ACADEMIC ADVISING PROGRAM MANAGER – DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

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The Department of Global Health was established in 2007, bridging the schools of Medicine and Public Health, with a mandate to harness the expertise and interdisciplinary power of all UW schools and colleges. Our mission is to improve health for all through research, education, training, and service; to understand and address the causes of disease and health inequities at multiple levels; and to collaborate with partners to develop and sustain locally-led, quality health systems, programs and policies. Driven by tremendous interest among both students and faculty, the Department has grown explosively to more than 400 graduate students and hundreds more undergraduates. We have more than 380 faculty and 1,000 staff working on projects across 130 countries with our deepest ties in United States, Kenya, Uganda, Peru, Mozambique, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua.

Department Statement

The Department of Global Health recognizes that disparities in health around the globe stem from inequity. The Department encourages and supports the multiple identities of staff, faculty and students including, but not limited to, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, culture, spiritual practice, geography, mental and physical disability and age. The Department strives to become a local, national, and international leader in developing and maintaining increased representation and recognition of each of these dimensions of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.

Position Statement
The Department of Global Health has an outstanding opportunity for an Academic Advisor to oversee program operations for two of its three doctoral programs: a PhD in Global Health Metrics & Implementation Science (research doctorate), and the Doctor of Global Health Leadership and Practice (DrGH) (practice doctorate). This is a 1.0 FTE position within the Department of Global Health’s Academic Programs. This position will have the flexibility to work offsite with time spent on campus in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health also required.
The position reports to the Assistant Director for Student Services and works closely with the program’s faculty directors and other student services staff within the Department, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and other units on campus.

The PhD in Global Health Metrics and Implementation Science  is a unique, interdisciplinary program jointly administrated by the Department of Global Health (Implementation Science focus) and the School of Medicine’s Department of Health Metrics Sciences (Metrics focus). Advising staff from both departments collaborate to manage the program.

The Doctor of Global Health Leadership and Practice (DrGH)  is a new program (the second cohort will be entering in Autumn 2022), and unique as a practice-focused doctoral program. The Program Manager will be instrumental in working with the program director and program faculty and students to continue to build-out the program.

RESPONSIBILITIES
The Academic Advisor is responsible for overall program operations, managing recruitment and admissions, student advising, and program operations for both programs. Both programs enroll a number of international students, and many students (both domestic and international) conduct the majority of their studies off site, many outside the USA. The following lists position responsibilities, which include, but are not limited to:

Program Operations (50%)