Director of Graduate Program in Health Administration

The Director serves as the primary contact with approximately 90 students regarding recruitment and participation in the program, and is engaged in student orientation, tracking completion of GPHAP requirements, placements in internships, and coordination and management of connections to over 1000 GPHAP Alumni.

Responsibilities

• Works with Academic Director to develop program strategy.
• Works with Academic Director to plan events and programmatic initiatives.
• Responsible for implementing events and programmatic initiatives, including reaching out to key UChicago Medicine and community partners to develop summer internships, research assistantships, and independent student projects.
• Leads and organizes the admissions to GPHAP process including recruitment through participating schools, admission, review, and acceptance.
• Plans an orientation session each year for incoming GPHAP students.
• Plans the academic event calendar ideally in the summer for the following academic year in consultation with the Academic Director.
• Coordinates and manages connections to over 1000 GPHAP Alumni and facilitates meetings for students with Alumni as part of GPHAP’s mentorship program.
• Communicates with alumni to receive program feedback and to develop alumni programming.
• Plans and conducts fall quarter follow up meetings with second year students to make sure students are on track with program requirements; holds end of winter quarter meetings with second year students to confirm courses and make sure they are on track to receive GPHAP Certificate.
• Connects current students to GPHAP alumni and creates networking opportunities and mentoring opportunities for alumni with students including at least one major Alumni/Student networking gathering.
• Stays up-to-date on challenging issues in health care to ensure that programming for GPHAP students is relevant and will help them make a positive impact when they graduate.
• Conducts informational sessions at the participating schools to inform incoming students about GPHAP.
• Places students in internships including Research Assistantships; Erikson Fellowships; and, in collaboration with the Academic Director, Quern and Brown Fellowships.
• Authorizes payments of stipends to GPHAP students.
• Works with staff at the Crown School to implement and support the program including the Dean of Students office, IT, HR, Development, Finance and Budgeting, and Meeting Support.
• Learns expense software and runs monthly expenses for report out to Academic Director.
• Develops Budget proposal for each fiscal year in consultation with the Academic Director.
• Participates in staff meetings at the Crown School.
• In collaboration with the Academic Director, identifies students for Erikson, Quern, and Brown Fellowships and distinguished awards at year-end.
• Advises students as needed; writes letters of recommendation for students and alumni as appropriate.
• Works with the Academic Director to convene the GPHAP Advisory Board, as needed.
• Maintains essential historical records for the program, and updates processes and procedures as needed.
• Manages a student worker who performs operational and administrative tasks.
• Confers the GPHAP Certificate after careful audits that all requirements have been completed, transmits names to the University Registrar, and works with the Academic Director to hold a special GPHAP Certificate Ceremony at the end of each academic year.
• Uses in-depth knowledge and experience to administer the delivery of services to program participants and/or beneficiaries such as communicating with programs sponsors and academic advising for undergraduate students.
• 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.
• Manages program budgets and recommends or makes budgetary recommendations.
• Has a deep understanding when interacting with faculty, researchers and staff for committee work or information.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree in a health-related field.
• Experience: Five years of experience in the health care industry; some exposure to both US and global health policy issues.
• Experience working for university-level academic programs.
• Technical Skills or Knowledge: Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).

Preferred Competencies

• Openness to learning new skills such as budgeting software and uses of AI as appropriate.
• Long-term and short-term strategic planning and programmatic development thinking.
• Ability to work well with a wide range of constituencies--faculty, students, staff, alums, community partners and employers.
• Experience working with graduate students.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Multi-task, plan and prioritize to simultaneously meet multiple program and organizational goals.
• Meet deadlines; maintain confidentiality, and problem solve.
• Focus on continuous process improvement and operational efficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.

Working Conditions

Hybrid work schedule, on-site at the Hyde Park campus in Chicago. Stamina necessary to visit 5 participating programs, and to visit outside placement sites in the Chicago area.