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Job DetailsJob Location: Community Health Improvement Center - Decatur, IL 62521Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: Bachelors DegreeSalary Range: $65,000.00 - $98,000.00 SalaryJob Category: Health CareJob Summary: The Director of Quality Assurance and Grants Management is responsible for ensuring compliance with grant funding regulations and requirements, optimizing processes with QA practices, verifying quality through audits/data analysis, as well as grants management by coordinating the full grant life cycle pre-award to close out. Supervisory Responsibilities: None QualificationsDuties/Responsibilities: Collects and analyzes data to review quality measures and identify trends, areas of success, and areas for improvement. Develops policies and procedures to ensure adherence and implementation of grant activities. Leads data collection and analysis for quality measures of special projects. Identifies funding opportunities, develops proposals, and coordinates application processes. Ensures adherence to funder rules, internal controls, and legal requirements. Analyzes grant processes to identify bottlenecks, improve efficiency, and strengthen controls. Oversees grants management, including timely, high quality programmatic and fiscal reporting, as well as quarterly internal grant audits. Monitors expenditures and assists with grants management fiscal reporting. Implements quality control measures for grant data and systems. Serves as liaison between funding sources and organization. Facilitates completion of community health needs assessment as required by HRSA and guide leadership and Board of Directors through programmatic areas of focus and need. Attends clinical quality meetings and continuing education sessions to update knowledge and serves as organization resource for quality improvement matters. Competencies Ability to maintain confidentiality. Ability to relate to persons of various economic levels and cultures. Strong knowledge of healthcare clinical fundamentals, patient safety standards, and quality improvement tools and techniques. Ability to perform data analytics, and lead performance improvement teams. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Computer skills and knowledge of applicable software programs including reporting portals. Education and Experience: Bachelor level degree or higher in business administration, public health, finance, or clinical related field required. Minimum 10 years healthcare experience preferred. Experience analyzing data through a variety of software systems preferred. Experience managing grants preferred. Physical Requirements: Ability to work in conditions that include exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissues, contagious diseases and/or other potentially hazardous materials Moderate physical exertion including frequent walking, standing, bending, reaching and carrying moderately heavy loads (up to 25 lbs.)