The Carter Center is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization founded in 1982 in Atlanta, GA, by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University. The Center has helped to improve millions of lives in more than 80 countries by waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope. The Carter Center is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering. It seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.

The Carter Center collaborates with other organizations, public or private, in carrying out its mission around the world. Current information about the Center’s many programs and activities are available at The Carter Center.

DESCRIPTION:

The Chief Development Officer for Competitive Bids, Programs Development, provides overall leadership and management of The Carter Center’s newly established Competitive Bids Unit (CBU) in the Development Department. This position is responsible for leading the organization’s efforts to acquire financial resources through competitive solicitations, uniquely from the US Government. The CBU provides direct support to and builds the capacity of The Carter Center’s program teams at headquarters and in overseas offices to strengthen and maintain relationships with US Government staff and submit a minimum of $200 million in proposals annually to grow to $400 million annually in five years, with at least a 20% win rate by year 3 and a 35% win rate by Year 5, in order to generate new funding for The Carter Center’s Health and Peace Programs. The Chief Development Officer is the face of The Carter Center’s new USG business development effort and is directly responsible for identifying and pursuing new USG funding opportunities while also ensuring appropriate systems and processes are instituted to support those efforts. Reporting to the head of the Programs Development department, the CDO CBU directs The Carter Center’s USG resource development goal-setting process and is responsible for monitoring, tracking and reporting opportunities and providing regular updates and revenue figures to members of the Center’s senior leadership team.

The Chief Development Officer works in close collaboration with other members of the Development Unit, Finance, Operations, and Program teams, and overseas leadership and staff. The CDO supervises two Senior Associate Directors and one Administrative Assistant, manages an annual budget for proposal development costs and is a collegial, team player who fosters an environment of respect, integrity, diversity, and commitment to excellence. This position requires travel, and based on expectations of travel to certain locations, Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) will be required.

