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Sponsor Funded Executive - Assistant Project Director

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Georgia State University
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Atlanta, GA
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Assistant Project Director (Equity Scholar) 
Population and Global Health 
Georgia Health Policy Center 
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies 
Georgia State University 

At the Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC), we approach our work with a passion to be excellent, to positively impact people’s lives, and to find creative and innovative ways to learn and fulfill our goals.  
These are exciting times at GHPC. We are growing and we are thrilled that you are interested in being a part of our team. We are surrounded by individuals empowered to use their expertise and talents to achieve our mission to integrate research, policy, and programs to advance health and well-being.  

Are you ready for us? Are you seeking an opportunity with purpose and direction? If you are, we have the perfect opportunity for you! We hire great people from a wide variety of educational, career, and personal backgrounds, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a stronger team.  

GHPC is seeking an assistant project director (APD) to join the already awesome team taking the GHPC to the next level of excellence and global achievements!  

WHAT MAKES GHPC A GREAT PLACE? 
•    Competitive base salary
•    Generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, tuition assistance, retirement, etc.
•    A knowledge-sharing organization that collaborates with diverse partners
•    The position offers the opportunity to work remotely and, in the office, as needed
•    Professional development opportunity and mentorship
•    A rapidly growing center within an academic setting
•    Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

The center’s current scope of work includes behavioral health, child health & well-being, community health systems development, health & health care financing, health in all policies, health systems transformation, long-term services & support, population & global health, and rural health. The center conducts, analyzes, and disseminates qualitative and quantitative research to connect decision-makers with the objective research and guidance needed to make informed decisions about health policy and programs. The center is at work locally, nationally, and internationally with public and private partners to improve health and well-being. 

ABOUT THIS POSITION 
The Health Equity Scholar will advise and contribute to the learning and publication systems associated with a statewide health equity initiative. In partnership with the project team, funders, and participating communities, the Scholar will serve as the strategist and project manager of the research-to-publication pipeline for the initiative. 

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL DO
•    Establishes a design and plan to implement the data system that gathers data and information from the health opportunity pilot program and the community of practice with input from staff, project partners, and community members
•    Leads the analyses of data from multiple providers (i.e., descriptive analyses, trended reports, statistical analyses)
•    Develops and manages the evaluation of the equity initiative, including assuring the rigor of data compliance, evaluation methods, and research
•    Writes project reports, briefing papers, policy white papers, technical tools, infographics, posters and oral presentations, and peer-reviewed research articles
•    Hires and facilitates the engaged scholarship of a high-performing team of staff to conduct the data and learning strategy
•    Mentors internal staff and provides supervision, career development, and support within or outside of the project or competency area (direct reports and/or project teams)
•    Builds new and maintains existing relationships with external clients and partners by developing strategic relationship goals and objectives and coordinating engaged scholarship
•    Facilitates meetings, including the development of meeting goals and objectives, meeting announcements and materials, and reports meeting results

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO MAKE YOU SHINE 
•    Personal commitment to dismantling systemic racism
•    Knowledge of appropriate data systems, evaluation, and research designs
•    Evaluation skills, including identification, development, and execution of appropriate evaluation strategies •

Qualitative and quantitative analytic skills
•    Integrator of data, evaluation, and research into practice
•    Strong project management, including the ability to meet strategic goals and objectives and budget management
•    Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, pay attention to detail, and exhibit excellent customer service abilities
•    Effective time management and organizational skills
•    Writing skills to meet the needs across audiences (stakeholders, senior officials, legislators, journals)
•    Effective and strategic oral and written communication skills
•    Group facilitation skills, particularly experience working with collaboratives and stakeholder groups
•    Networking skills and aptitude for representing GHPC with local, state, and national organizations
•    Presentation skills
•    Proposal writing skills
•    Emotional intelligence
•    Strategic agility
•    Building relationships internally and externally
•    Demonstrated participatory and team-oriented style of interaction
•    Excellent leadership skills; extraordinary motivator
•    Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint



Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree and three years of related experience; or a combination of education and related experience.

Preferred Hiring Qualifications:

  • Five years of experience in project management.
  • The ideal candidate should have significant evaluation and/or technical assistance expertise and experience managing projects and teams where health systems change is a focus. 


College/Business Unit
02/28/25, 8:59:00 PM

College/Business Unit: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Location: Atlanta Campus
Job Posting: 02/06/25, 7:11:40 AM

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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