Project Leader - Government and Community Affairs

Position: Project Leader - Government and Community Affairs - Full Time Days
Location: New York

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March 7, 2026 (8 days left to apply) job requisition :
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Description:

The Project Leader will play a key role in advancing New York-Presbyterian’s government and community affairs initiatives by leading the implementation of key department operational priorities, including: budgeting; communications strategy; program operations and evaluation, and ensuring standardization across the department. This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel skills; the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and deliverables;

and a passion for improving the hospital’s community and government affairs goals through cross-sector partnerships.
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Manage team budget and tracking of expenses, working with the Program Directors.
* Oversee team evaluation of all investments, with a particular focus on community grants.
* Lead the development of the Government & Community Affairs newsletter – edit and draft content for print and web, work with campus community staff to develop distribution lists, ensure standardized formatting and schedules, coordinate with vendors to arrange for translation, as appropriate.
* Oversee the standardization of all documents and other templates for the team.
* Serve as the primary liaison with NYP Public Affairs, communicating about priority events and media coverage and government updates.
* Support Internal Communications in developing talking points related to Government & Community Affairs for leadership.
* Coordinate with the Division of Community & Population Health and the Dalio Center for Health Justice to ensure statistics and materials are regularly updated and centralized for leadership.
* Lead coordination of client relationship management (CRM) database reporting across all the NYP campuses and collaborate with NYP’s IT team to build, maintain and optimize the platform; work across-department to ensure all relevant teams are utilizing the CRM.
* Translate data and technical findings into clear, engaging narratives for senior leaders, community partners, and the public.
* Develop and maintain project management tools such as work plans, timelines, risk logs, and evaluation trackers.
* Lead the development of quarterly and annual team reports, and weekly summaries.
* Develop reports for government and community audiences on a range of topics.
* Support Government Team on lobbying submissions as needed.
* Ensure continuous process improvement on all operational tasks.
* Represent NYP at Government and Community events as needed.
* Support SVP on a range of activities, including board and other presentations and agenda development for team meetings
** Preferred Criteria:*
* • Master’s in public health, health administration, or related area of study  
• Exceptional PowerPoint and written communication skills, including the ability to craft briefings and visual presentations for senior leadership.
** Required Criteria:*
* • Bachelor’s degree  
• Minimum six years’ experience in policy, public health, healthcare administration, communication or a related field  
• Demonstrated experience with project management tools and stakeholder engagement.  
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills.  
• Excellent writing, analytic ability and project management skills  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.

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Please note that all roles require on-site presence (variable by role). Therefore, all employees should live within a commutable distance to NYP.NYP will not…