Associate Director, CCTS Evaluation & Tracking

Search Extended until September 9, 2026

Search Extended until September 9, 2026

Hiring Department:
Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Location:

Chicago, IL USA

Requisition

Posting Close Date:
September 9, 2026

Salary:
The previously determined salary range for this position was $85,000 to $110,000.

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools and among all national universities.

UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits . This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

The CCTS Associate Director of Evaluation and Tracking plans, develops and implements the unit's core mission strategies including overseeing the development of processes for capturing output and outcome data used to evaluate performance effectiveness and track progress and impact among the various programs of the CCTS. Develops objectives and design research and data collection procedures for the Evaluation and Tracking Program.

Provide expertise in science policy and studies of collaboration and interdisciplinarity. This position works with senior leadership and core directors to collect evaluation data, produce regular and periodic reports to meet aims and communicate accurate reporting of evaluation findings. Serves as team lead for the CTSA Consortium Impact committee and working groups; and represents the CTSA at national meetings and within the national CTSA consortium.

• Plan, develop and implement the unit's core mission strategies. Duties include the development of objectives and design of research and data collection procedures for the Evaluation and Tracking Core in the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences to capture output and outcome data used to evaluate performance effectiveness and track progress among the various cores and programs within the CCTS.
• Conceptualize, initiate and execute research goals for the project, including the development and evaluation of designs for each of the center's core components and programs. Monitor the process to ensure appropriate methods for maintaining the systems are established and followed and the required operating and information systems and resources are in place to accurately evaluate the Center outcomes.
• Provide expertise in integration and analysis of longitudinal survey, grant, contract, patent and publication data and qualitative interview-based data as well as quantitative program evaluation methods; science and technology outputs, outcomes and impacts; social network analysis as well as traditional statistical methods; science policy studies of collaboration and interdisciplinarity.
• Work with CCTS senior leadership and core directors to collect and analyze evaluation data.
• Produce regular and periodic reports for the CCTS team and for the University as a whole to meet project aims and effectively communicate the accurate reporting of evaluation findings.
• Collaborate with the CTSA Consortium and Enterprise Committees to develop, demonstrate and disseminate metrics…