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Position Title:  Contract Manager

Subtitle:  WA Cares Contract(s)

Department:  Accounting and Contracts

Exempt/ Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt

Salary Range: $64,280 - $90,826 based upon experience.

Position Overview:

• This position will be directly responsible for formulating, planning, directing, and building organizational effectiveness for the WA Cares Program and contracted providers. 
• Promotes, plans, and develops long-term care contracted services for people with disabilities and our aging population.
• Serves as a lead for solicitation processes to recruit qualified providers for needed services and assure that the services delivered according to contract and legal requirements.
• Establish and maintain a culture of change that is rooted in building partnerships while supporting impacted groups throughout the change process.
• This role is critical in ensuring change and improvement initiatives are communicated, supported cross-functionally, and measured to ensure overall success and opportunities for improvement. 

• Responsible for a broad range of activities designed to ensure our internal processes, change management, and process improvement strategies will build and sustain an effective WA Cares Program.

   

Our Mission

The mission of Aging and Long-Term Care of Eastern Washington is to promote well-being, independence, dignity, and choice for all older persons and for all individuals needing long term care in Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Spokane, and Whitman counties.

*Benefits and Well-Being  *

For a full list of our benefits please visit https://www.altcew.org/opportunities/{target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"}

• This position is full time at 37.5 hours per week.
• We provide a hybrid (remote and in-office) work environment.
• We pay all medical and dental premiums for employees and dental premiums for family.
• We offer a wide variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability and life insurance and paid premiums for mandatory WA Paid Family & Medical Leave.
• Generous paid vacation and sick leave, 3 wellness days, 12 paid holidays, Washington Department of Retirement Systems pension/retirement plan and FSA accounts and Employee Assistance Program. Mileage reimbursement is provided at the current federal reimbursement rate.

• We offer flexible work schedules.

   

Essential Functions and Responsibilities includes the following:

Manages the process, development, mapping, and continuous improvement projects for WA Cares Program for the agency's service region. 

Partner with state and Area Agency on Aging leadership to document processes, develop structures, and implement project plans. 

Advise and recommend appropriate corrective and pre-emptive interventions for WA Cares Program to state and Area Agency on Aging partners, ensuring decisions result from continuous improvement initiatives, analyses, and industry best practices. 

Plans, implements, facilitates strategies and initiatives aimed at building the WA Cares provider network.

Oversees use of variety of data systems, including entering and querying program data and reporting on program outcomes.

Develops, directs, implements action plans to track progress to ensure desired outcomes.

Collaborates, advises, and recommends with cross-agency partners on process development and improvement. 

Manages the transition from p