Senior Program Manager

Senior Program Manager

The Gender, Adolescent Transitions, and the Environment (GATE) program in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health is an innovative research and practice program dedicated towards improving the lives of adolescents and women around the world. Our topical focus of work spans from low-resource settings and communities to humanitarian contexts, both domestically and globally. The GATE program generates both evidence and practical resources, with efforts conducted in partnership with researchers, practitioners, and policy makers around the world.

GATE is seeking a Senior Program Manager with strong public health skills and experience, to join our small but high-impact team. The Senior Program Manager will bring a qualitative research background, significant experience with managing and mentoring staff and students, and interest in our areas of work, including global and domestic research on puberty, menstrual health, gender and sanitation. The Senior Program Manager will provide research and technical design and support for multiple program activities including research operations, the management of projects globally and in the USA, research capacity strengthening, partnership building and fundraising. The position will also have administrative responsibilities for the program.

The role is ideal for a qualitative researcher who wants to work collaboratively with the GATE team staff, external partners, and students. The successful candidate will lead the design and conduct of research studies, conduct analyses, develop, and co-author highly visible publications, and related practical guidance and tools that will contribute to advancing the field. They will also support GATE administrative and program-related activities. The position is based in New York City (with hybrid options possible) and will involve some domestic and international travel.

This position is contingent upon availability of grant funding.

Subject to business needs, we may consider hybrid work arrangements. Options will be discussed during the interview process.

Responsibilities

Research Planning, Management, and Writing (55%)

Contribute to the implementation of key aspects of existing or new research projects, including primarily qualitative or mixed-methods research operations for a range of complex projects across global and US sites, and responsibility for study components, including data collection and analysis and drafting of findings in manuscripts and conference abstracts

Co-lead research design and development of study tools, IRB protocols, and consent forms.

Lead research team trainings as needed, including training related to research ethics, data collection methodologies, and qualitative or mixed-methods analysis

Manage graduate students participation in research activities, including data collection, data analysis, and IRB procedures.

Lead and contribute to the development of scientific manuscripts for publication and manage the submission process

Present or contribute to research findings at national or global conferences

Advance research translation efforts, including the development of policy briefs, creation of social media, webinars, knowledge management products (infographics, toolkits), op-eds and other advocacy outputs

Management (20%)

Provide management support for the GATE program, including liaising with institutional and global partners

Contribute to administrative activities such as budget development and narrative reporting to funders

Coordinate meetings with partner organizations and larger stakeholder groups

Mentor junior staff and students, while overseeing quality control of GATE program deliverables

Fundraising and Development (15%)

Partner with the Director and team on fundraising efforts, including developing grant proposals and concept notes (solicited or unsolicited) and managing submission processes

Identify new funding opportunities and conceptualization of new projects

Student Mentoring and Support (5%)

Oversee and facilitate recruitment, onboarding and management of students, staff and relevant consultants

Develop and support student-oriented programming and activities

Perform other related duties as assigned (5%)

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus 4 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Master's or doctoral degree in public health

6-8+ years of relevant experience in development and/or international research and project planning

Ability to travel 30% of the time

Experience with designing and conducting qualitative or mixed-methods research

Strong academic manuscript writing skills essential

Experience conducting public health research in low-resource global contexts

Experience conducting qualitative research with girls and women on reproductive health topics

Excellent organizational, written and oral communication skills, including editorial skills

Proven project management skills, both direct and as supervisor

Detail oriented, with previous management experience

Experience in grant writing and management

Ability to support the development and/or monitoring of a program's budget

Strong interest in working on projects which support adolescent girls and women's health, sanitation and menstrual health in global contexts

Enthusiasm to collaborate with a dynamic network of global partners

Superb interpersonal skills, flexibility, and a willingness to multi-task on numerous tasks

Strong ability to work independently and as a key member of a team

Must have previous supervisory experience

Willingness to travel to low-resource global contexts for extended periods of time for data collection activities

Prior experience living and/or working in low-resource global contexts

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