FORMAL JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The CDO is responsible for ensuring that the flow of funds from USG, including but not limited to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of State, Department of Labor, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is maintained and increases to an optimal level, based on The Carter Center’s strategic goals and priorities.
• Works with the head of the Programs Development department to develop the vision for expanded USG funding and implement the CBU’s strategy.
• Researches and identifies USG agency prospects and recommends realistic strategies for solicitations.
• Assumes responsibility for achieving specific goals and objectives of selected programs and projects.
• Collaborates with Carter Center Health and Peace Programs to develop new initiatives, ascertain funding needs, explore and solicit funding sources, and identify areas to build greater capacity in the Health and Peace Programs.
• Maintains a thorough working knowledge of programs and, with the head of the Programs Development department devises appropriate fundraising strategies, implements and tracks the success of these strategies, and prepares alternative approaches as necessary to meet fundraising goals.
• Drafts bid proposals in support of the Center’s Heath and Peace Programs.
• Gathers up-to-date information on prospective negotiated and non-negotiated bids in collaboration with direct reports (CBU Sr. Associate Directors of Development for Peace and Health).
• Manages all phases of the proposal development process, starting with proposal assignment to contract award.
• Exercises appropriate judgment and decision-making regarding proposal development, handling of classified or confidential information, and working with team members throughout the Center.
• Analyzes and interprets bids and provides guidance to team members regarding deliverable requirements during pre-award phase.
• Develops and manages proposal outline throughout the proposal development process and manages proposal schedule, to include milestones and deadlines for writing, editing, pricing, review, and submission.
• Determines the appearance, format, style, and standards of the proposal during the proposal planning phase.
• Develops proposal narrative based on interviews with subject matter experts, contract staff, and/or boilerplate documents.
• Maintains bid information and actions in Raiser’s Edge.
• Leads and directs cross-functional proposal bid teams, consisting of internal staff from across The Carter Center and external partners/experts.
• Designs and communicates any new business action plans to the bid teams, including individuals’ roles within the teams.
• Facilitates a team approach for each proposal, establishing buy-in across other Carter Center units, and motivates team members to achieve success.
• Establishes close working relationships with Finance and Program teams to build competitive and accurate narratives and budgets for winning bids.
• Ensures CBU team collaboration with the Finance and Program staff to develop and assess budgets for bid proposals.
• Performs appropriate post-proposal submission duties to close-out the proposal, including archiving of templates and past performance information.
• In post-award phase, takes responsibility for the submission of accurate and timely narrative and financial reports, consistent with donor requirements, in collaboration with Program and Finance staff.
• Stays abreast of donor requirements and requests and collects/organizes Center-wide and program-specific data to ensure compliance with donor requirements.
• Communicates proposal development strategies, plans, and expectations to all proposal team members.
• Performs detailed, comprehensive compliance analysis between RFP requirements and proposal narrative offerings, in collaboration with Compliance staff, and performs technical analysis of proposal narrative to ensure technical capacity presented is reasonable and competitive.
• Leads regular internal strategy/status meetings with CBU and Program staff to track proposal progress, determine action items, and develop concepts for proposal content.
• Oversees maintenance and internal dissemination of USG Funding Tracker.
• Builds and maintains an active pipeline of bid opportunities in specific Federal Government agencies by leveraging existing relationships, cold calling, attending events, and working with current and prospective business partners.
• Responsible for CBU staffing, including immediate recruitment and retention of Senior Associate Directors and administrative staff.
• Train, supervise, and evaluate staff in accordance with clearly established performance goals and objectives.
• Ensure team collaboration and effectiveness within the Development Department and broader Carter Center.
• Responsible for CBU’s compliance with all organizational policies and procedures.
• Develops efficient procedures for the implementation of the CBU’s activities.
• Maintains professional growth and development of self and CBU staff by identifying educational/training programs, professional organizations, activities and resources to maintain knowledge of national trends and to promote leading edge expertise.
• Performs related responsibilities as needed.
• Develops a total development/fundraising concept including planning, implementing, and managing all fundraising activities for programs within various entities of the Carter Center.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree in management, business administration, or a related field.
• Ten years of development, fund raising or related experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ten years’ experience in international development and USG awards.
• Direct supervision of a team for more than five years.
• Direct responsibility for proposal development, program design and/or competitive bidding.
• Significant experience with USAID and other USG agencies, and extensive senior-level contacts within the USG donor community required.
• Experience in non-profit, non-governmental organizations.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Proposal strategy and design for global not for profit.

NOTE: This position has a preferred location of Atlanta, GA, but Washington, DC based candidates may be considered.

This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to The Carter Center on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.* Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines. The Carter Center reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

* Washington, DC work arrangements to be determined based on programattic needs in consultation with direct supervisor. 

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Maintains software, hardware and the network in a bioinformatics setting or molecular modeling laboratory.
• Supervises regular updates and recommends state-of-the-art enhancements.
• Analyzes high throughput screening data and performs structure activity analyses to generate predictive correlations.
• Applies a limited range of molecular modeling tools to refinement of high throughput screening hits.
• Presents the models in a form that allows users to make decisions concerning the direction of an experimental program.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

