Project Coordinator
Listed on 2026-08-02
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Business
Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Career Opportunities:
Project Coordinator (19000)
Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.
Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage .
Full-time, Regular, Nonexempt. Pay Frequency:
Monthly.
Shift: Day. Additional
Shift: Days (First). Telework: N/A. Travel: N/A.
Salary Range: $4,523.16-$5,585.00 per month.
Job Location:
4601 W GUADALUPE ST, Austin, Texas.
This position is open to U.S. Citizens and permanent residents.
This onsite role requires the selected candidate to work from an HHS office in Austin, Texas.
The Program Specialist V, Project Coordinator provides foundational portfolio and project coordination, oversight documentation, reporting, and compliance support within the IT Customer Experience & Delivery organization, ensuring IT initiatives are managed with high visibility, predictability, quality, and alignment to business goals. The position supports the planning, development, editing, quality assurance, and approval routing of executive-ready oversight deliverables required for project approval and state/federal financial participation and drives timely resolution of questions and issues raised during review cycles.
The role serves as an advisor to IT project managers and cross-functional IT enablement partners by translating state/federal oversight expectations into actionable guidance, and by supporting effective project controls, performance monitoring, and risk/issue escalation to strengthen project outcomes across assigned portfolios.
The Project Coordinator supports accurate and consistent project health and performance reporting, including the production of clear executive-level status narratives and the continuous improvement of data quality and portfolio analytics used for decision-making. The position coordinates compliance activities and communications with the State’s Quality Assurance Team (QAT) using the DIR project delivery framework, supports required reporting submissions (including monitoring and quarterly reporting).
This role contributes to targeted training and outreach—supported by job aids and tool-focused guidance—to improve stakeholder understanding of oversight requirements, timelines, and quality standards, while improving repeatable processes and technology-enabled solutions that increase efficiency and strengthen governance.
Supports the end-to-end coordination, development, and submission of project oversight documentation required to obtain and maintain project approval and financial participation from state and federal oversight authorities. This includes gathering and validating input from project teams and stakeholders, drafting/editing documents for completeness, accuracy, and clarity, coordinating internal quality review, routing for approvals, monitoring review status, and supporting the resolution of comments and issues.
Reviews documentation packages for quality and submits within required time frames, while maintaining organized records that support audit readiness, traceability, and continuity across the project lifecycle.
Coordinates with the State’s Quality Assurance Team (QAT) to support compliance with required QAT reporting standards. Participates in discussions with QAT, coordinates responses to questions/issues, ensures required reporting packages are accurate and defensible, and enters project performance information into the SPAR system with attention to detail. Works cross-functionally with project managers, governance partners, and portfolio stakeholders to ensure external reporting aligns to internal project status, and that compliance…
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