PROJECT DIRECTOR - SEMEL INSTITUTE

Company: University of California - Los Angeles Health
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: November 9, 2024

Job Description:

DescriptionThe Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full-time Administrative Officer 3 who will work as Project Director at one of its Programs Training Center. This individual will:

• Serve as a core trainer for internal and external training events.
• Supervise staff, oversee financial transactions including program budgets and expenditure control, develop strategies for implementation of a training program that meets internal training needs and is marketable to community agencies and substance use disorder professionals.
• Lead the development of high-quality training curricula of varying lengths and complexity to present to the community at large about substance use disorder treatment, and drug trends in California, nationally, and internationally, and the treatment implications of these changing trends.Pay Range: $76,200.00 - $158,800.00 annually.QualificationsRequired:
  • Master's degree in a health-related field.
  • Knowledge of and familiarity with the literature on substance use disorders.
  • Demonstrated ability to organize large-scale meetings with multiple speakers and large audiences.
  • Skill in negotiating contracts with hotels and other agencies to achieve optimal results.
  • Knowledge of promotional and advertising activities that attract audiences to continuing education conferences.
  • Ability to work with multiple tasks and conflicting priorities to achieve objectives on time with accurate results.
  • Demonstrated ability to write complex research papers, grant reports, and white papers that use correct syntax and grammar, and clearly represent research or grant findings.
  • Skill in supervising staff to determine and clearly express performance expectations.
  • Ability to evaluate staff performance on a regular/on-going basis. Skill in preparing annual performance appraisals that accurately reflect staff progress toward stated goals.
  • Skill in delegating tasks to subordinate staff, including appropriate instruction and subsequent follow-through to ensure that tasks are completed within the stated time frame and anticipated results.
  • Excellent communication skills to work with community agencies, speakers, conference/meeting participants, and health care professionals to achieve stated goals and objectives.
  • Excellent presentation skills sufficient to represent the University at professional meetings and workgroups.
  • Meeting organization skills to ensure that all details including registration, materials, technology, hotel or site interface result in a high level of satisfaction from participants and speakers.
  • Knowledge of University travel, reimbursement, and procurement requirements sufficient to carry out logistical requirements of the conferences.
  • Knowledge of Continuing Education requirements for professional organizations and/or licensing boards sufficient to ensure that all specifications including reporting criteria are met and satisfied.
  • Ability to prepare, monitor and report program budgets.
  • Knowledge of University Sales and Service and Foundation accounting sufficient to ensure that receipts and expenditures are deposited and reported accurately. Knowledge of project coding within the University system and skill in ensuring that expenditures are credited to the proper conference/event.
  • Skill in identifying donor opportunities to support conference and event functions.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to work with diverse individuals from a wide variety of socio-economic and educational levels.
  • Skill in working as part of a team and collaborating with colleagues.
  • Ability to prepare cogent and professional presentations. Skill in using PowerPoint for slide presentations.
  • Meeting management skills to conduct focused and objective-driven meetings.
  • Knowledge of web development sufficient to instruct webmaster to produce clear and user-friendly web announcements and registration materials for the conferences and events.
  • Ability to effectively teach courses in substance use disorders research practices including, but not limited to Good Clinical Practice/Research Ethics.
  • Skill in reading technical and scientific documents including analysis of variance, simple correlations, and various statistical tests.
  • Skill in analyzing information, problems, situations, and practices to formulate logical and objective conclusions.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing with subordinates and supervisors.
  • Technology skills sufficient to use Word, Excel, Outlook, Email programs and PowerPoint to work on a day-to-day basis with these tools and to produce documents and reports, and to effectively communicate with staff and managers.
    
    Below, you will find a complete breakdown of everything required of potential candidates, as well as how to apply Good luck.
    Preferred:
    • Knowledge of online registration programs (CashNET) sufficient to supervise staff and to oversee the production of reports and troubleshoot problems with online payments.
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