPO plans allow employees to choose any licensed dentist.

Vision - Fully insured Vision Care benefits are offered by Superior Vision Services. Two vision plan options that offer either standard or enhanced vision benefits.

Disability - Employees can enroll in the Disability Insurance which provides income if a non-work related illness or injury prevents you from working.

FSAs - Employees can enroll in flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to set aside money from earnings before taxes for qualifying dependent day care expenses or out-of-pocket health care expenses.

Retirement - Employees are eligible for either the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). TRS is a defined benefit retirement plan which UT Health matches employee contributions. ORP is for eligible faculty staff employees. Voluntary retirement programs are also available to invest before- or after-tax dollars with the choice of five quality retirement plan providers.

Time Off - A generous leave program offers multiple paid leave options:

• Front-loaded Paid Time Off: 128 to 208 hours (16 to 26 days) of Paid Time Off based on years of service, given at the start of each fiscal year. PTO may be prorated in year one based on date of hire.
• Extended Illness Bank: 8 hours (1 day) accrued per month which can be used for illness or injury after one day of Paid Time Off is taken.
• Paid Family Leave: Up to 240 hours (6 weeks) to care for a spouse, child, or parent after 6 months of consecutive employment.
• Holidays: 12 set paid holidays each year.

Discounts - Employees enjoy a range of discounts on services, tickets, and gym membership.

EEO Statement

UT Health San Antonio is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. It is our policy to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

Job Info

• Job Identification 7894
• Job Category Administration
• Posting Date 09/03/2026, 06:52 PM
• Locations 0002 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229, US (On-site)
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift 8am-5pm Mon-Fri
• Organization D6111 - Public Health Research, D5100 - Comprehensive Dentistry, D1000 - Dean Dental School, UT Health Science Center, UT Health Science Center
• Department D6111 - Public Health Research