• Provides principal research support to the Principal Investigator in the implementation and completion of funded projects.
• Plans and coordinates the advanced computational and statistical analysis of research projects providing technical expertise in novel and/or revised analytical methodologies and techniques and plans the processing and analysis of research data obtained.
• Designs analysis strategies to perform genomic, epigenomic and multi-omic analyses of large population databases.
• Generates documentation related to analysis.
• Assists in preparation of progress reports for funding agencies.
• Co-authors research papers and manuscripts for publication and collaborate in the development of posters and data presentations at conferences and workshops.
• Completes additional research duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, bioinformatics or related field.
• Two years of experience in bioinformatics and/or computational chemistry.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• A master's degree in Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Epidemiology or an equivalent amount of experience to perform statistical analysis of high-throughput biomedical and health data.
• Experience with analysis of large health science databases.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in the design, execution, and analysis to study the genomics and epigenomics of human disease in large population-based samples.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and oral and written communication.
• R and/or Python programming experience, working knowledge of Unix/Linux file system and environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, and work effectively in teams.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department of work.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• With minimal supervision, provides administrative support for a Chair or Assistant Dean of an academic or basic research unit or for an Assistant Vice President or Assistant Vice Provost (and above).
• Oversees office operations and ensures office activities comply with policies and procedures.
• Prepares or assists in the preparation of budgets, grant applications, proposals, status reports and financial statements.
• Develops and maintains spreadsheets.
• Initiates, processes and maintains records and invoices.
• Keeps manager informed of account status, authorizes expenditures and identifies cost effective alternatives.
• Maintains calendar, prepares daily schedule and prioritizes meeting requests for manager(s).
• Ensures manager is appropriately prepared for daily activities.
• Coordinates, attends, prepares materials for and/or takes minutes at meetings and special events.
• Prepares charts and graphs for reports and presentations.
• Reviews incoming correspondence and identifies items of special interest to manager or others.
• Screens items that can be routinely handled and prepares appropriate responses.
• Based on a knowledge of the manager's views, composes, edits and types correspondence, reports and manuscripts under minimal guidance.
• May take dictation or transcribe from a machine.
• Maintains various databases and/or spreadsheets.
• Sets up and organizes filing systems.
• Answers, screens and routes incoming telephone calls.
• May supervise or direct the work of other administrative clerical/secretarial employees.
• Oversees ordering and maintenance of office supplies and forms.
• May coordinate domestic or foreign travel arrangements.
• Performs related responsibilities as required. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A high school diploma or equivalent and six years of secretarial or administrative support experience, OR a bachelor's degree and one year of administrative support experience.
• Proficient with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software applications.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department of work.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Research Administration Services (RAS) and fiscal leaders of schools, departments, or divisions served, manages, leads, and supervises staff performing pre- and post-award activities for the sponsored research portfolio for an assigned school, department, or division.
• Oversees the hiring, training, and supervision of all team members, including the assignment of goals and tasks, and the successful completion of the same.
• Works closely with Emory University's Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements to which grants and contracts are subject to and to confirm that all pre-award activities are handled accordingly.
• Interacts collaboratively with administrators within Emory University's Finance: Grants and Contracts (FGC) to ensure all post-award activities are processed appropriately.
• Works actively to resolve conflicts between Principal Investigators (PIs) and team members promptly and satisfactorily.
• Provides consistent and standardized reports to leadership and stakeholders on a regular basis and ad hoc reports, as needed.
• Performs other relevant duties as required or assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and seven years of experience in grants and contracts management, or related field.
• Master's degree is strongly preferred.
• Previous supervisory and management experience is required.
• A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  The schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of the department of work.

**This is a central university office position** Assists with maintaining functional Emory Enterprise e-mail systems. Controls spam to acceptable levels, ensures reasonable message delivery times, provisions new users for existing e-mail access, and migrates users between systems.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Focuses on user account security, flags compromised accounts and dispatches local support to assist users and maintain security.
• Manages the IT Service Management System to review and act on work orders and incidents that arise from outages and configuration issues.
• Acts as a back-up for other e-mail team members and contributes to innovations for improving and expanding service offerings.
• Activates new e-mail accounts to provide consistent service offering across the enterprise.
• Deletes legacy and outdated accounts to free up resources.
• Migrates e-mail between systems to preserve faculty and staff resources.
• Configures permissions for user access to facilitate work collaboration with minimal restrictions.
• Monitors and disables accounts to prevent security issues and to protect e-mail servers.
• Educates users on e-mail best practices and standards to ensure users understand service offerings and capabilities.
• Acts on user requests to inspect mail boxes for problems and offer solutions.
• Reviews technically-challenging problems with other team members to promote team expertise for expediting problem resolutions and to improve and develop skills.
• Monitors the queue for incidents to meet resolution timelines, department goals, and enterprise service level expectations.
• Establishes work order and incident resolution expectations with users to prevent aging and unresolved issues.
• Pursues training opportunities with team members to learn functions and to serve as a competent back up.
• Identifies and pursues professional training opportunities to develop enterprise architecture skills and to increase team value.
• Provides messaging systems policies and procedures written documentation to support and fulfill messaging team member requests.
• Maintains departmental processes to ensure work consistency and to comply with enterprise messaging standards.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma and two year of relevant IT experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledgeable about tools and solutions that complement and enhance the hybrid workspace model with an emphasis on video conferencing and collaboration technologies (Ex: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex) with a focus on digital video technologies.
• General knowledge of streaming technologies and conference room AV systems.
• Experience with various enterprise-wide messaging systems.
• Experience with training and documentation of enterprise services.
• Demonstrated examples of providing extraordinary customer service both in-person and remote.

