Consultant - Strategic Planning Analyst

Company: NYSTEC
Location: Albany
Posted on: January 24, 2025

Job Description:

About Us:
NYSTEC is a nonprofit technology consulting company, advising agencies, organizations, institutions, and businesses since 1996. We're independent and vendor-neutral, so we have our clients' best interests at heart. At NYSTEC, we know that we succeed when individuals and teams flourish personally and professionally, so our benefits and perks support that mindset.
About the Role:
As a strategic planning analyst in the Funding Strategy and Operations practice area, you will collaborate with team members to conceptualize, deliver, and provide support to our clients through today's ever-changing healthcare landscape. NYSTEC is considered a trusted advisor, providing subject matter expertise and connecting the dots for our clients. NYSTEC has consulted on some of the largest Medicaid initiatives and served in various roles across a multitude of New York State healthcare technology systems.
Your day-to-day role as a NYSTEC consultant will include working as part of a team to advise clients seeking federal funding for healthcare technology projects, project manage the process of developing a funding request, draft the funding request using input from different stakeholders, and contribute to solving complex problems as they arise.
Key Responsibilities

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• Identify, analyze, and apply relevant environmental factors to define and assess options and help make recommendations to clients on an overall federal funding strategy and plan. Environmental factors will include legislation, policies, and guidance, existing and planned New York State (NYS) healthcare technology initiatives, and initiatives from other states.
  
• Facilitate client and stakeholder meetings to present federal guidance and impacts to the current federal funding strategy, gather input for and feedback on draft funding requests, and assist the team with developing approaches for the client on how to maximize and plan for the long-term maintenance of their federal funding.
  
• Draft and review funding requests, including narrative, budget, schedule, and necessary compliance documents.
  
  About you:
  Required Qualifications
  
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  • Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
    
  • Experience managing projects involving multiple stakeholders and strict deadlines.
    
  • Ability to understand scope and budgetary requirements.
    
  • Ability to research and summarize regulation, legislation, policy, and other state/federal guidance.
    
  • Ability to develop and manage meaningful relationships with colleagues and clients through collaborative thinking and a customer focus.
    
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office suite.
    
    Preferred/Desired Qualifications
    
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    • Experience interacting with executive level management and presenting information in a way that is relevant to different audiences.
      
    • Experience with NYS Medicaid and healthcare technology projects.
      
    • Familiarity with grant writing, advance planning documents, and/or the acquisition of federal funding to support health and human services.
      
      Education and Experience
      
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      • A bachelor's degree and three years of relavent experience.
        
      • An equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and experience will be considered.
        
        The pay range for this position is $60,406.00 to $82,959.80 per year.
        It is NYSTEC's policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all individuals, regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex, or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, military service and veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws and ordinances. NYSTEC is strongly committed to this policy and believes in the concept and spirit of the law.
        Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact recruitment@nystec.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for or to perform this job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
        Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
        Learn more about NYSTEC by visiting www.nystec.com.

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