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Sponsor Funded Professional - Research Associate, Senior

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Georgia State University
Location
Atlanta, GA

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Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Description

The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC), established in 1995, integrates research, policy, and programs to advance health and well-being. The center conducts, analyzes and disseminates qualitative and quantitative findings to connect decision makers with the objective research and guidance needed to make informed decisions about health policy and programs. Today the center is at work in more than 220 communities in all 50 states, helping our nation to improve health status. In 2017, the GHPC added a global portfolio, including work in Nigeria, Sudan, and Ireland.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Research Associate (SRA) is a member of multiple research, technical assistance, policy development, and programmatic teams depending on scope of work.  The center’s current scope of work includes health care access, health insurance, health policy, child health and child policy, school health, behavioral health, long-term care, cancer, community health system development, public health systems, social determinants of health equity and Medicaid.  The SRA manages the daily operations of grants and contracts and is also is responsible for developing new work.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

Management of New and Existing Grants and Contracts:                                                     

  • Serves as project manager by providing administrative and management support to existing contracts and grants.
  • Serves as a member of the team that designs and conducts quantitative and qualitative research to address health related problems and publish results in professional and peer-reviewed journals.
  • Writes reports, abstracts, briefing papers, presentations, and other research-related communications.
  • Facilitates group meetings through the use of meeting design strategies to ensure that meeting goals and objectives are met.
  • Manages meeting goals and objectives, meeting announcements and materials, and reports meeting results.
  • Leads the development of creative solutions to complex health policy issues.
  • Manages research teams by coordinating administrative support, budget management, IRB approval, staffing and client support.
  • Supervising the work of and mentoring staff.
  • Serves as a member of the grant writing team responsible for literature reviews, background information, conceptualization of ideas or other aspects of the grant application process as assigned.

    • External Clients, Community, and Institutional Partners:

  • Maintains existing relationships with external clients, stakeholders and university-wide partners.
  • Communicates learnings from GHPC projects, programs and research to various audiences though policy briefs, academic publications, project reports, presentations and facilitated meetings, etc.
  • Leads meetings and represents the GHPC at national conferences and meetings.
  • Other duties as assigned.

    • ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

    • Project management, including budget management, relationship building and cultivation, and ability to meet strategic goals and objectives.
    • Research design, including identification, development and execution of appropriate research design strategies.
    • Evaluation, including identification, development and execution of appropriate evaluation strategies
    • Qualitative and quantitative analytic skills.
    • Writing/reporting skills.
    • Presentation and group facilitation skills.
    • Networking skills and aptitude for representing GHPC with local, state, and national organizations.
    • Demonstrated participatory and team-oriented style of interaction.
    • Supervisory, employee training and development skills.


    QualificationsPh.D. with three to five years of experience; or a combination of education and related experience.

    College/Business UnitOpen until filled

    College/Business Unit: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
    Location: Atlanta Campus
    Job Posting: 07/11/19, 3:59:54 PM

    Organization

    Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.georgia_state_university1.jpg

    Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.

    More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.

    georgia_state_university2.jpgThe University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.

    Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.

    The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.

    The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.

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