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location.  Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

The Task Force for Global Health is offering an internship opportunity to a currently enrolled college
student.

Interns will have an opportunity to:

• Work as part of an IT Services Team supporting Task Force programs
• Become exposed to information technology services
• Become familiar with hardware and software asset inventory
• Work with a supervisor who is interested in mentoring

Job Description:

• Under direct or general supervision, performs a variety of tasks requiring
  limited independent judgment.
• May research, compile and prepare routine or ad-hoc reports.
• May research and maintain records, files and logs.
• May initiate or maintain contact with customers, vendors
  or contractors and respond to, research and resolve inquiries of a routine nature.
• May organize meetings or other venues and arrange for logistical needs such as set up, handouts, reports, speakers and clean up.
• May assist in developing, implementing and managing programs or projects.

TFGH Background:

The Task Force for Global Health (TFGH), based in Atlanta and founded
nearly 40 years ago to advance health equity, works with partners in more than 150 countries to
eliminate diseases, ensure access to vaccines, and essential medicines, and strengthen health systems to protect populations.

ITST Background:

Information Technology plays a vital and ever-expanding role in the TFGH
mission. The TFGH information technology environment is highly distributed and diverse, with
leadership and coordination from the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Deputy CIO and direct report
units. The TFGH Information Technology Services Team (ITST) is responsible for all aspects of
information technology services from help desk services to digital transformation. ITST aims to allow
team members flexible work arrangements and align responsibilities with their IT areas of interest
based on the organization needs. The ITST operates as a collaborative unit with a servant leader culture
that empowers direct reports with the tools they need to be successful.

Intern Project: Test and Configure IT Hardware:

•  Identify and assess working status of IT assets by performing tests and confirming warranties
•  Populate an asset management system and associate identifying attributes
•  Identify hardware and software service catalog component
•  Provide reports on asset assignment, inventory and usage

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate in a college or university offering a four year degree.
• Completion of freshman year or higher and in good academic standing.
• College transcripts required as part of interview process.

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of computer systems, hardware, and software
• Good problem-solving, analytical, and team-working skills
• An openness to learning new technologies

Job Description:

• Under direct or general supervision, performs a variety of tasks requiring limited independent judgment.
• May research, compile and prepare routine or ad-hoc reports.
• May research and maintain records, files and logs.
• May initiate or maintain contact with customers, vendors or contractors and respond to, research and resolve inquiries of a routine nature.
• May organize meetings or other venues and arrange for logistical needs such as set up, handouts, reports, speakers and clean up.
• May assist in developing, implementing and managing programs or projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate in a college or university offering a four year degree.
• Completion of freshman year or higher and in good academic standing.
• College transcripts required as part of interview process.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, with intent to return to an Emory University location in the future.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

