Project Manager 3

Project Manager 3

Behavioral Health Division (BHD) is responsible for the design, development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and improvement of publicly funded, community-based addiction and mental health service programs. In this position, you will lead strategic projects within BHD, with particular focus on behavioral health priorities of the Governor's Office, the OHA Strategic Plan and Behavioral Health Division priority work.

You will serve as the internal division expert for project management and implementation and work closely with a partner project manager, programs, and services within the BHD. You will work with a team to implement strategic governance model to advance the OHA Strategic goal of Transforming Behavioral Health, which includes strategic planning, progress tracking, solving complex problems, communication, reporting and change management. These projects will be complex in nature, with high impact on the behavioral health goals and you will help manage risks across multiple projects working directly with division leadership. All projects you lead will require managing cross divisional and functional teams, and collaboration with other divisions and agencies. You will strive to provide the assurance of equity-driven project implementation and support transparency and collaboration through the utilization of streamlined processes.

Minimum Qualifications : These qualifications must be visible in your application for consideration.

• Seven years of professional level experience related to the class concept;
• OR
• Six years of professional level experience related to the class concept AND an Oregon Project Management Associate Certification;
• OR
• Four years of professional level experience related to the class concept AND a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Public Administration, or a closely related field;
• OR
• Two years of professional level experience AND Project Management Professional Certification awarded by the Project Management Institute.

Desired Attributes : The following are skills and lived experiences that we have identified as key to success in this role at OHA. These are the attributes we are looking for in our top candidate. If you possess any of these, please let us know in your application.

We are seeking someone who shares Oregon Health Authority's mission and values. OHA values health equity, service excellence, integrity, leadership, partnership, innovation and transparency. OHA's health equity definition is "Oregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achieving health equity requires the ongoing collaboration of all regions and sectors of the state, including tribal governments to address : the equitable distribution or redistributing of resources and power; and recognizing, reconciling, and rectifying historical and contemporary injustices."