Administrative Director

About the role

The Supporting Healthy Aging Resources and Education (SHARE) Network is a robust, engaged network of older adults, caregivers, primary care providers, and geriatric specialists who share resources and education to fill existing gaps and improve long-term health outcomes for older adults on Chicago's South Side and beyond. The partner organizations that make up the SHARE Network span a continuum of organizations that impact older adult health: hospitals, primary and long-term care, and community based organizations. The mission is to support and develop age-friendly health systems and communities.

The Administrative Director will be responsible for senior level management of all existing SHARE Network programs, developing and maintaining relationships with partner organizations and community sites, and developing and implementing new programs. They will provide strategic leadership and serve as a liaison to academic departments, healthcare and community-based partner organizations, and administrative units of the University. They will have overall responsibility for the management, staffing, budgeting, and development of SHARE Network programming.

Responsibilities

• Develops and oversees the implementation of all SHARE Network programs.
• Supervises the SHARE Network staff team and coordinates team operations.
• Works closely with principal investigator and project faculty on project educational efforts and curriculum development and implementation.
• Maintains existing relationships with community-based organization and healthcare partners serving older adults and continually explores and develops new partner and project opportunities.
• Oversees website and resource guide maintenance.
• Helps support programs that engage the community around healthy aging and create important opportunities for collaboration.
• Coordinates with government funders on grant renewals, non-competing continuations, annual performance reporting, and supplemental funding opportunities.
• Disseminates research through writing publications, presenting at conferences, and regularly updating the community.
• Develops and communicates program priorities and performance standards and assesses operations using these criteria.
• Plans and conducts quality assurance reviews and recommends changes as appropriate.
• Has a deep understanding when interacting with faculty, researchers and staff for committee work or information.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Requirements

• Education: College or university degree in a related field.
• Experience: 5–7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced degree.
• Prior project management or director experience.

Technical skills

• Experience with software applications (e.g., Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, PowerPoint, and Excel).
• Proficiency with word processing applications, preparing presentations, and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of secured shared drives (e.g., Box) and methods of secure file and patient data sharing across sites.
• Experience with maintaining and updating websites.
• Knowledge of Chicago's South Side communities.

Preferred competencies

• Strong executive functioning skills, directing a complex and many-faceted project with diverse partners.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated.
• Ability to work independently.
• Attention to detail.
• Organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to train and supervise others, including students, volunteers and other support staff.
• Ability to exercise discretion regarding confidential project matters and maintain patient confidentiality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to form and maintain positive working relationships with diverse researchers, staff, community stakeholders, contractors, and patients.

Working conditions

Willingness to travel to community partners, national meetings and conferences.

Pay

Salary range: $75,000.00 – $100,000.00 annually. FLSA exempt.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week.

Benefits

Benefits eligible. The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Details available in the Benefits Guidebook.