The Senior Business Manager provides support to a subset of divisions with the Department of Pediatrics (DOP), currently including Endocrinology, Children's Heart Center, Rheumatology, and Critical Care Medicine. Assignment of divisions can change as departmental needs change. The clinical mission for the Department of Pediatrics is split across the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta locations and the Grady/Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital location. DOP ranked #1 in NIH funding to departments of pediatrics in 2020.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Develops, administers and monitors budgets, accounts, policies and procedures relating to operational activities in the areas of human resources, finance, facilities management and research for a department, division or school.
• Ensures that awarded grants conform to defined budget parameters and projects budget needs to accommodate future grant funding increases, changes and awards.
• Ensures the preparation of operational and statistical reports for management and regulatory agencies.
• May supervise staff and perform related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or related field and five years of professional business or management experience or equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.
• Some positions in this classification may require previous supervisory experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong financial analysis and budgeting experience.
• Prior experience in partnering or collaborating with a hospital partner.
• Experience in a clinical setting.
• Supervisory experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department of work.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Provides software development support including the identification and generation of software specifications and the designing, development, implementation and revision of software applications to meet business needs.
• Supports software applications and associated operating systems.
• Reviews software specifications, systems, models and coding using analytical and investigative methods and techniques to ensure required specifications meet system needs.
• Participates in software testing and subsequent modifications.
• Writes and edits reports to provide recommendations, conclusions and other data.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, math, engineering or a related field and one year of related experience in programming and software systems or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Knowledge of software development in a research institution context preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrates high-performance computing experience on both local and cloud (GCP, AWS, and/or Azure) environments in a research setting.
• This role requires command-line, shell scripting, Python programming, and web development proficiency and benefits from MATLAB programming, machine learning and statistical programming, database experience, and scientific computing experience.
• Demonstrates expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining software, databases, and interfaces.
• Collaborates and communicates with internal and external research and engineering team members and supports the organization and timely progress of their efforts.
• Provides direct technical support and helps guide, implement, and maintain further improvements to software, databases, and interfaces and works with the entire team to diagnose and fix related issues.
• Documents code and data, develops and maintains websites, contributes to research articles, and responds to external queries via email, the web, and through managed lists.
• May assist in grant and other funding applications, as necessary and appropriate.
• Demonstrates ability to function as part of a team as well as to function independently under supervision.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, with intent to return to an Emory University location in the future.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

The Clinical Business Manager will focus assistance on clinical operations. Position would be part of the Department admin support team, but would support COS directly and would focus on initiatives requested by COS.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Assists in coordinating, providing input for, monitoring and improving the administrative, human resources and clinical operational activities for a division or other department sub-unit with teaching, research and clinical service responsibilities.
• Assists in planning, implementing and evaluating a variety of activities and special projects affecting area's operations.
• Coordinates or assists in preparing departmental budgets and forecasts of future budget requirements.
• May ensure that awarded grants conform to defined budget parameters. Negotiates new and renewal contracts with vendors.
• Directs logical and clerical support activities, and coordinates specific data collection efforts and special projects.
• Designs and generates reports.
• May supervise staff.
• Reports directly to the Division or Unit Director and indirectly to the Department Administrator and Chair.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

Additional Job Details:

• Staffing and census management:
  • When fully staffed hospital medicine uses a Just in Time staffing model for surges, which includes recruiting fellows etc to cover the additional shifts, tracking, processing XDP.
  • Assists with the management of the internal coverage.
  • May also assist with the managment of locums.
• Strategic/programmatic initiatives:
  • Hospital Medicine has a procedure team, an admissions team in the ED, an ortho co-management team and will soon be staffing a CDU, in addition to traditional bedside teams. This position will focus efforts to better track effectiveness of these programs, including data acquisition and analysis, and to partner with the faculty to identify additional opportunities.
• Faculty engagement and tracking:
  • Assist with central aggregation of initiatives formed by faculty ran committees and workgroups. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or related science field.
• Three years of professional business or management experience.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Experience in a clinical setting preferred.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department of work.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Designs and implements information technology solutions to support and advance the research and data needs of researchers within a specific department.
• Actively collaborates with investigators to identify and document needs and translate them into sustainable and reliable technology solutions.
• Designs data management solutions that may include the creation of databases, the extension and modification of data structures, development and generation of extracts, queries and reports, and the implementation of quality controls to ensure the integrity and reliability of data.
• Builds systems and processes to facilitate data quality control and management.
• Designs and executes data reporting functionality to provide stakeholders with relevant data on key measures associated with regulatory and compliance standards.
• Designs and customizes research-based information technology solutions leveraging existing solutions whenever possible.
• Investigates and evaluates emerging technology and practices to optimize research and data management practices within the department and across the university.
• Manages informatics projects from conception to completion.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

