HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OFAdministrative/ Program Coordinator
Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2021Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area● Coordinate, prepare, and assist in preparing responses to various requests for information from the Office of the General Counsel. ● Support the Department's legal staff and manage specific areas of the Department's legal functions. ● Make independent determinations as the validity of complex information requests as well as determine HIPAA compliance of authorizations to release information.
● Exercising discretion and independent judgment, coordinate and prepare or assist in responses to subpoenas, Freedom of Information requests, and other requests for information from the legal office. ● Initiates, negotiates, approves and/or rejects payment and settlements of debts owed to the Department. ● Research the law, collect, and analyze supporting documentation, assemble, and proof pleadings and correspondence needed to initiate demand and suit, through an attorney for each case in which litigation or the threat of litigation is needed in order to collect past due receivables for the agency.
● Manage a variety of other administrative tasks i.e., log, scan and manage incoming mail, update calendar meetings, track calendar meetings of attorneys, take meeting minutes etc.
● Supports the Director of Data Governance Office, to ensure teams growth and development meets the agency's goal.
● Assist project leadership/ Directors with administrative project documentation and organizational structure within the project SharePoint Site.
● Chair and facilitate meetings when appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.
● Maintains and monitors project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures.
● Assist in the maintenance of risk register, issue register, decisions logs, testing status, defect reports - tracks and updates UAT Jira backlog.
● Has outstanding verbal, written, and organizational skills.
● Prepared packets for the interview panel and complete all necessary access requests prior to orientation.