Quality Assurance, Compliance Project Manager - Chicago, United States - Heartland Alliance

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    Job Description


    Title:
    Quality Assurance and Compliance Project Manager

    Location:
    Hybrid- 4822 N Broadway

    Shift:
    Monday to Friday (8:30am-5:00pm)

    Summary

    Under the guidance of the Director of Operations, the Quality Assurance & Compliance Project Manager is responsible for developing and implementing a quality assurance program and serving as a project manager over compliance and quality assurance projects.

    This position works with cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues, improve processes, and manage quality assurance testing efforts.

    The Quality Assurance & Compliance Project Manager provides thought-leadership to the Operations team while leveraging industry knowledge and best practices to promote the mission and vision of Heartland Human Care Services.

    Supports culture development and management efforts.
    Why Join Us

    Make a Difference:

    Be a part of an organization that is deeply committed to creating positive change in the lives of individuals and communities.


    Professional Growth:

    Take on a leadership role where you can develop and implement asset management systems, supervise a dedicated team, and contribute to ongoing education initiatives.


    Comprehensive Benefits:

    Enjoy a range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) match, paid maternity and paternity leave, commuter benefits, student loan assistance, and more.

    Our Benefits

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    Medical insurance
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    Dental insurance
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    Vision insurance
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    401(k) match
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    Paid maternity leave
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    Paid paternity leave
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    Commuter benefits
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    Student loan assistance
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    Tuition assistance
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    Disability insurance
    Essential Functions
    Duties & Responsibilities
    Compliance and QA Project Manager
    Attends all in-person funder audits to address, troubleshoot and immediate compliance deliverables.
    Serves as project manager who organizes, tracks, and ensures completion of regulatory and accreditation projects.

    Develops and manages project plans, coordinate with various teams to ensure project success, and perform testing to identify and resolve any issues.

    Manages project life cycles, from planning and execution, to ensure that all deliverables meet the required quality standards.
    Quality Assurance and Compliance Management and Coaching

    Serves as subject matter expert of regulatory requirements for funders; and accreditation standards for facilities, maintenance, fleet, and culinary services; Builds competency of these with respective leaders.

    Leads internal audits to ensure compliance with funder and accreditation standards while continuously improving the organization's operations.
    Implements proactive quality assurance processes and tracks compliance with government funder requirements.

    Develops and serves as administrator of business information systems that maintains centralized transparent regulatory records needed for ORR audits, specific to facilities, maintenance, fleet, and culinary to ensure readiness for onsite surveys.

    Conducts proactive quality audits. Coach leaders and their teams on improvement targets or corrective actions needed.

    Coaches teams on audit findings and ensures corrections are made based on findings by leadership over those teams and tracks the status of corrective actions being resolved.

    Directs, manages and maintains contact with internal and external "client/customers" for feedback and to obtain client/customer satisfaction.

    Identifies the lack of and/or improvements to related policy and standard operating procedures, assess effectiveness of current policies and processes; Recommends and implements approved SOP changes.

    CARF Accreditation Compliance
    Serves as a subject matter expert on accreditation standards related to facilities, fleet, culinary.
    Coaches leaders and their teams on standards related to their departments and functions.
    Ensures CARF standards are integrated into department workflows.

    Develops and manages method of quality assurance reviews to proactively assess and coach leaders and their teams on quality assurance with standards and measures.

    Training and Compliance
    Attends required meetings.
    Attends required training programs.
    Attends 30 hours of update maintenance training annually.
    Other Duties
    Researches and investigates vendors based on program needs.
    Other duties as assigned.
    Education and/or Experience
    Bachelor's degree in business, management, or related field required.

    Minimum five (5) years hands-on experience in a nonprofit organization with proven quality management system oversight or in a compliance role.

    Minimum of 5 years' experience as a project manager. Provide proven experience as quality assurance supervisor or coach required.
    Certifications/Licenses
    Certification in professional excellence coaching or strength-based coaching required.
    Certification in quality management or process improvement preferred.
    Must have valid Illinois Driver's License
    A criminal background check is required for employees working for Heartland Human Care Services
    Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

    (K/S/A)

    Ability to work with internal and external customers using RCCA (Root Cause Corrective Action) methods, fishbone and 5-why's to help solve problems and prevent repeat occurrences.

    Thorough knowledge of methodologies of quality assurance and standards.
    Must have a desire for achieving excellence in customer satisfaction, process and product quality and reliability.
    Excellent organizational and leadership abilities; attention to detail and a result driven approach.
    Excellent numerical skills and understanding of data

    analysis/statistical

    methods.
    Dependable, reliable, and trustworthy
    Access to regular, dependable and timely transportation
    Excellent communication skills. Strong networker, convener, relationship builder and communicator with experience collaborating with diverse work teams and stakeholders.
    Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information possessing skills to handle situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
    A high degree of collaboration and emotional intelligence, self-motivation, and analytical ability.
    Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange; Windows operating systems; and other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance.

    Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

    Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
    Ability to work independently and remain self-motivated with minimal direct supervision.
    Strategic thought partnership and consultancy skills.
    Work Arrangement
    This position will be a hybrid role for HHCS and will have daily work hours/work schedule of. M-F, 8:30am – 5:00pm, to complete work and all related necessary tasks. This position may need to physically attend meetings, site visits, and complete other administrative duties on site. It is expected this position be able to accommodate the in-person site needs during the scheduled work week.
    Work Environment
    The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
    Each program site operates on a 24/7 basis, 365 days per year.

    To meet both the needs of our participants and contractual obligations, employees are required to be flexible in regard to scheduling and work location.

    Program sites are located throughout the Chicago area, including the North and South sides of Chicago, as well as the suburbs.

    Employees may be required to report to any one of our locations on a temporary or permanent basis.
    Physical Demands
    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
    The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
    The employee must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crawl.
    The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
    The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
    The employee must have unrestricted ability to provide physical restraint.

    Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

    Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

    Heartland Human Care Services makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.

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