Senior Project Support Specialist
Emory University
Senior Project Support Specialist
Emory University
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Decatur • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Lead data-driven projects that support cancer outreach and research across Georgia.
- Analyze population-based data, conduct community assessments, and map program needs.
- Develop innovative analytical methods, perform analyses, and make recommendations to improve project effectiveness and efficiency.
- Lead and provide project management support, including financial administration and software system upgrades.
- Track and verify procedures; coordinate distribution, tracking, and feedback of metrics; develop and manage project timelines.
- Develop and maintain databases and reports; perform forecasts and budget tracking; forecast future budget needs.
- Plan and coordinate special events and maintain the departmental website.
- Conduct comprehensive assessment of cancer and other health priorities for the state of Georgia using national, statewide, and county-level data and stakeholder input.
- Oversee and coordinate special projects related to community and state cancer priorities; represent program regionally, statewide, or nationally as needed.
- Collect, analyze, summarize, and maintain program and evaluation data for presentations, reports, External Advisory Board meetings, and grant support (P30 Cancer Center Support Grant).
- Design, implement, and report data collection and program evaluations; review literature and adapt evidence-based interventions.
- Coordinate publicity with Marketing and Communications; facilitate projects related to Winship-led research studies; help prepare reports, grants, and manuscripts.
- Supervise students or trainees working on data-related projects for COE.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree and four years of project management, financial and/or administrative management experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Advanced Excel and Access skills strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of or skillset for working with large publicly available datasets for assessment of Georgia cancer health priorities and needs.
- Graduate degree preferred.
- Exceptional organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Effective writing, analytical, presentation, and collaboration skills.
- Able to work and collaborate easily with community-based populations and partners.
- Some travel as needed.
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Hard skills
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Soft skills
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