Program Director: Johns Hopkins Pandemic Collaborative
Johns Hopkins University
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Posted: 15-Sep-23
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: A-112699-4
General Description
The Bloomberg School of Public Health seeking a Program Director for the Johns Hopkins Pandemic Collaborative, a new initiative designed to coordinate and coalesce the pandemic preparedness and response efforts across Johns Hopkins University. The Program Director will be a Faculty Member (Research Associate) in the Department of Epidemiology and a member of the Pandemic Collaborative Leadership Team which includes the executive management team and the Collaborative's Advisory Board. This position serves as the Center's accountable leader, with responsibility for representing and implementing the priorities and vision for the new Collaborative.
This position leads program organization, planning and implementation efforts for the Collaborative. Areas of responsibility include: developing and implementing strategic priorities for the Collaborative, maintaining a compendium of ongoing COVID-19 research and response efforts across Johns Hopkins University, administering the Pandemics Collaborative Fellows program and developing the communication initiatives for the Collaborative, including a website, a newsletter and an annual symposium.
The Program Director must be well versed in project management, human relations and communications. The Program Director will be expected to collaborate with a diverse set of investigators, administrators, and leadership across the institution. Organizational and relationship building skills are essential. Must be capable of balancing multiple competing priorities, timelines, and varied interests in a collaborative and equitable manner. Experience with COVID-19 and/or pandemic research desirable.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
Identifies, organizes, and tracks current and needed resources around pandemic preparedness and response.
Leads implementation of strategic priorities.
Organizes the Pandemic Collaborative Fellows program
Responsible for progression of activity/accountability through follow-up, timelines, milestones, and updates to key stakeholders.
Communications
Develop and maintain website designed to connect stakeholders to resources, highlight work of the Collaborative, and publicize opportunities related to a Collaborative Fellows Program.
Develop and disseminate a quarterly newsletter providing updates on collaborative activities.
Organize and produce a variety of activities designed to facilitate communication around Collaborative priorities, such as journal clubs, invited talks and symposia.
Human Resources:
In collaboration with departmental leadership and Central Human Resources support, such as Talent Acquisition and Compensation, this role has several areas of human resource responsibilities:
Staff: Recruit, supervise, and evaluate Collaborative staff. Responsible for selection and assignment of staff, performance evaluations, salary setting, reclassifications, and resolution of personnel problems. Collaborative staffing is likely to be small, (Director + 1 staff member) but may have the opportunity to grow.
Authority/Supervision: Works independently to set individual work priorities. Makes high-level management decisions. Successfully builds relationships with stakeholders within and across the institution.
Committee Membership: Key participant in executive meetings, leads agenda preparation, co-leads working groups, and is primary point of contact for weekly Sponsor planning and update meetings.
This position will establish and maintain communication channels to ensure Collaborative progress and priorities are widely disseminated to relevant stakeholders, including current collaborators, potential collaborators, BSPH and University leadership.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Administration, or other related discipline required.
Minimum three years of progressively responsible professional-level administrative experience in a Center or Consortium centered working group
Demonstrated experience in financial management and budget planning in collaboration with a financial administrator
Experience in organizing conferences, fellowship programs or muti-investigator program projects
Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Self-starter and able to work independently with a diverse array of collaborators.
Strong leadership and implementation skills, ability to manage multiple project assignments, and ability to interact effectively with multiple stakeholders.
High level of interpersonal skill, written and oral communication necessary to interface with multiple stakeholders.
Ability to integrate, analyze, synthesize, and summarize information to make judgments related to strategies to improve performance.
Ability to influence and negotiate individual and group decision-making.
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