Scheduled Hours

37.5

Position Summary

The position provides coordination and management of community partnerships for the School of Public Health in collaboration with the Associate Dean for Practice. The Practice Division provides leadership and strategy to the School of Public Health ensuring alignment with its broader goals around education and research. This division will focus on building and sustaining partnerships with community organizations, agency partners, private industry, and other partners. This role will manage multiple projects and programs from development through implementation specific to community and governmental partnerships and engagements and be the key point of contact for community engagement. This position reports to the Manager of Public Health Practice.

Job Description

 Strategy Alignment

• Aligns Practice Division strategy with School’s practice mission.
• Develops project/program goals, objectives and plans in collaboration with division leadership
• Creates long- and short-term work plans including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.
• Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation. 

Community and Agency Partnerships and Relationship Management 

• Develops and sustains relationships with local, state, national, and international public health agencies, nonprofits, and community partners.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for community organizations, nonprofits, and governmental public health agencies, and WashU SPH faculty/staff/students wanting to engage in partnerships and projects.
• Collaborative Projects: Matches faculty research interests with community-identified health priorities.         
• Affiliation Agreements: Manages formal contracts, memoranda of understanding (MOUs), and compliance paperwork for partnerships, in coordination with appropriate WashU and SPH administrative offices.
• Event Coordination: Organizes networking events, public health forums as applicable.
• Provides support to the committees and workgroups, including developing agendas, materials, summaries, as directed by office leadership.
• Oversees work of student workers supporting office of practice efforts.
• Identifies opportunities for new projects and initiatives with community and governmental partners.
• Supports new community initiatives, under direction of Practice Manager.

Operational and Administrative

• Data Tracking: Maintains a database of active partners, project outcomes and impact.        
• Contributes to storytelling on the impact of partnership and engagement activities, including website content.        
• Develops and maintains intake processes, jointly with other Office of practice team members.   

Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment
• Ability to travel to various on- and off-campus locations

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at a desk or table
• Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement

Equipment

• Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.

Certifications/Professional Licenses:

No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Relevant Experience (3 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with or for community organizations, governmental practice, or related institutions.
• Master’s degree in relevant discipline.
• Strong communication skills.
• Prior experience in designing and managing projects. 
• Prior experience working with or for government or community-based
• organizations.
• Strong project management and organization skills.
• Accuracy and efficiency in managing workload.
• Ability to work independently and move along institutional initiatives with little supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize organize and communicate effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Master's degree

Certifications/Professional Licenses:

No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Work Experience:

No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Skills:

Communication, Creative Thinking, Deadline Management, High Accuracy, Organizing, Prioritization, Stress Management, Work Efficiency, Working Independently, Workload Management

Grade

G10

Salary Range

$49,700.00 - $82,100.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

Questions

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Accommodation

If you are unable to use our online application system and would like an accommodation, please email [email protected] or call the dedicated accommodation inquiry number at 314-935-1149 and leave a voicemail with the nature of your request.

All qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Pre-Employment Screening

All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre-employment screening for this position. The screenings will include criminal background check and, as applicable for the position, other background checks, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, physical examination, certain vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.

Benefits Statement

Personal

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.

• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.

• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.

• WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.

Wellness

• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!

Family

• We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.

• WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

For policies, detailed benefits, and eligibility, please visit: https://hr.wustl.edu/benefits/

EEO Statement

Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity. It is the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access to persons in all job titles without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, citizenship (where prohibited by federal law), age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.