Governor's Health Awards Program Director

The Program Manager for the Governor’s Health Awards Program (GHAP) supports implementation of a statewide scholarship and workforce development initiative designed to strengthen New Hampshire’s rural healthcare workforce. This position coordinates partner engagement, manages operational activities, and tracks performance milestones tied directly to rural workforce outcomes.

Working collaboratively with higher education institutions, healthcare employers, state agencies, and community partners, the Program Manager ensures effective execution of GHAP initiatives, supports service-obligation alignment strategies, and contributes to monitoring progress toward workforce placement and retention targets across rural regions.

Duties/Responsibilities

Program Implementation & Operations (40%)

• Manage and coordinate the operational relationship with the scholarship administration vendor, ensuring alignment with program requirements, service-obligation tracking, participant support processes, and timely execution of scholarship awards consistent with GHAP policies and performance milestones tied to rural workforce outcomes. 

• Coordinate operational timelines, deliverables, and milestone tracking to ensure progress toward program targets.

• Support with development and implementation of policies, procedures, and participation frameworks supporting GHAP activities.

• Coordination of scholarship deployment strategies aligned with workforce shortage areas and employer needs.

• Identify implementation challenges and elevate recommendations.

Partner Coordination & Workforce Alignment (25%)

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders on coordinated communication among participating higher education institutions, rural healthcare employers, and program stakeholders.

• Align GHAP activities with broader rural health workforce education strategies and statewide training infrastructure.

• Support development of employer engagement activities that strengthen recruitment, placement, and retention pathways.

• Assist with coordination of advisory structures and stakeholder meetings supporting GHAP priorities.

• Facilitate alignment between academic pathways and service-obligation expectations.

• Support implementation of service commitment tracking processes across participating partners.

Performance Monitoring, Data & Reporting (25%)

• Track performance milestones tied directly to rural workforce outcomes, including participation, placement, persistence, and service completion indicators.

• Coordinate collection and validation of scholarship utilization data and workforce impact measures.

• Assist with preparation of reports for program leadership, partners, and funding agencies.

• Maintain documentation supporting compliance with grant requirements and program accountability standards.

• Assess program effectiveness and workforce impact.

Administrative & Program Support (10%)

• Support monitoring of scholarship allocations and program implementation timelines.

• Coordinate meetings, communications, and planning activities associated with GHAP initiatives.

• Assist with preparation of implementation updates, summaries, and supporting documentation.

• Participate in broader Rural Health Transformation workforce planning activities as appropriate.

Requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of experience in program management, workforce development, higher education administration, healthcare initiatives, public-sector program coordination, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience coordinating multi-partner initiatives with defined performance milestones is preferred.

Required Licenses & Certifications

• Valid driver’s license. Occasional in-state travel to partner institutions and rural healthcare sites may be required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to coordinate complex implementation activities across multiple institutions and stakeholder groups.

• Strong project management skills with demonstrated experience tracking milestones and deliverables.

• Experience supporting workforce development or scholarship-based training initiatives.

• Ability to interpret program metrics and translate data into operational improvements.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills across academic, healthcare, and policy environments.

• Ability to support statewide collaboration across distributed partners.

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail in grant-funded environments.

• Ability to manage sensitive participant and institutional information confidentially.

Other Requirements

• Occasional travel throughout New Hampshire to support employer engagement, institutional coordination, and program implementation activities.

• Ability to support statewide meetings and workforce planning convenings as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with healthcare workforce initiatives or rural workforce programs.

• Experience supporting scholarship, service-obligation, or pipeline training programs.

• Familiarity with statewide higher education systems and healthcare employer partnerships.

• Experience working within grant-funded or federally supported program environments.

Applicant Instructions: 

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the My Experience: Resume/CV section of the application: (Maximum of 5 Documents)

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

• Contact Information for 3 Professional References

Applications that are missing any of the required items may not move forward for consideration. Additional uploaded documents not requested in the position announcement will not be reviewed.

Please be advised that this position is supported by external sponsor funding. As such, continued employment in this role is contingent upon the availability of those external funds. If, for any reason, the sponsor funding is reduced or discontinued, employment may be subject to modification or termination in accordance with applicable policies and procedures. 

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Compensation Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

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