• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000

Position Summary

The Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center has an immediate opening for an Equity Officer to work on a federally funded multisite translational and clinical trial to develop new treatments for osteoarthritis and joint pain. The Equity Officer will work with a diverse team of performers to address the grand challenges facing osteoarthritis and knee pain patients.

The incumbent will be responsible for developing, deploying, monitoring, and promoting equity and diversity based values and metrics in clinical trial recruitment and performance. This position serves as a healthcare related equity and diversity advisor to the project investigators and physicians.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing, maintaining, and implementing the diversity plans for a clinical trial
• Work with university committees and federal agencies on development and implementation of diversity plan
• Design inclusive and performance management processes that address the needs of diverse patient populations in clinical trial setting
• Build and enrich active relationships within the organization and the community with cross-functional partners to ensure alignment of agency goals on diversity and equity goals
• Develop, deploy and track equity key performance indicators for clinical trial.
• Organize and conduct community listening sessions
• Contribute to development of a Road Map to Equity
• Create the insurance action plan (with CMMI, CMS, and HHS engagement)
• Develop rollout strategies and triangulate stakeholders to ensure equity throughout study designs and clinical trials.   
• Other duties as assigned by the Principal Investigators, task leads, and funding agency liaison

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor???s or Graduate degree in healthcare equity, social sciences, human resources, business or related disciplines, or equivalent experience required.
• At least four years related work experience (in healthcare diversity, equity, inclusion & culture).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing equity and/or engagement plans to improve enrollment of participants from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations in Clinical Trials
• Experience in conducting investigations, ensuring a fair process, and providing advice.
• Excellent written and verbal communications along with presentation skills (Required)
• Excellent project management and organizational skills. (Required)
• Able to work independently & collaboratively with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in managing diverse stakeholders including but not limited to executives, employee groups, external agencies, consultants, and patients.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate metrics and apply strategy.
• Proven influencing and relationship building skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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