Program Manager, Health Equity - New Mexico health plan

**Must reside in New Mexico due to travel  and state specific requirements. 

 

Job Description

Job Summary

The Program Manager, Health Equity is a member of the Health Equity Team and supports the Molina Health Equity Plan by bringing subject matter expertise in equitable strategies, community health & engagement, advocacy, health equity analytics, bias reduction, and similar practices.  This person is instrumental in working on systemwide health equity projects that reduce disparities and improve health outcomes. They will engage in community health disparities assessments, qualitative and quantitative data collection, gap analysis, and intervention program development, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives. They will focus on priority areas such as the Quality HEDIS measures and will collaborate with community-based organizations on joint disparities reduction projects.

The Program Manager, Health Equity ensures that Molina’s programs, policies, and processes integrate a cultural humility lens and acknowledge the historical and institutional social inequalities that contribute to poor health outcomes among members of groups based on race or ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status, mental health, and geographic location, among other factors. 

 

Job Duties

• Develop and maintain working relationships with community-based organizations (CBO), vendors, and provider partners and participate in community coalitions to actively listen and understand community needs, health inequities, and the disparities that exist due to social, economic, and historical inequalities, etc.
• Serve as liaison to CBOs and conduct outreach to populations as needed to engage their interest in and participation with Molina disparities reduction programs. Targeted groups may include individual stakeholders, community partners, and neighborhood groups as well as faith-based, youth-serving, educational, public health, and non-profit organizations.
• Work collaboratively with internal Molina departments and external partners on health equity programs that include addressing identified priority disparities such as HEDIS measures and improving health quality and outcomes.
• Conduct community-based research and gather data on health outcomes
• Plan and conduct focus groups and surveys to ensure member and provider input into disparities program development.
• Using qualitative research tools, investigate how economics and social drivers of health (SDOH) (i.e., access to health care, transportation, housing, communication, zip code, etc.) impact health outcomes in assigned communities, geographic regions, or zip codes.
• Manage the planning, design, implementation, training, evaluation, and reporting of specified health equity and disparities reduction initiatives to support health equity programming.
• Conduct deep dives into quantitative and qualitative data to mine for health disparities and unintentional bias in outcomes, including various dashboards, PowerBI’s, and other reports.
• Develop and conduct presentations on pertinent topics such as implicit bias, health disparities, and cultural humility, etc.
• Support and conduct regular workgroup meetings as needed, with key constituents to build relationships and share best practices and health equity tactics that improve health outcomes.
• Identify communications strategies to provider groups, members, and CBOs for dissemination of equitable outcomes research and recommendations.
• Participate in community outreach and engagement programs activities and assist in the development of programs and methodologies that increase health equity.
• Build partnerships and collaboration to advance the mission and work of the organization.

 

Job Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, or related field
• Background experience or training in equity (health, racial, educational, economic, etc.), social and racial justice, unconscious bias, microaggression, cultural competence and humility

PREFERRED EDUCATION:

• Master’s Degree in public health, social work, education, or behavioral sciences or similar discipline

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Practice cultural humility and work respectfully with a wide range of populations
• Knowledge and understanding of healthcare issues across populations
• Knowledge and understanding of health equity, health disparities, racial justice, cultural humility, unconscious bias, microaggression, cultural competence, and other various related topics
• Familiarity with concepts such as Social Drivers