DRW Opening: Family Care & IRIS Ombudsman Program Manager

The Opportunity:

The Family Care & IRIS Ombudsman Program (FCIOP) is a statutorily-authorized program

developed by DRW in 2008, for individuals age 18-59. FCIOP serves as an independent advocate for individual enrollees and potential enrollees of Wisconsin’s Medicaid managed care long-term care programs (“Family Care” and “Family Care Partnership”) and its Medicaid self-directed longterm care program, (“Include, Respect, I Self-Direct” – “IRIS”).

The Program Manager has the primary leadership role in the program. He or she has responsibility for: setting the overall direction of FCIOP; supervising and coordinating the individual and systems advocacy work of all FCIOP staff in DRW’s three regional offices; developing and implementing the program’s outreach and public information efforts; directly engaging in systems advocacy; serving as the primary DRW contact to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services; maintaining effective relationships with Family Care and IRIS program staff, managed care organizations and other agencies involved in the long term care system; analyzing program data and preparing reports. The FCIOP Program Manager is supervised by the DRW Executive Director, is a member of the DRW Management Team, and is located in the DRW Madison office.

The Candidate:

The successful candidate will have:

• Program, management and supervisory experience

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with government, providers and other advocacy

agencies.

• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and/or disability rights

• Individual and systems advocacy experience•

• Excellent verbal and written skills 

SALARY: $45,000 - $65,000,

Disability Rights Wisconsin, 131 W. Wilson St., Suite 700, Madison, WI 53703.

Submit resume and cover letter to: info@drwi.org or to Mr. Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director,Closing date is December 31, 2010, but later resumes and cover letters will be reviewed until the position is filled.depending on experience. Excellent fringe benefits.