Additional Details:

• Demonstrates high-performance computing experience on both local and cloud (GCP, AWS, and/or Azure) environments in a research setting.
• This role requires command-line, shell scripting, Python programming, and web development proficiency and benefits from MATLAB programming, machine learning and statistical programming, database experience, and scientific computing experience.
• Demonstrates expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining software, databases, and interfaces.
• Collaborates and communicates with internal and external research and engineering team members and supports the organization and timely progress of their efforts.
• Provides direct technical support and helps guide, implement, and maintain further improvements to software, databases, and interfaces and works with the entire team to diagnose and fix related issues.
• Documents code and data, develops and maintains websites, contributes to research articles, and responds to external queries via email, the web, and through managed lists.
• May assist in grant and other funding applications, as necessary and appropriate.
• Demonstrates ability to function as part of a team as well as to function independently under supervision.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree and five years of experience supporting technology in a clinical, research or health industry or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in translating business requirements into technical solutions, extracting and manipulating data and implementing quality controls.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, science, or a related field is preferred.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, with intent to return to an Emory University location in the future.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Directs special projects for a non-central division or department.
• Manages the strategic planning process and oversees progress toward achieving project goals.
• Develops and administers project budgets. Participates in the identification of funding sources, initiatives and strategies.
• Prepares communication documents for articles, reports, and/or presentations.
• Develops short and long term project goals and objectives.
• Represents and promotes projects at speaking engagements and with various constituencies.
• Conducts research, analyzes data and identifies and summarizes trends.
• Develops and prepares reports.
• Serves as a liaison with other university departments and represents projects at meetings and events.
• May hire, supervise and evaluate staff.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

• Provides strategic support for the CCTR and DOP.
• Manages special projects for CCTR and DOP.
• Supports Medical Director with management of the Clinical Trials portfolio: NIH and Industry funding
• Supervise Clinical Research Coordinator Team: includes recruitment, on-boarding and performance management and development
• Contract negotiations internal and external entities

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree and five years of project management or related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Proficiency with various computer software packages.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Knowledge of clinical research practices
• Must be attentive to details, exceptional organization and interpersonal skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Strong leadership skills

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University location as needed.  Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• This is a human research regulatory compliance position that, depending on team assignment, may involve: pre-review and tracking of new research proposals; amendments and continuing reviews of existing research protocols; and adverse event reports.
• May also involve meeting facilitation and recording of meeting minutes, and/or education and outreach; and/or quality assurance monitoring.
• Depending on assignment, may also be responsible for the following: Meeting Facilitators: With guidance from senior team member, proficiently facilitates and documents IRB Committee Meetings according to institutional and IRB policies and procedures and federal regulations; QA/Education Team: Leads and/assists with QA/QI external activities, preparing reports after audits in collaboration with study teams; Manages SOP portfolio for the IRB office; Performs QA/QI internal activities; Assists with outreach program and IRB website management.
• Screens and processes new research proposals and amendments applications according to institutional and IRB policies and procedures and federal regulations.
• Screens and processes continuing review applications according to institutional and IRB policies and procedures and federal regulations.
• Offers guidance to study teams on the applicable regulations and policies, on how to prepare quality IRB submissions, including the preparation of protocol and informed consent documents, and how to navigate the eIRB system.
• Provides education to the Emory research community in the form of outreach presentations and/or webinars in topics such as reportable events, IRB submission and informed consent process.
• Attends continuing education offerings sponsored by or recommended by IRB leadership; disseminates new information to rest of IRB staff upon return.
• Facilitates staff meetings on a rotating basis and disseminates staff meeting minutes.
• Provides weekly aging report to group leader and/or Team Lead, with information on progress on outstanding items.
• May be assigned listserve monitoring, as described in listserve SOP.
• As needed, collaborates with senior staff to improve current SOPs or P&Ps.
• Contributes to training of new staff members as assigned.
• Collaborates with colleagues as needed to ensure that all applicable institutional approvals and external IRB reliance agreements are in place before finalizing Emory IRB approval.
• Ensures the integrity and security of IRB data, whether in paper or electronic format.
• Adheres to institutional and departmental confidentiality and security policies and procedures.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and 18 months of experience in health care, research or regulatory positions or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Experience utilizing basic analytic skills desirable (e.g., behavioral/social sciences, education, business, math, engineering or criminology) desirable.
• Previous IRB experience and CIP certification preferred.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  The schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of the department of work.

