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Posted:
February 12, 2019
Location:
Nashville, Tennessee
Salary:
Open
Discipline:
Executive
Description
 

Program Manager - Communication

Requisition Number 1901132


Your Role :
The Department of Health Policy is seeking a qualified Program Manager candidate with strong communication skills, considerable promotional experience, and strong organizational project management expertise. This position will manage internal departmental events and high profile, public-facing departmental seminars, as well as design and execute the department's overall communications strategy including social media and website content.

The ideal candidate has experience promoting academic work and managing multiple simultaneous events, works well with internal and external stakeholders, takes initiative to proactively plan and track event processes, and ensures completion of successful events.

The successful candidate should be organized, efficient, detail oriented, a team player, and a self-starter. Additionally, the candidate should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be able to think and function independently, and be able to multi-task while remaining on schedule. The candidate should have experience with health policy issues including knowledge of the policy process and structure of the US health care system. Excellent time management and planning skills are essential.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

Department communications program and activities
  • Plan, implement, and manage a campus-wide presence and a local and national communications strategy for department and faculty achievements
  • Write, design, produce, and disseminate departmental communications and marketing materials including newsletters, online presence, and special events (print and electronic)
  • Manage listservs and contact lists for department events
  • Manage event and communications calendars
  • Select, manage, and supervise external consultants and vendors as needed to execute strategic department communication programs and activities
  • Facilitate activities with internal colleagues and external vendors to complete specific objectives
  • Partner with faculty to increase and maintain lines of communication for advance notice of achievements (e.g., published articles, notices in media)
  • Research new ideas, technologies, and best practices to ensure success of communication plans
  • Continuously compile, review, and analyze process outcomes against established goals, objectives, and timelines, including website and social media performance
  • Create and maintain materials and standard operating procedure manual archive

    Research program activities
  • Partner with PI to manage research portfolio activities that include internal and external partners
  • Draft portions of grant proposals, reports, and project documents
  • With minimal guidance from PIs, establish goals, objectives, and timelines for projects and tasks
  • Manage IRB and other project-specific submissions, tracking them for the life of the project(s)
  • Perform project management activities including managing project budgets and schedules, overseeing the development and submission of deliverables, and managing staff across a portfolio of projects
  • Develop and implement communications plan for research portfolio deliverables and final products, including informational materials for dissemination
  • Prepare materials for publication, including copy editing and formatting documents

    Please complete the online application and include your current resume and a cover letter.

    Minimum Requirements:
    This position requires Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years of relevant experience.

    Preferred qualities and skills:
  • Master's degree in public health, health services, public policy, or a health-related discipline preferred
  • Proven track record of developing strategy and executing highly effective print, electronic, and social media communications
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven proficiency with communications-related software and tools
  • Motivated, organized, with a documented work history of excellence and outstanding organizational skills
  • Absolute accuracy and attention to detail are essential
  • Must be able to function independently as well as part of team
  • Commitment to high quality and continuous improvement
  • Ability to solve complex problems and provide exceptional service to stakeholders
  • Ability to process and maintain considerable amount of confidential and sensitive information
  • Self-starter with initiative and professional work style

    Additional Information:
    This is a full-time position.

    Salary is dependent upon education and experience.

    Background screens will be performed and education will be verified prior to employment. Please be prepared to provide required information and/or documentation.

    Department/Unit Summary :

    Vanderbilt University's new Department of Health Policy brings together a broad group of health policy scholars devoted to developing health policy solutions that can have a profound impact. The Department builds on a history of strong collaborative relationships with the Tennessee Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and several frontline policy makers to develop health policy solutions for our nation's most pressing health care challenges.

    The combination of a major research university and preeminent medical center gives Department faculty incredible opportunities to build relationships with frontline care providers and policymakers which can lead to breakthrough discoveries.  The Department fosters a deep belief that research and innovative thinking should guide health policy relationships and help policymakers understand implications. For more information, please visit  https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/ .


    Click Here To View The VUMC Promise of Discovery

     

    Discover Vanderbilt University Me dical Center :

    Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning and leading — is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday.  Vanderbilt's  mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.


    VUMC Recent Accomplishments

    Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

    ·  US News & World Report:   #1 Hospital in Tennessee, #1 Health Care Provider in Nashville, #1 Audiology ( Bill Wilkerson Center ), 12 adult and 10 pediatric clinical specialties ranked among the nation's best, #15 Education and Training

    ·  Truven Health Analytics:   among the top 50 cardiovascular hospitals in the U.S.

    ·  Becker's Hospital Review:   one of the "100 Greatest Hospitals in America"

    ·  The Leapfrog Group:   grade "A" in Hospital Safety Score

    ·  National Institutes of Health:   among the top 10 grant awardees for medical research in the US

    ·  Magnet Recognition Program:   Vanderbilt nurses are the only group honored in Middle Tennessee

    ·  Nashville Business Journal:   Middle Tennessee's healthiest employer

    ·  American Hospital Association:  among the 100 "Most Wired" medical systems in the US

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    About Vanderbilt Health
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to Vanderbilt University Hospital, The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital. These hospitals experienced more than 61,000 inpatient admissions during fiscal year 2015. Vanderbilt’s adult and pediatric clinics treated nearly 2 million patients during this same period.Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are recognized again this year by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals as among the nation’s best with 18 nationally ranked specialties. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is world renowned because of the innovation, work ethic and collegiality of its employees. From our health care advances to our compassionate care, Vanderbilt owes its accomplishments and reputation to staff and faculty who bring skill and drive and innovation to the medical center day after day. World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.As th...e largest employer in middle Tennessee, we welcome those who are interested in ongoing development in a caring, culturally sensitive and professional atmosphere. Most of us spend so much of our lives at work, we want to be part of maintaining a workplace in which people support one another and encourage reaching for excellence. Many high-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt because of the professional growth they experience and because of their appreciation of Vanderbilt’s benefits, public events and discussions, athletic opportunities, beautiful setting and, above all, sense of community and purpose.Vanderbilt and its employees share a set of mutual expectations that have been created with productivity, legality, fairness and safety always in mind. We believe that our investment in training and compensating employees multiplies in value when we enable individuals to deliver their best performance for the benefit of us all.
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