Program Coordinator Health Disparities Research

The Program Coordinator will perform advanced level support and assist with day to day administrative project management for research projects, including planning, implementation and evaluation of activities. The Program Coordinator will be primarily responsible for identifying and addressing the implementation research training needs of MD Anderson faculty, assist in planning training opportunities, and serve as a key link between MD Anderson and the UTHealth Institute for Implementation Science.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Project Management Assists with the day to day project management coordination to include personnel, facilities, supplies in support of project desired outcomes, budgets and timeliness. Attends research planning meetings to assist in the preparation of project activities, budget and manuscripts. Arranges meetings, assuring all logistics - room scheduling, audiovisual and conference call set up; records minutes as needed. Prepares annual progress reports for internal and external committees and ensures that all staff have received the proper training/attended the appropriate training courses. Work with other administrators to implement research and population-based programs.

Project Development/Implementation and Compliance Assist with development of program timelines and monitor progress towards meeting program goals and deliverables. Maintains confidential records of collected data, ensures accuracy and integrity of data. Data will provide documentation of implementation of all research and community engaged activities.

Other Duties Other duties as assigned including but not limited to collaborating with researchers/investigators in preparation of oral presentations for formal and/or informal meetings, providing periodic reports to the investigative team and other entities interested in the outcome of the research and continuous revisions to documents, bibliographic libraries, and grant-related documentation.

Other duties as assigned

COMPETENCIES

Analytical Thinking - Gather relevant information systematically; break down problems into simple components; make sound decisions.

Innovative Thinking - Approach problems with curiosity and open-mindedness; offer new ideas, solutions and/or options.

Inspire Trust - Show consistency among principles, values, and behavior; gain the confidence and trust of others.

Service Orientation
Provide service to our customers, including patients, patient caregivers, referring physicians and each other, in a reliable, responsive, safe, friendly and courteous manner.

• Promotes inclusiveness and collegiality by demonstrating respect and professionalism to others at all times

• Models safe, ethical behavior, mitigating risk to the institution through sound business practices, and adherence to MD Anderson's Standards of Conduct, institutional policies and procedures

• Meets time and attendance expectations and responds to requests in a timely manner, communicating expectations for procedures, service arrival, or project deliverables to patients and coworkers

• Admits when wrong, apologize and take steps to resolve a situation to help to patients and coworkers before being asked

EDUCATION:
Required: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field.

Preferred: Master's degree in public health, social sciences or related field.

EXPERIENCE:
Required: Three years project/program coordination experience. May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one basis. With preferred degree, one year of required experience.

Preferred: Experience managing grant funded projects that involved collaborations other institutions and external stakeholders, Evaluation experience (survey development, data analysis, etc.), Familiarity with Implementation Research is a plus.

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