Join WVU Health Affairs Institute
What We Look For
Are you curious, innovative, and collaborative? Do you want a job that creates a tangible, meaningful, and far-reaching impact on society—and advances your career? Do you feel driven to take ownership of your work and be accountable for outcomes?
West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute supports a workplace where curious people can thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment with a focus on professional development, flexibility, and well-being. We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work, providing employees with a collaborative and empowering workplace built on inclusion, high performance, trust, and autonomy.
Our staff are passionate about improving the health challenges that face our state and are driven to be part of the solution, as both native and new West Virginians. Here, every individual has an opportunity and an obligation to contribute to our shared success.
Together let’s create sound strategies that improve lives.
Benefits
WVU Health Affairs Institute employees have access to all the generous benefits offered by West Virginia University, including:
- 13 paid holidays and 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year
- 18 sick days per year
- A range of health insurance and other benefits
- 401(a) retirement savings with 6 percent employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks
- Potential remote work: While some positions have in-person responsibilities, hybrid and remote work environments are common and often possible.
Learn more about all the benefits at the WVU Careers site.
University Students
Health Affairs proudly offers experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students at West Virginia University. Students get to apply theories and methods learned in their classwork to real-world issues brought forward by our partners. Through writing, presenting, analyzing data, and managing projects, WVU students play key roles in many of our program teams—and provide a valuable talent pool for full-time careers after graduation.
If you’re an interested student, please contact us!
Current Career Opportunities
WVU Health Affairs Institute hires roles related to policy analysis, data science and analytics, program development and evaluation, project management, public impact research, and beyond. Apply for our jobs through the WVU Careers site, which is linked on each of the opportunities listed below.
Health Data Analyst (Job ID 21931)
West Virginia University Health Science Center is currently accepting applications for a (Hybrid) Health Data Analyst with Health Affairs Institute
The Health Affairs Institute frequently engages in collaborative efforts with West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), other state agencies, hospital systems, and nonprofits throughout West Virginia. Ideal candidates will have work experience that aligns with the mission of DHHR’s Bureau for Medical Services, Bureau for Children and Families, Bureau for Behavioral Health, Bureau for Children and Families, and Bureau for Public Health.
The Health Data Analyst’s overarching responsibilities include conducting relevant policy and evaluation research and participating in interdisciplinary research and evaluation teams. The successful Health Data Analyst will be data-driven with strong analytical skills and a proven record of finding insights in disparate data and effectively communicating that information to drive decision-making.
Apply for Health Data Analyst (Job ID 21931)Technical Writer (Job ID 22362)
West Virginia University’s (WVU) Health Affairs Institute (Health Affairs) is seeking candidates for a full-time Technical Writer. The person in this position applies expert knowledge and Health Affairs Style Guide to ensure the high quality of all outward-facing products of Health Affairs. The Technical Writer should be detail-oriented, have excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and page composition skills, and ideally be familiar with scientific peer-review publishing practices.
Apply for Technical Writer (Job ID 22362)Associate Director of Medicaid Services Portfolio (Job ID 22306)
West Virginia University’s (WVU) Health Affairs Institute is seeking candidates for a full-time Associate Director of Medicaid Services Portfolio. This position applies expert knowledge of Medicaid program service delivery, administrative data, and program evaluation to direct all Medicaid Services projects and programs led by the Health Affairs Institute. The Health Affairs Institute frequently engages in collaborative efforts with the WV Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR) and other state and nonprofit partners that hold a mission to improve the health of West Virginians. The Associate Director of Medicaid Services Portfolio reports to the Director of Health Data Analytics for the Health Affairs Institute and should be familiar with current/modern data-gathering techniques and technology, and have experience leading the work of large, federally sponsored program evaluation initiatives, such as by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The Health Affairs Institute serves as the coordinating office for WVU’s State-University partnership with the WV DHHR. Ideal candidates will have work experience that aligns with the Health Affairs Institute’s purpose and the mission of DHHR’s Bureau for Medical Services, and an interest in improving the health of underserved populations, particularly rural, Appalachian populations. Options for virtual work are available.
