Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Req #: 240680

Department: GLOBAL HEALTH

Posting Date: 11/05/2024

Closing Info: Closes On 11/12/2024

Salary: $9,167 - $11,667 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Department of Global Health has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Manager to join their team.

The Department of Global Health was established in 2007, bridging the schools of Medicine and Public Health, with a mandate to harness the expertise and interdisciplinary power of all UW schools and colleges. Our mission is to improve health for all through research, education, training, and service; to understand and address the causes of disease and health inequities at multiple levels; and to collaborate with partners to develop and sustain locally led, quality health systems, programs and policies. Driven by tremendous interest among both students and faculty, the Department has grown explosively to more than 400 graduate students and hundreds more undergraduates. We have more than 380 faculty and 1,000 staff working on projects across 130 countries with our deepest ties in United States, Kenya, Uganda, Peru, Mozambique, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua. At the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, diversity is integral to excellence. The Department recognizes that disparities in health around the globe stem from inequity. The Department encourages and supports the multiple identities of staff, faculty and students including, but not limited to, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, culture, spiritual practice, geography, mental and physical disability and age. The Department strives to become a local, national, and international leader in developing and maintaining increased representation and recognition of each of these dimensions of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.

The University of Washington International Clinical Research Center (ICRC) was established within the Department of Global Health in 2007. The Center currently has twelve productive faculty members, approximately 40 highly competent staff who specialize in study operations, regulatory affairs, data management and analysis, and specimen repository operations. The overarching goals of the ICRC are to: 1) Conduct clinical and implementation research on HIV and other infectious diseases of public health significance, 2) Evaluate interventions to reduce the burden of disease, 3) Conduct observational analyses and translational research on pathogenesis and new intervention targets, and 4) Mentor graduate students and international collaborators in clinical research.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under direction from the principal investigators and the Center’s Managing Director, the Project Director will be responsible for the following activities, including, but not limited to:

Research Portfolio Leadership (40%)

• With a high degree of independent decision making, each Project Director will support 2-3 Principal Investigators and their full research portfolio. They will be responsible for overseeing the scientific and operational implementation of each research project in the portfolio (12-18 projects) and supervision of all operations and data staff working on the portfolio’s research projects (6-8 professional staff).

• Work closely with PIs to understand and implement their vision, priorities, timelines and project milestones.

• Interface with sponsors/funders on behalf of the PI, as needed.

• Provide strategic guidance and help lead strategic planning activities for the Portfolio Team.

• Serve as part of the Center’s Leadership team and actively participate in Center-wide strategic planning.Fiscal Oversight (10%)

• Help ensure that project spending is in alignment with the project milestones.

• Attend quarterly BAR reviews to understand the spending of the portfolio.

• Have budget authority to approve project-related spending.

• Help develop budgets for newly proposed projects.Staff Supervision (30%)

• Directly supervise 6-8 professional staff (Research Coordinators and Data Managers/Analysts supporting research projects).

• Provide leadership through identifying and addressing team needs and recruitment/hiring of new members of the Portfolio team.

• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members to ensure they are coordinating projects in alignment with PI.

• Train newer staff on standard practices and approaches to research operations and data at ICRC.

• Support all staff with regular meetings to assess workload, progress, and barriers.

• Evaluate performance of staff and support individual professional development goals.

• Support studies by assisting the Managing Director in assigning new projects to staff based on bandwidth and alignment of skills with projects.

• Contribute to development/maintenance of written guidelines or other tools to support operations and data management and analytic practice at ICRC.Scientific Leadership (20%)

• Lead protocol development for new studies.

• Ensure that project staff develop study materials, including consent forms, Case Report Forms, standard operating procedures (SOPs), Manual of Operations (MoPs), etc. that meet high scientific standards.

• Contribute to the scientific development of new studies. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s degree in public health or related field with at least four years of health research experience

• Relevant experience can substitute for education Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. DESIRED REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent computer skills with knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

• Meticulous organizational skills and proven ability to multi-task and work independently

• Effectively in large, complex, multi-departmental, cross-functional teams

• Demonstrated problem-solving ability, flexibility, and attention to detail while working in a fast-paced, changing, deadline. Driven environment

• Excellent judgment and interpersonal skills with proven ability for effective cross-cultural

• Communication

• Demonstration of excellent communication skills, both written and oral

• When safe to do so, must be willing to travel to international research sites 2-4 times per year or as needed CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Appointment to this position is contingent upon obtaining satisfactory results from a criminal background check

• Must be able to participate in meetings outside usual work hours to accommodate schedules of partners primarily located in Eastern United States, Asia, Europe, and in Africa Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.