PROGRAM OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (50% FTE)

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The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department with over 300 full-time faculty members, over 400 courtesy/affiliate faculty members, 132 trainees and over 300 staff with an annual budget of over $110m. Department faculty provide clinical services in the University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center-Montlake and Northwest and Harborview Medical Center.  Faculty members also serve at Seattle Children's Hospital, the Veteran’s Administration Puget Sound Healthcare System, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; which comprise 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites; in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest and is the largest program in the United States. We offer 26 graduate medical education programs, including the Psychiatry Residency and Clinical Psychology Intern/Resident programs, 24 subspecialty clinical fellowships (ACGME & Non-ACGME), and required and elective medical student clerkships for 276 students.  In addition, our education program runs 6 workforce training programs for mental health practitioners across Washington State and the Pacific Northwest Region.

The Department’s robust research portfolio reached $55 million in grant and contract awards in fiscal year 2023 for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is recruiting for a part time 50% Program Operations Specialist (NE S 8).

POSITION PURPOSE
The Center for Medication Development for Substance Use Disorders and Overdose, directed by Dr. Marco Pravetoni, at the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is focused on development of vaccines, antibody-based therapeutics, and small molecule pharmacotherapies to counteract opioid use disorders, drug overdoses, and the translation of these promising novel therapies into the clinical space. The Center manages a unique multidisciplinary research program integrating vaccine design, antibody engineering, formulation/delivery platforms and pre-clinical models among a wide variety of other studies to support regulatory approval and clinical evaluation, and ad hoc industry collaborations. We are seeking a Program Operations Specialist who will be responsible for overseeing administrative efforts and coordination of research operations to support multiple pre-clinical and clinical research programs, as well as the overall daily operations of the Center.  The ideal candidate will support the Center Director and Principal Investigator (Marco Pravetoni) in managing the NIH- and industry-funded research portfolio by managing program operations, managing competing timelines, directing staff, and generally serving as the PIs delegate in operational and logistics matters.

Position Complexities:
The position is complex as the Center for Medication Development for Substance Use Disorders and Overdose includes a large portfolio of NIH grants, industry contracts, and other types of research collaborations. The position will require understanding upstream management (i.e., interaction with the Center Director and other faculty collaborators), and downstream management (i.e., interaction with staff scientists, post-docs, and trainees). The individual will work under the general direction of the Center Director to ensure that the research operations of the Pravetoni Laboratory and Center as a whole are fully executed, and competing deadlines are met.  This individual is expected to serve as the PI’s delegate with minimal or no instruction. For instance, the individual will be expected to interface on the PIs behalf with colleagues in the Center, the Department of Psychiatry, or the larger School of Medicine/University.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Direct Program Operations Activities