Senior Manager, Continuing Education and Outreach

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

We are looking for a Full-Time Senior Manager of Continuing Education and Outreach to join the UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, TX. In this position, you will be responsible for the design, planning, execution, management, and evaluation of innovative outreach and continuing education activities in occupational health and safety in Texas and across Public Health Region VI (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico). You will interact with UTHealth faculty, staff, and other stakeholder groups to identify needs and opportunities for timely and impactful education and outreach efforts. This position is located in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) in the UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston. You will direct the continuing education and outreach activities that are part of the NIOSH Education and Research Center in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in collaboration with the SWCOEH faculty and key interest groups. 

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:  

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) 
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 

• Free financial and legal counseling 
• Free mental health counseling services 
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
• Resources for child and elder care 
• Plus many more! 

Position Summary:

Leads teams within and/or across continuing education and outreach projects and programs. Assumes responsibility for key implementation deliverables. Plans, coordinates, and delivers training and outreach activities to target audiences within or across projects/programs; demonstrates the ability to translate research into practical guidance for professionals and practitioners.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates, oversees, and maintains initiatives and/or project activities between internal stakeholders and external consultants or stakeholders/customers. For example, may develop curriculum resources for use in professional continuing education or worker outreach.
• Translates current research into lessons/materials/presentations for practitioners.
• Supervises and monitors implementation of project activities and fidelity monitoring.
• Creates training opportunities and determines training needs with little feedback from leadership; networks with lead developer and manages content contributors. For example, may design instructional materials for key target audiences such as practitioners/specialists.
• Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor the progress of projects, and provide supervision and guidance to key staff members.
• May manage, through input to departmental leadership or directly, Human Resources activities for direct administrative reports in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Travels to local, state, and national training sites to monitor and evaluate implementation of project activities/materials.
• Prepares/makes oral presentations at local, state, or national professional meetings. May also participate in committees as deemed appropriate for the department.
• Responsible for the development and oversight of budgets.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

 

 

Certification/Skills:

• Knowledge of current reading research applications, experience with presenting best practices in reading, experience in classroom, experience supervising and/or coaching.
• Knowledge of current adult learning and behavior-based research and experience in training preferred.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in education or related field preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Ten (10) years of experience in one of the following areas is required: curriculum writing, and/or managing school/child care programs, and/or designing and conducting professional development programs for teachers. May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.