Project Manager, Academic Affairs

Job Description - Project Manager, Academic Affairs (977724)

Job Description

Project Manager, Academic Affairs - ( 977724 )

Description

Description WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals.

Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

Under minimal direction and within approved program strategy, provides project management expertise for one or more assigned initiatives, with primary day-to-day responsibility for the Caregiver Support portfolio, the Thrive and Flourish Wellness Leadership Development and Grant program, and the recurring faculty engagement survey-to-action cycle. Implements the project-management standards, priorities, and escalation pathways established for the office. Translates approved goals into detailed work plans, stakeholder coordination, training implementation, communications, data and document tracking, deliverables, and follow-up.

Serves as the operational lead for the current Parental Peer Partner Program, development, and maintenance of a departmental and divisional parental-leave toolkit, and the 24-month engagement cycle from survey preparation through results, debriefing, action planning, implementation monitoring, and re-survey readiness.

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

• Education
  Bachelor's Degree in business, healthcare administration, public health, organizational development, higher education, social or behavioral science, communications, or a related field.

• Experience
  4 years of progressively responsible project management, program management, healthcare administration, Faculty Affairs, workforce engagement, training implementation, or related operational experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and deliverables; or an equivalent combination of education and experience consistent with institutional policy.

• Licenses and Certifications
  Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Project Management Professional (PMP), change-management, Lean, or Process-Improvement certification completed or planned.

• Education
  Master's Degree in business, healthcare administration, public health, organizational development, higher education, or a related field.

• Experience
  Experience in academic medicine, Faculty Affairs, caregiver or family-support programming, peer-support programs, faculty or employee engagement surveys, departmental action planning, program evaluation, training implementation, change management, or process improvement.

• Licenses and Certifications
  Certified…