À propos de ce poste Executive Director, Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) chez University of Chicago
Department
BSD MED - Center for Health and the Social Sciences
About the Department
CHeSS supports and promotes innovation and collaboration as well as excellence in research, scholarship and training. With more than 130 faculty associates from virtually all schools and divisions of the University, CHeSS serves as an incubator of ideas and supporter of research in health and the social sciences, sponsors seminars and workshops on campus, invites nationally-known scholars and policymakers to speak on a variety of topics, supports the writing and submission of grant applications and fundraising proposals, coordinates new research initiatives and projects, manages several training programs and provides expert research methods consultation during formative and operational phases of investigations.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
- Leads all areas of CHeSS, including meeting all organizational programmatic, fiduciary and reporting responsibilities.
- Represents the Center divisionally and within the University.
- Oversees all hiring and appointments, management of financial, IT, strategic and other planning to accomplish overall entity goals.
- Leads CHeSS Methods Core, including hiring and training of staff and negotiating of Methods Core contracts.
- Teaches content in educational programs.
- Conceives and builds new content, training and programmatic areas for CHeSS; develops new partnerships, and expands specialties as relevant.
- Builds an effective team of leaders.
- Manages employees by establishing annual performance goals, allocating resources, assessing annual performance, and determining individual merit, incentive and/or promotional increases.
- Manages the dissemination, interpretation and application of program policies and recommends or makes exceptions.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
Work Experience:
Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
- Masters in public policy, health services research, or a related field.
Experience:
- Background in health services research or university administration.
- Content and analytic expertise in health services research, health policy, health outcomes.
- Collaborating on NIH funded projects.
- Managing a recharge center.
Preferred Competencies
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal are essential.
- Facilitate group decision-making processes and foster an environment of health team debate and collaboration.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders from various disciplines and knowledge bases.
- Prioritize multiple projects and center priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to provide senior mentorship to highly talented and motivated staff and trainees.
- Excellent interpersonal and management skills.
- Work independently and as part of a team.
- Motivated to explore and apply new technologies to problems.
- Work simultaneously with multiple investigators, to prioritize competing objectives, and to identify opportunities to more efficiently accomplish programming tasks through appropriate division of labor with other programmers.
Application Documents
- Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
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Pay Rate Type
FLSA Status
Pay Range
The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
Posting Statement
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