Project Director

Prestera Center for Mental Health Services; Huntington (WV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Prestera Center for Mental Health Services in Huntington, WV seeks an experienced department leader to manage staff, budgets, and regulatory compliance. The role includes guiding performance, mentoring staff, and ensuring adherence to grant requirements.

You will coordinate with senior management on policy and strategic initiatives while supporting care coordinators serving veterans under the VA Suicide Prevention grant.

Qualifications

• Extensive formal training in human services, usually with a master’s degree.
• Maintains current knowledge of standards of care through continuing education.
• Valid state-issued driver’s license required.
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and EHR systems.

Responsibilities

• Provides management and direction to departmental staff.
• Oversees department budget development and compliance.
• Represents department in senior management meetings.
• Employs mentoring to develop staff and conducts appraisals.
• Hires, disciplines, and handles terminations as needed.
• Ensures grant and regulatory guidelines are followed.
• Manages audits of billing, timekeeping, and performance.
• Oversees care coordinators to reduce suicide risk and connect veterans to services as part of a VA grant.

Skills

Budget management

Regulatory compliance

Leadership & mentoring

Performance monitoring

Strategic planning

Communication & diplomacy

Education

Master’s degree in relevant field

Extensive formal training in human services

Continuing education

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

EHR systems

Scheduling systems

Job description

Primary Responsibilities and DutiesProvides overall management and direction to departmental staff.Oversees the development and maintenance of the department budget; monitors ongoing budgetary compliance and addresses problems as needed.Delegates department duties and responsibilities to management; participates in high-priority special projects and activities.Represents the department at all senior management meetings.Prepares departmental company policies and procedures and conveys all senior management communications and directives.Monitors departmental performance using company performance standards and addresses issues as needed.Directs departmental performance and provides specific instructions to managers and supervisors on completion of tasks/responsibilities.Develops employees by being a mentor, providing support and guidance.Prepares and conducts performance appraisals.Conducts hiring, disciplinary, and termination procedures.Coordinates and manages all regulatory guidelines for the grant.Responsible for the successful implementation of and adherence to all grant and regulatory guidelines.Ensures all required training for staff is offered and remains in compliance with regulatory guidelines.Conducts audits of billing, timekeeping, and performance to ensure persons served receive compliant service at the level required by regulatory guidelines.Oversees a team of care coordinators who are dedicated to reducing suicide risk, removing barriers to care, and helping Veterans build stronger connections to services and support as part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program to expand community-based suicide prevention efforts across West Virginia. This initiative connects eligible Veterans, qualifying Service members, and their families with outreach, screening, care coordination, benefits assistance, and VA and community resources.Primary AttributesProfessional & Technical Knowledge:Possesses the equivalent of extensive formal training in human services, including an understanding of the application of the theory and practices of the profession to the operations of the organization, usually in the form of a major in the field of the grant as part of a master’s degree (or other applicable extended training program). Must know all aspects of the trade as it is performed in the organization, sufficient to effectively train or instruct others, and to serve as a resource to employees.Continuing Education:Maintains current knowledge of standards of care and practices, typically acquired through continuing education.Licenses & Certifications:A valid state-issued driver’s license is required. Possesses an understanding of the trade/profession at a level that allows the employee to select methods for others to use (from those already in existence in the profession).Technical Skills:Prepares more complex documents in Microsoft Word, including creating tables, charts, graphs, and other elements. Uses Microsoft Excel to analyze data, including the use of formulas, functions, lookup tables, and other standard spreadsheet elements. Creates basic presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. Demonstrates necessary proficiency with all electronic clinical systems, including EHR and scheduling systems, in use at the Company.General Development:Displays basic organizational skills to self-prioritize and organize own work. Determines effective responses to situations encountered within established precedent. Able to effectively communicate opinions drawn from conclusions using inference and logic. Exercises tact and diplomacy in resolving mild conflicts or disagreements.Work Environment:Work is performed in a typical office environment.