Apply for Associate Director of Medicaid Services Portfolio (Job ID 22306)Program Coordinator (Job ID 22957)
This position will act as the coordinator for the Project Development and Management Office (PDMO) within the Health Affairs Institute. West Virginia University’s Health Affairs Institute frequently engages in collaborative efforts with West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). This position requires a wide range of skills and knowledge of state programs, policies, and procedures. This position will report directly to the Director of Administration.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Develop comprehensive reports on ongoing programs and submit summary reports to management each month.
- Help build positive relations within the team and external parties.
- Keep updated records and create reports or proposals as they pertain to the Director of Project Management Services
- Ensure accurate implementation of policies and practices associated with state-funded awards.
- Maintain an updated list of program contact information.
- Research and share funding opportunities with all public and private stakeholders.
- Assist with program audits, as needed.
Assistant Portfolio Director of Mental and Behavioral Health (Job ID 22828)
West Virginia University’s (WVU) Health Affairs Institute is seeking candidates for a full-time Research Associate to assume the role of Assistant Portfolio Director of Mental and Behavioral Health. This position applies expert knowledge related to mental and behavioral population health science to direct all mental and behavioral health projects led by the Health Affairs Institute, under the supervision of an associate portfolio director (research scientist). The Health Affairs Institute is WV’s public health institute and frequently engages in collaborative efforts with the WV Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and other state and nonprofit partners that hold a mission to improve the health of West Virginians. The Assistant Portfolio Director of Mental and Behavioral Health reports to the Associate Director of Population Health and Public Health Surveillance for the Health Affairs Institute and should be familiar with population data-gathering techniques and technology, and have experience leading the work of large, federally sponsored science and program evaluation initiatives, such as ones sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The Health Affairs Institute is West Virginia’s public health institute and serves as the coordinating office for WVU’s State-University partnership with the DHHR. Ideal candidates will have work experience that aligns with the Health Affairs Institute’s purpose and the mission of the DHHR, and an interest in improving the health of underserved populations, particularly rural, Appalachian populations. Options for virtual work are available.
Apply for Assistant Portfolio Director of Mental and Behavioral Health (Job ID 22828)Program Director (Research Associate, Job ID 22095)
West Virginia University’s (WVU) Health Affairs Institute is seeking candidates for a full-time Program Director. This position applies expert knowledge of program management, evaluation methods, complex data analysis, and population health factors to direct projects and programs led by the Health Affairs Institute. Health Affairs Institute frequently engages in collaborative efforts with the WV Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR) and other state and nonprofit partners that hold a mission to improve the health of West Virginians. The Program Director reports to the Health Affairs Director of Program Development and Management and should be familiar with current/modern data-gathering techniques and technology, and have experience leading the work of large, federally sponsored program evaluation initiatives, such as those by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The Health Affairs Institute serves as the coordinating office for WVU’s State-University partnership with the WV DHHR. Ideal candidates will have work experience that aligns with the Health Affair’s purpose and the mission of DHHR’s Bureau for Medical Services, and an interest in improving the health of underserved populations, particularly rural, Appalachian populations. Options for virtual work are available.
Apply for Program Director (Research Associate, Job ID 22095)Survey Program Coordinator (Job ID 21753)
West Virginia University’s (WVU) Health Affairs Institute is seeking candidates for a full-time Survey Program Coordinator. This position applies expert knowledge of survey administration methods to assist with coordinating statewide, population focused surveys for the Health Affairs Institute, WVU and other state and agency partners, as the Health Affairs Institute frequently engages in collaborative efforts with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and other state and nonprofit partners that hold a mission to improve the health of West Virginians. Ideal candidates will have experience coordinating or supporting survey administration efforts. This position requires a wide range of skills and knowledge of State and WVU programs, policies and procedures. This position will report directly to the Assistant Director of Survey Administration.
The Health Affairs Institute serves as the coordinating office for WVU’s State-University partnership with the DHHR. Ideal candidates will have work experience that aligns with the Health Affairs Institute purpose and the mission of DHHR’s Bureau for Medical Services, Bureau for Social Services, Bureau for Behavioral Health or Bureau for Public Health, and an interest in improving the health of underserved populations, particularly rural, Appalachian populations. Options for virtual work are available.
Apply for Survey Program Coordinator (Job ID 21753)