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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Assistant Director - Programs in Austin, Texas
Program Leadership: Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight for the Centers programs across public health topics and populations. Responsible for overseeing all parts of program implementation and evaluation, as well as regular updates to CHC leadership. Ensure contractual obligations are fulfilled with minimal oversight from Director. Serve as central point of contact for funders across all projects. Program development: Alongside director and administrative team, build project scopes of work and budgets in response to funder request. Assist in pursuing new partnerships and funding opportunities.Cross-functional team collaboration: Serve as team leader directing cross-functional teams toward shared goals and deliverables. Ensure functional collaboration between researchers, faculty affiliates, designers, writers, and other internal stakeholders. Lead the translation of research and data efforts into programmatic and design applications.External partnership: Serve as primary point of contact to all external funders related to deliverables, staffing, budgets, and contracts. Provide excellent client service to partners and funders. Maintain functional and effective communication with all external stakeholders. Health communication expert: Serve as health communication expert for the Center, including a working knowledge of current literature, theories, and models that inform our health communication campaigns. Practice evidence-based health communication and model data-informed practices in program leadership.Supervision + staff development: Supervise and direct workload for 3 to 5 program managers and their direct reports, as well as one creative director and their direct reports. Responsible for new programmatic staff orientation. Alongside the Director, direct staff development such as team skill building, promoting collaboration across projects and teams, and helping institutionalize standardization of processes and products.Support CHCs mission to lead the creation of evidence-based health communication scholarship, education, and practice. Related duties as assigned.
