Quality Programs & Projects Coordinator

LSU New Orleans; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU New Orleans seeks a Department Medicaid Support professional to provide program and project support for LDH Quality initiatives, including PUPP activities, data requests, and related reporting.

The role coordinates proposals, contracts, invoicing, data requests, and reports; collaborates with LDH leadership and other departments; manages multiple projects, maintains SOPs, dashboards, and timely updates on progress, issues, and deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or Associate’s degree plus 3 years of professional experience, or 6 years of professional work experience.
• Minimum 3 years professional experience performing administrative functions within an office environment or health care field.
• Minimum 1 year professional experience providing project or program support, including coordinating assignments, deliverables, timelines, or stakeholder requests.
• Excellent analytical skills, effective organizational and time management skills.
• Great attention to detail and follow up.
• Ability to manage projects, assignments, and competing priorities.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provides program and project support for LDH quality initiatives, including PUPP related activities, non-PUPP data requests, and other Quality programs and priorities.
• Manage PUPP, including soliciting proposals from universities, contracts and invoicing, data requests, and related reporting.
• Coordinate Medicaid data requests related to Quality Improvement.
• Collaborate with LDH IRB and LDH Medicaid Business Analytics.
• Manage multiple strategic business projects and initiatives, fostering cross-functional collaboration.
• Coordinate projects, milestones, deliverables, and follow-up activities, reporting progress to Quality leadership.
• Support Quality leadership in strategic planning, priorities, and initiatives; ensure timely, high-quality completion.
• Maintain a centralized tracking mechanism for Quality projects and initiatives.
• Provide accurate updates on projects, data requests, results, challenges, and outstanding items weekly.
• Track and drive completion of key deliverables and follow up on outstanding items.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate’s degree + 3 years experience

6 years professional work experience

Advanced degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

LSU New Orleans seeks a Department Medicaid Support professional to provide program and project support for LDH Quality initiatives, including PUPP activities, data requests, and related reporting.

The role coordinates proposals, contracts, invoicing, data requests, and reports; collaborates with LDH leadership and other departments; manages multiple projects, maintains SOPs, dashboards, and timely updates on progress, issues, and deliverables.