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Position Description:

Mathematica applies expertise at the intersection of data, methods, policy, and practice to improve well-being around the world. We collaborate closely with public- and private-sector partners to translate big questions into deep insights that improve programs, refine strategies, and enhance understanding using data science and analytics. Our work yields actionable information to guide decisions in wide-ranging policy areas, from health, education, early childhood, and family support to nutrition, employment, disability, and international development. Mathematica offers our employees competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package, as well as the advantages of being 100 percent employee owned. As an employee stock owner, you will experience financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company’s growth and financial strength. You will also be part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength. Read more about our benefits here: https://www.mathematica.org/career-opportunities/benefits-at-a-glance.

Mathematica is looking for a highly organized Medicaid Project Associate to contribute and support the work of projects in the Federal Medicaid practice. As a part of a project team, the Associate will be responsible for coordinating and advancing a variety of tasks, including: project management; technical assistance for Medicaid program monitoring oversight; and quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. The Associate will demonstrate a willingness to adapt and be flexible in their role to be responsive to evolving client needs and priorities. Depending on Associate interests and project needs, the Associate will have an opportunity to learn and practice a variety of skills across projects, including project and operations management, collaborator engagement, and user design.

Core Responsibilities:

Note: This is a representative list. Responsibilities may vary based on project placement and staff interest. Please highlight the skills and responsibilities you are most interested in exploring in your application.

Project and Operations Management

• Provide logistical and operational support to assist with planning complex and diverse projects and tasks, managing schedules and finances, and executing high quality deliverables to help Mathematica meet client objectives.
• Support client relationships by developing progress reports, creating meeting agendas, organizing and taking meeting minutes, creating and maintaining decision logs.
• Compile and track information in spreadsheets and databases (for example, Microsoft SharePoint, Excel, and Project or other collaborative tools such as Atlassian Confluence or Jira) and report action-oriented findings to the project team, the client, or both.
• Coordinate and support project tasks, such as scheduling meetings and interviews, tracking agenda items, taking comprehensive meeting minutes, and communicating updates to the team.
• Analyze and effectively communicate possible solutions to complex problems to project leadership.
• Prepare and submit monthly reports for internal and external collaborators to summarize project or task status and performance.
• Identify and implement process improvements to elevate project performance.
• Assist with project onboarding activities, such as coordinating security training documentation, access to federal systems, and access to project folders and applications.

Client and Collaborator Engagement

• Communicate effectively with diverse collaborators such as technical project staff, researchers, administration, consultants, subcontractors, client representatives, and persons with lived experiences to successfully execute project work.
• Draft sensitive correspondence to clients and contribute to newsletters, reports, briefs, memos, presentations, or other deliverables.
• Follow and refine standard operating procedures to manage project and task technical assistance mailboxes (help desks) and draft responses to collaborator requests and questions.
• Support the design and pre-test data collection instruments, questionnaires, and protocols, or provide guided quality assurance and user acceptance reviews of technical assistance or program monitoring tools.

Technical Assistance and Research Support

• Contribute to technical assistance and research tasks for a variety of participants, such as performing literature searches and reviews, or abstracting and synthesizing information from program or regulatory documents and reports.
• Monitor project help desk requests and liaise with internal subject matter experts to track and respond to the technical support needs of state Medicaid agencies and other federal program participants.
• Convey user needs and priorities to project delivery support stuff including: graphic designers, editors, and programmers to ensure high quality and responsive project deliverables.

Enterprise-Level Initiatives

• Actively support the advancement of organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and apply diversity, equity, and inclusion lens across job responsibilities.
• Additional duties may be assigned as needed.

Position Requirements:

• Experience with Excel, SharePoint, and Microsoft Project or other collaborative tools such as Atlassian Confluence or Jira.
• Demonstrates an aptitude for proactive problem solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Illustrates high level of organization and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple projects and tasks.
• Willingness to adapt and be flexible in responsibilities.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• A bachelor’s degree

Years of Relevant Experience:

• At least 0 - 4 years to start

This position offers an anticipated base salary of $50,000 - $60,000 annually. 

Staff in our Health unit will eventually work with our largest client, Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS). Most staff working on CMS contracts will be required to complete a successful background investigation including the Questionnaire for Public Trust Position SF-85. Staff that are unable to successfully undergo the background investigation will need to be able to obtain work outside CMS. Staff will work with their supervisor to get re-staffed, however if they are unable to do so it may result in employment termination due to lack of work.

Available Locations: Washington, DC; Princeton, NJ; Chicago, IL; Oakland, CA; Remote

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.