Associate Director, Research and Public Health

Working Title: Associate Director, Research and Public Health

State Role

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Position Type: Administrative & Professional (Non-teaching Faculty)

Position Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Exempt:
Not Eligible for Overtime

College/Division: College of Health and Behavioral Studies

Department: 100498 - Institute for Innovat in HHS

Pay Band: N/A

Pay Rate: Commensurate with Experience

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Is this a JMU only position? No

Is this a grant-funded position? Yes. This is a grant-funded position and is contingent upon continued funding.

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No

Beginning Review Date:10/26/2026

Mission:
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision:
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are:

Situated in the heart of Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is a vibrant community with a population of approximately 52,000. Harrisonburg is conveniently located approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA.

JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and supportive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 21,000 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

The Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services (IIHHS) is accepting applications for a full-time Associate Director of Research and Public Health. The Associate Director serves on the IIHHS Leadership Team, and takes a lead role in IIHHS strategic initiatives related to research and evaluation. This position also supervises and contributes to public health evaluation efforts done in partnership with the State, and is responsible for collaborating on grants to continue the public health research activities conducted out of IIHHS.

This position also assists in grant applications to continue and grow our work across the Institute, and particularly in the areas of Research and Public Health. This role includes mentoring faculty and students as collaborators on research projects, and supports in-house evaluation efforts to build program capacity for evaluation. The Associate Director is a thought partner for and leads efforts to document social impact of IIHHS.

The Associate Director supports the annual reporting efforts of IIHHS, including helping to strengthen and disseminate the annual report survey, preparing the data for the Director to include in the written annual report, and supporting data visualization efforts.

IIHHS is seeking a creative, self-starting team member, who is effective working alone and as part of a team. The Associate Director supervises and works collaboratively with the PT Operations Coordinator, and also works collaboratively with colleagues across the Institute. The Associate Director ensures that all fiscal and personnel functions of the department operate at optimum efficiency, that grant funding supports program operations, and that deliverables stay on schedule and within budget.

The Associate Director reports to the Director of IIHHS and provides fiscal and administrative support for areas and positions within the department. This is not a remote/telework position.

Daily, weekly, and/or monthly duties include:

• Contribute leadership to IIHHS through active participation on the IIHHS Leadership Team, select IIHHS sub-committees, and the IIHHS Innovation Collaborative.
• Serve as Director of existing Statewide public health evaluation projects (Cardiovascular and Kidney disease), supervising research teams, conducting research, and ensuring that all aspects of contracts are faithfully executed and managed according to the grant and JMU policies and procedures.
• Provide leadership for IIHHS Initiatives that advance strategic goals related to research and evaluation, e.g., IIHHS Evaluation Initiative, annual reporting data collection, analysis, and reporting process,…