The Center for Excellence in Public Health at the University of New England is seeking a Data and Project Coordinator to support statewide efforts to expand the behavioral health workforce and improve access to care for individuals affected by opioid and substance use disorders (OUD/SUD). This role supports a federally funded initiative that aims to transform how Maine trains, deploys, and sustains its behavioral health workforce – particularly in rural and underserved communities.
The Data and Project coordinator position supports the goals and workplans of the projects within the Center for Excellence in Public Health. The majority of time will be spent on project coordination for the federally funded Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)– Northern Border Rural Workforce project.
Working under the direction of the Project Director/Principal Investigator and Project Manager/Learning Collaborative Point of Contact, this position coordinates project implementation across the project team and statewide Network Partners. Responsibilities include supporting project communications with partners and funders, ensuring alignment with project workplans, and leading the collection, management, analysis, and reporting of quantitative and qualitative data to meet HRSA reporting requirements.
About the University of New England
UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.
Benefits Overview
- Multiple health and dental plan options, plus vision coverage.
- Up to 8% retirement plan match.
- Generous leave time, including vacation, sick, and personal time, and 12+ holidays per year.
- Educational benefits:
- UNE tuition waiver for employees, spouses, and domestic partners.
- UNE tuition waiver for dependents of employees with 1 year of full-time service.
- 50% tuition reduction if less than 1 year of full-time service.
For more information about our outstanding benefits, please visit: UNE Benefits Overview
Responsibilities
Project Coordination & Implementation
- Coordinate implementation of project work plans, including tracking milestones, deliverables, and performance metrics
- Collaborate with statewide Network Partners (e.g., healthcare providers, community organizations, training sites) to support project goals
- Identify workforce gaps, training needs, and development opportunities across Maine
- Support and promote the development, implementation, evaluation, and participant engagement of workforce training activities
- Develop and maintain project communications (e.g., SharePoint, newsletters, website updates)
- Coordinate meetings, including preparation of materials, taking meeting minutes, and follow-up of action items
- Provide administrative and financial coordination support for workforce training initiatives
Data Management, Analysis & Reporting
- Collect, clean, validate, and manage quantitative and qualitative data into the tracking database and conduct analysis to support project monitoring and required reporting across multiple sites and partners
- Utilize data systems (e.g., tracking databases, REDCap) to ensure data integrity and usability
- Conduct analyses to monitor program performance, workforce trends, and outcomes
- Prepare required federal (HRSA) reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Translate data into clear summaries, dashboards, and insights to inform decision-making and program improvement
- Contribute to evaluation and continuous quality improvement efforts
- Prepare and process administrative financial documents for workforce training grants
- Understand and comply with the University of New England Safety Manual
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required. A degree preferred in public health, business, administration or other appropriate discipline, plus two years of relevant experience, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired.
- Experience in public health project coordination and training preferred.
- Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection, cleaning, analysis, and reporting for multi-site, multi-component projects.
- Strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word required. Experience with REDCap, Google Forms, Canva, Sharepoint, and basic webpage content management highly desired.
- Strong administrative and organizational skills. Experience in organizing and maintaining moderately complex filing and records systems.
- Experience with administrative financial tasks preferred.
- Strong reading, spelling, grammar and general writing and math skills.
- Effective planning, organization and time management skills. Must be able to adhere to deadlines.
- Ability to effectively communicate and coordinate with a wide variety of University personnel, students, and outside individuals and organizations.
- Previous UNE experience desirable.
- This hybrid position will require occasional on-site involvement at the University’s Portland Campus and at partner sites throughout the state.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel within the state.