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This part-time position is slated for 20 hours per week and requires reporting to an office at Executive Park for the Anesthesiology Assistant Program and on main campus for the Physician Assistant program.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Primary duties are organizing, coordinating, and planning operational facets of a program and its related activities which include, but are not limited to the following: establishing long-term operational objectives, researching factors that may impact the success of the program, and working with individuals or groups to research and document program requirements in order to provide appropriate input into the development of strategic plans.
• Develops work plans to accomplish program goals and objectives and monitors progress toward their achievement.
• Conducts research and gathers information to develop various publications.
• Develops promotional materials which may include content for reports, briefings, newsletters, grants or other written information related to the program.
• Assists in developing and coordinating program-related conferences, conventions, or meetings.
• Monitors expenditures and may participate in the budget planning process and prepare financial reports.
• May assist in identifying funding resources and developing fund-raising strategies and initiatives.
• Prepares operational and statistical reports.
• Conducts training, represents the program at meetings and conferences, and networks with affiliated groups.
• May supervise assigned project staff, interns and/or volunteers.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

• Provides assistance to the Physician Assistant and Anesthesiology Assistant programs personnel in reviewing, drafting, and managing various contracts and agreements pertaining to clinical rotations.
• Drafts, negotiates and finalizes with minimal oversight preceptor agreements and MOUs with corporate and nonprofit entities.
• Provides contracting support with direction from Emory School of Medicine through the preparation of various agreements including affiliation agreements, contracts, leases, and amendments to existing agreements.
• Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day management of agreement files.
• Reviews, and finalizes all incoming and outgoing contracts.
• Interacts extensively and independently with faculty and staff, as well as representatives of academic and commercial organizations, to ensure compliance.
• Oversees contract-related duties of both programs and ensures the completeness and accuracy of records of all activities.
• Prepares periodic reports as requested and presents during weekly meetings.
• Maintains PTIP and other similar databases.
• Performs related responsibilities as required. This is not an administrative support position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to the program and two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Paralegal certification preferred.

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location.  Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

The Academic Programs Associate of the Medical Imaging Program (MIP) reports to the Director of the program. He/she is responsible for responding to inquiries from prospective students and applicants, evaluating and processing applications, enrolling students, arranging and coordinating program events, and performing other program-related duties to assist students and faculty. This role represents the Medical Imaging Program at meetings, conferences, and recruitment events. Assists in developing application and admissions reports for the MIP. Ensures required student records and documentation are maintained.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Lead and support program(s) including developing tools, resources and timelines as needed to ensure program success.
• Conduct assessments, gather and interpret data, produce reports and provide solutions to support the success of the program.
• Initiate and conduct assessments through collecting and analyzing data to identify program needs, gaps and make recommendations for improvements.
• Advise management on issues and matters of significance related to current program success and future initiatives.
• Establish schedules, oversee arrangements and provide logistics support for events, conferences, meetings, seminars and other venues as requested.
• Gather and coordinate dissemination of information regarding new or revised policies and procedures, respond to inquiries regarding departmental policies and procedures and make referrals when appropriate.
• May manage projects related to student progress, enrollment, registration and recruitment.
• May manage databases and budgets related to project(s) and event(s).
• May serve as liaison and facilitator among program faculty, students, and administrations to resolve registration, admissions and other program related concerns.
• May serve as a brand ambassador by representing the University at recruitment events, conferences, meetings, seminars and other events.
• May be required to present and speak at events.
• All other duties as assigned.

