PROJECT COORDINATOR

Project Coordinator

Arizona State University

Campus: Downtown Phoenix

College of Health Solutions

68718BR

Job Description

Works closely and collaboratively with Translational Science and Affinity Networks Initiative Director and leadership to define project scope, strategy, budget, and outcomes; identifies critical resource expertise and targets appropriate internal and/or external sources to ensure optimal outcome(s), develops and implements strategic projects and initiatives, and works with translational teams and affinity networks to facilitate team effectiveness and successful outcomes.

Salary Range

$43,920 - $50,000 per year; DOE

Close Date

30-June-2021

Essential Duties

Initiative-level activities include the development, coordination, and implementation of the following sub-initiatives:

ANTT & CCTS Integration:

·        Assist and implement blending of current ANTT initiative with new Community and Clinical Translational Science (CCTS) initiative.

·        This includes identifying overlapping key functions and building/integrating Infrastructure across initiatives as well as working closely with the Sr. Director for Community Engagement

Community Engagement:

·        Assist ANTT Management Lead, in coordination with Sr. Directory for Community Engagement, in the refinement and implementation of community engagement initiative including: working collaboratively with stakeholders, leadership, and other related staff to define and identify and facilitate new community partners, implement supporting infrastructure, and supporting successful launch and of this ongoing endeavor.

Initiative Sustainability:

·        coordinating with other CHS Hubs, faculty, and staff to continue to implement sustainable processes and infrastructure to ensure the sustainability of the ANTT initiative. 

Evaluation:

·        Assists leadership in tracking metrics and deliverables, preparing reports, and ensuring timely dissemination of information to all interested parties

Administrative duties:

·        Works closely with ANTT Leadership & Success Hubs to facilitate team research opportunities, student engagement and community partnerships.

·        Manages documents and some scheduling at the initiative-level.

·        Prepares and maintains initiative and team status reports and schedules; tracks milestones/deliverables, critical paths and dependencies; coordinates with leadership to adjust expectations as needed in consideration of project progress/outcomes. 

Translational Team and Affinity Network specific duties include:

·        Facilitates current teams and networks to ensure optimal outcomes; assists in the identification of new and/or already operating teams; builds, develops, and maintains relationships vital to team and initiative success; periodic evaluations of teams and networks as well as identifies needs and develops process improvements to promote team engagement and success. 

·        Responds to inquiries regarding initiative and translational teams' status; prepares and responds to all regulatory reporting/filings to ensure compliance.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and 2 years related experience; OR, any equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

·        Evidence of a Master degree with two years' experience in project coordination or management

·        Experience in team facilitation, team building and coordination

·        Evidence of a Lean Six Stigma certification, or similar, as well as experience in work that requires organizational, management, and planning skills

·        Evidence of effective communication and relationship building skills

·        Experience in research implementation and coordination, including study implementation and scientific writing

·        Experience in community outreach, building partnerships

·        Experience in project management software, Microsoft Office Suite, Canvas

·        Experience in data management and basic statistical methods

·        Experience in program evaluation and reporting

Working Environment

·        Use basic math

·        Deliver presentations

·        Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting

·        Ability to clearly communicate 

·        Use office equipment, i.e. printers, copiers, fax machines, telephones, and calculator

·        Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities, may include/subject to resolution conflicts

·        Use critical thinking to make decisions and/or analyze and report data/results of tests conducted

Department Statement

The College of Health Solutions (CHS) is dedicated to translating scientific advances into practical interventions to improve health outcomes through education, research and service. We equip students with the knowledge and skills to influence healthier lifestyle choices; develop creative interventions to improve the health of people and populations; analyze and translate large amounts of health data into solutions; and maximize the technology, science, business and application of diagnostics. CHS research programs encompass basic, discovery science, clinical trials, intervention science and measurement of health outcomes. CHS takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the complex systems that underpin health problems. The college is highly collaborative, transparent and team-oriented with an organizational structure that includes translational teams, affinity networks and academic programs to improve the health of people and communities. 

The current training programs include behavioral health, biomedical diagnostics, biomedical informatics, exercise science, health promotion, health sciences, kinesiology, medical studies, nutrition, population health, science of health care delivery, and speech and hearing science. Our programs are offered at ASU’s Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, Polytechnic, West and Lake Havasu campuses, as well as on Mayo Clinic’s campus in north Phoenix. 

For more information about ASU and the College of Health Solutions, visit https://www.asu.edu/about/ and https://chs.asu.edu/

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 80,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.

To apply please go to www.asu.edu/asujobs/ see Req Id# 68718BR