Program Coordinator

Department: MED-Inst for Global Health
Salary/Grade: EXS/5

Job Summary:

The Havey Institute for Global Health is hiring a Education Program Coordinator to manage it's large international exchange programs as well as a variety of internationally focused programs, including its Master of Science in Global Health and Center for Global Health Education Programs. Experience with student facing programs and international exchange programs desired.

Provides management for an education, research &/or operations program/project, recommending goals, assessing feasibility and ongoing performance & providing day-to-day oversight of administrative & operational functions.

• Administration
• Budget & Financial
• Communications
• Evaluation
• Events
• Faculty Support
• Grants/Contracts
• Outreach
• Program Development
• Strategic Planning
• Student Support

Specific Responsibilities:

Administration

• Manages day to day operations.
• Ensures that program/project mission, values, guidelines, policies & procedures are implemented & maintained.
• Manages design and development of program databases; compiles & analyzes data; prepares reports.
• Reviews processes and recommends changes to incorporate state-of-the-art technology as appropriate into administrative, recruitment, marketing, and educational components.
• Identifies service improvement opportunities that will better enable program/project to achieve its goals and objectives.

Budgets & Financial

• Participates in budget preparation.
• Maintains budget & associated analysis & reports.
• Enters individual &/or summary of transactions into journals &/or general ledger or other NU enterprise system.
• Reviews; ensures approval based on alternatives regarding practice & policy; analyzes and classifies transactions in accordance with established chart or coding of accounts; creates new accounts; prepares, processes, reconciles & provides receipts (as appropriate) for transactions.
• Processes transfer &/or appropriation charges & may balance &/or close accounts.
• Troubleshoots problems; performs vendor/account research as needed; obtains additional information or provides instruction & guidance by phone, US- or e- mail from customers/vendors; corrects or escalates.

Communication, Outreach & Recruitment

• Develops coordinated, consistent marketing and brand messages.
• Incorporates social media and networking into program/project aspects as appropriate.

Events

• Coordinates programming, educational, student, alumni, workshops, meetings, etc. including speakers, agendas, etc.
• Develops plans and arranges meetings, workshops, events, etc. designed to exchange information, promote research objectives, and to build internal and external relationships within NU.
• Ensures that event details including communication, venues, presenters, travel arrangements, materials, refreshments and technology are arranged and completed in an appropriate and timely manner.

Grants & Contracts

• Prepares proposals; provides administrative guidance for grant preparations including budgets and justifications.
• Identifies grant funding.

Program Development

• Reviews programs/projects to increase efficiencies to support growth.
• Manages speaker selection, communication, and topic development.
• Leads program/project updates and improvements.

Strategic Planning

• Administers & maintains existing strategic plans

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• appropriate combination of education and experience.
• 1 year program/project administration or other relevant experience

Target hiring range for this position will be between be Salary range is as be $51,346 To $64,581 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Benefits:
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