SPECIFIC DETAILS:

This position will serve as a resource on admissions requirements for the Bachelor of Medical Science degree program, serve as a liaison with applicants, and internal/external partners. This work will be accomplished independently and in collaboration with the MIP Director and faculty as well as SOM and university colleagues. Specifically, the Academic Programs Associate is responsible for the following areas:

• Advising applicants on matters relating to the application requirements, process and status.
• Evaluating applications for completeness and performing initial screening for transfer credits.
• Processing applications and transferring credits in OPUS.
• Ensuring criminal background checks are ordered for all incoming students.
• Ensuring all newly accepted applicants are matriculated in OPUS.
• Coordinating with EHC security services to ensure students have building and deparment badge access.
• Directing students to appropriate resources for admissions, registration and financial aid issues.
• Advising on and implementing changes to recruitment material to enhance the program’s ability to attract students.
• Preparing materials for recruitment events, interviews and new student orientation.
• Serving as a liaison between faculty, students and administrators.
• Arranging for classroom reservations each semester.
• Coordinating graduation and other program events throughout the year.
• Responding to reporting requests for student applicant and enrollment data from the SOM and university.
• Coordinating office/classroom maintenance requests.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to specified program areas and five years related program management experience, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience strongly preferred with Online Pathway to Students (OPUS), Compass, Canvas, Emory Express, LITS, R25, student application processes, transcript review, transfer credits and matriculation. Experience in student recruiting is a plus. 

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department of work.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Supports clinical research team (physicians, nurses, etc.) in research efforts by facilitating the protocol approval process and maintaining documentation of regulatory compliance throughout the trial's duration for research studies involving human subjects.
• Establishes and maintains processes and monitors practices to ensure regulatory documentation involving clinical trials complies with Institutional Review Board (IRB) policies and procedures and regulations.
• Manages identified issues and provides feedback to leadership regarding resolution.
• Disseminates information and participates in training.
• Provides direction and feedback to research team to ensure awareness of business practices and quality standards.
• Documents any exceptions to compliance standards.
• Manages new submissions and continuing review activities.
• Reviews initial submissions to determine review category and action to be taken.
• Completes submission applications, and other required documentation, prepares protocol specific forms for submission to various review committees, including internal scientific review boards, the IRB and sponsoring entities.
• Serves as lead contact for each assigned trial, maintains records and corresponds with all parties involved (institutional, federal, pharmaceutical).
• Completes protocol renewal applications, amendment applications and maintains record of all adverse event reports.
• Attends research team meetings to report on regulatory issues.
• Responsible for administrative duties corresponding to budgets and contracts. ]Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and two years of experience in a research environment, or an equivalent combination of experience, education and training.
• Knowledge of clinical research practices.
• Must complete all required training courses within one month of hiring date.

The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center is an international Center of Excellence in clinical and translational research in infectious diseases vaccines, treatment, and prevention. The mission of the Hope Clinic is to conduct human research studies and clinical trials for infectious diseases of public health importance. The clinical studies encompass vaccines, treatments, prevention, community-based research, and laboratory-based translational human immunology.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Functions as a skilled individual contributor or lead researcher on one or more research projects, serving as an expert in specialized area(s).
• Designs, develops and conducts large and/or complex research experiments.
• Reviews progress of research and evaluates results.
• Shares expertise in equipment operation and laboratory techniques.
• Refines/adapts methodologies to fit specific experiment requirements.
• Collaborates in the development of new techniques.
• Co-authors publications and may co-present findings with Principal Investigator at meetings/conferences.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree in a scientific field.
• Seven years of professional research experience.

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.