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Department: MED-Ctr for Community Health
Salary/Grade: EXS/7
Job Summary:
The primary objective of this role is to develop, build, and support community and academic partners to conduct clinical and translational research along with Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) and Center for Community Health leadership. This person must be knowledgeable about the research process and have experience engaging and maintaining relationships with diverse communities
Responsibilities:
Provide individual and group consultation (ShARP) services to community and academic partners to increase community engagement in all aspects of research.
Develop new and reinforce existing relationships with patients, community partners, research teams, and collaborators.
Provides direction and thought leadership to develop strategic administrative initiatives that meet the mission/objective of the program/project.
Oversees the effective, compliant, & efficient daily management of all operational, financial, & business functions in support of the program/project & in coordination with central offices such as HR, Budget, Facilities, IT, & Provost.
Represents program/project on internal & external business affairs & is viewed as an expert resource regarding program/project administrative affairs.
Work closely with staff on current, past and upcoming consultations to provide guidance and support
Assess and improve current systems to track and evaluate services and outcomes related to the Center for Community Health's programmatic areas.
Assessing the current tracking and evaluation system, and leading process improvement efforts.
Administration
Budget & Financial
Communications
Evaluation
Events
Outreach
Program Development
Strategic Planning
Specific Responsibilities:
Administration
Directs and leads development of program/project strategic plan.
Oversees & ensures that day-to-day operations are appropriately managed, efficient and effective.
Operationalizes goals & objectives; ensures that resources are created or obtained.
Manages customer service; creates associated practices & procedures & metrics to measure success.
Analyzes data & recommends & implements changes & improvement to better ensure attainment of mission.
Manages logistics requirements, including facilities, venue, scheduling, technology, instruction, catering, etc.
Oversees documentation of agreements between NU and partner institutions, ensuring that agreements are complete and reviewed by all necessary NU officials.
Budgets & Financial
Ensures that the program/project meets associated revenue & expense goals.
Develops and implements ideas for improving business processes, and increasing program/project revenues and margins.
Communication, Outreach & Recruitment
Directs program/project marketing/branding efforts.
Identifies and implements short- and long-term strategies and plans to meet program/project goals.
Engages in outreach/field relations serving a number of goals, including recruitment, participation, sponsorship, relationship building, etc. to support continued program/project development & improvement.
Interacts with internal/external resources & organizations to identify new markets & opportunities.
Builds relationships with program/project alumni to develop and cultivate professional networks, financial resources, and sense of community among alumni.
Evaluation
Manages evaluation processes; recommends & implements changes for enhancement; monitors effectiveness through follow-up evaluation studies.
Collaborates with internal/external resources to develop meaningful outcome measurements and methods of program/project evaluation that will lead to enhancement.
Events
Develops a comprehensive program of events such as lectures, symposia, speaker series, workshops, conferences, cultural events etc. in collaboration with internal & external resources.
Develops proposals & recruits faculty leaders for interdisciplinary research working groups, and works with them to develop programming.
Program Development
Manages goals, objectives, outcome measurements and metrics, financial feasibility, marketing strategies and collaboration opportunities with other internal and external organizations.
Manages the ongoing development and refinement of the program's/project's current and future curriculum and course offerings in consultation with subject matter experts.
Provides leadership for planning, scheduling, delivering and maintaining program(s)/project(s) to... For full info follow application link.
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
