General Summary/Purpose

The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health (CGH) services the entire University and aims to bring together the many disciplines represented at Hopkins to tackle the world’s most pressing global health challenges. The CGH has more than a decade of experience bringing together experts at JHU. The CGH works with both faculty and students to provide and support opportunities for research and applied learning experiences in international low resource settings. Learn more about our work and student programs at www.hopkinsglobalhealth.org.

Manage the day-to-day operations of several key travel grant and training programs at the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health (CGH). Responsible for program operation, monitoring, evaluation, and communications affiliated with each program. Research is integral to this position as the Center works to further develop the evidence base around its programming and approaches. Opportunities to conduct research activities related to the field of global health education and training may be available.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage several grant programs for students and trainees across the Johns Hopkins University, including soliciting applications, managing application processes, scheduling meetings, tracking student activities and requirements.
• Identify funding opportunities for the Center and collaboratively author grant proposals in response to calls for applications. Support grant writing for CGH leadership on grants related to Center activities. This could include collating materials, drafting letters of support, conducting literature reviews on key topics, developing tables/charts/graphs/images, etc.
• Collaborate on CGH research projects. Design studies, develop standard operating procedures, research protocols and IRB applications, develop study budgets, collect data, conduct literature searches, conduct data analyses, summarize, and write-up findings.
• Maintain and develop program monitoring, evaluation, and audit frameworks and tools. Collect evaluation data, conduct analyses, and write-up findings for education and scientific communities.
• Develop new tools for students, faculty, and international collaborators to facilitate immersive learning experiences. Topics of interest include but are not limited to mentorship, partnership, collaboration, preparation, and post-travel debrief. 
• Oversee activities of support study staff and train new staff as needed.
• Manage event planning for the Center’s annual Global Health Day and other smaller-scale events as they emerge. Develop and implement new events in-line with the communications strategy.
• Coordinate meetings for the Center’s leadership and organize convening opportunities for multi-divisional funding calls.
• Travel internationally occasionally to conduct site visits. Maintain notes and develop reports on site visits and meetings with collaborators.
• Perform miscellaneous related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
• Three (3) years related work experience.

Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by * JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for the required education on the same basis.  For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job. *

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in public health or related field.
• Prior experience in low-resource settings, particularly overseas.
• Familiarity with databases.
• Qualitative research experience.
• Interest in working with students/trainees.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Basic skills and proficiency in Microsoft office suite.

• Able to function well independently.
• Must be resourceful.
• Must be innovative.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with varied audience.
• Must be highly organized.
• Must be detail-oriented.

Classified Title: Sr. Research Program Coordinator 
Working Title: Sr. Research Program Coordinator  ​​​​​
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MB 
Starting Salary Range: $38,920 - $53,520 /Commensurate with Experience
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m / 
Exempt Status: Exempt  
Location: 05-MD:School of Public Health 
Department name: 10001140-Global Disease Epidemiology and Control 
Personnel area: School of Public Health

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