Department
BSD MED - Center for Health and the Social Sciences
Job Summary
The Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) is seeking an experienced administrator to serve as executive director, reporting directly to the Faculty Director, providing leadership for the many ongoing initiatives underway in the Centers currently and forging strategic goals for future growth. CHeSS comprises four functional areas: grants and administration, the Methods Core, training and communications and research program areas such as the P30 CHABLIS center and the Program in Oral and Systemic Health and Well-Being. The Executive Director oversees all functional areas, provides leadership to managers and professional staff and develops new collaborations across the division and University.
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:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
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 managementskills.
- 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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Job Family
Administration & Management
Role Impact
People Manager
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Drug Test Required
No
Health Screen Required
No
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
No
Pay Rate Type
Salary
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Range
$130,000.00 - $170,000.00
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
Yes
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 theBenefits Guidebook.
