Associate Director IVPP, Dept of Surgery

Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid annual leave

Tuition benefits

Retirement plans

Job summary

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is seeking an Assoc Director HS 1-3 to lead the Injury and Violence Prevention Program (IVPP) within the School of Medicine's Trauma Center in Richmond, VA. The role supervises IVPP teams, aligns activities with strategic goals, and collaborates with hospital partners and funders.

The ideal candidate has a master's degree in a health-related field, strong leadership and grant-writing experience, and a track record of building programs that reduce injuries

Qualifications

• Master's degree in health-related field with public health focus preferred.
• At least 3 years leading hospital-community injury prevention programs.
• Strong leadership, communication, and grant-writing abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee IVPP administration and development; manage budgets.
• Lead IVPP teams; set long-term goals and report progress.
• Coordinate with IVPP director and Trauma Center program director.
• Develop policies and allocate resources and staff.
• Prepare grant proposals and fundraising documents.
• Represent IVPP to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with hospitals and funders on technical assistance.

Skills

Leadership

Public health

Communication

Grants management

Staff development

Supervisory experience

Education

Master's degree in health-related field with public health focus

Tools

Microsoft Office

Scientific software

Job description

Advertising Summary

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located inthe heart of Richmond. Accounting for almost half of VCU’ssponsored research, the School of Medicine is internationallyrecognised for patient care and education. Virginia CommonwealthUniversity is an equal opportunity employer.

Unit

School Of Medicine MBU

Department

Surgery

Duties & Responsibilities

The VCU Trauma Center's s Injury and Violence Prevention Program(IVPP) Associate Director (AD) works directly under IVPP Directorin managing daily operations and staff within IVPP and contributesto strategic planning and policy development. The AD works closelywith the IVPP director and the VCU trauma center program directorto achieve the mission and goals of IVPP to reduce and preventinjuries through ongoing educational research and communityoutreach at the local, state, national and internationallevel.

Key responsibilities include IVPP administration and developmentleading IVPP teams and operational management through budgetoversight planning the use of resources and personnel developingpolicies and setting long term goals and reporting on IVPPprogress. This position will oversee all content areas to includecommunity violence, sexual and intimate partner violence, substanceuse, risky decision making, older adult falls prevention, andadditional areas of injury prevention as evidenced by hospital andcommunity data.

This position will provide direct supervision of the IVPPmanagement teams and indirect supervision of other case managementadvocacy and programmatic staff. Furthermore, it will assist withcoordination, design and implementation of all IVPP activities incollaboration with the research arm of IVPP. This position requiresstrong leadership strategic thinking and communicationskills.

Typical Duties

• Directly supervise the IVPP management team to include the IVPPPrograms Coordinator, program managers to include Bridging the Gap(community violence programs), Project Empower (intimate partnerviolence programs), GR-ACY (alcohol and substance use courtdiversion program), IMPACT (High School-youth injury preventionprogram), Falls Prevention program, Technical and TrainingAssistance, and other content managers as developed.

• Provide oversight of all IVPP team members through indirectsupervision of approximately 25 + service staff
• Leads and assists with development and implementation of longand short-term goals for INPP programs and assure compliance andaccountability for managers and their teams, critically assessingperformance and identifying areas of improvement.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations, implementingstrategies, and ensuring the teams achieves their goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop staff, including senior-level staff,and foster a culture of high performance and continuousimprovement.
• Managing overall IVPP budgets, and each program budget withinIVPP. Actively work on sustainability plan for programs andstaff.
• Research and identify new government, corporate, foundation andprivate funding prospects. Responsible for data, grants managementand other reporting including government, corporate foundationsand other funders.
• Generates proposals and supporting documents in response tosolicitations.
• Assure timely submission of well researched, well written andwell documented grant/fundraising proposals.
• Works with research and evaluation team to monitor and assessperformance of IVPP programs in relation to stated programobjectives.
• Serves as the main point of contact for IVPP for internal andexternal stakeholders.
• Serve as point of contact to participating hospitals and funderfor technical assistance related to IVPP. Collaborates withexisting local, state and national organizations in the injuryprevention field.
• Identify community organizations that serve victims of allinjury and violence and collaborate with these organizationsthrough interagency agreements joint service planning andparticipation in organizations meetings.
• Attend injury prevention conferences/ meetings and the local,state, national and international levels. Participate in trainingand professional education related to injury prevention.
• Responsible for IVPP annual report.
• Responsible for injury prevention activity report for VCUTrauma Center state designation and American College of Surgery(ACS) verification site visit.
• Responsible for IVPP representation and reporting at VCU TraumaCenter's Patient Care Committee Work closely with VCU Trauma Centerprogram director for progress and alignment with Trauma Center inhospital and outreach activities and State/ACS requirements.
• Regular meeting with IVPP director for report on progress andalignment with IVPP mission and goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment ofrespect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty,staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or acommitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.
• Master's Degree in a health-related profession with a publichealth related focus strongly preferred

• At least 3 years' experience in leading, developinghospital-community based injury and violence intervention andprevention programs.
• At least 1 year experience in developing, implementing andevaluating the effectiveness of hospital and community benefitprograms to include surveillance, identification, intervention,measurement and evaluation
• Proficiency in developing and implementing long-term plans,anticipating challenges, and aligning program with organizationalgoals.
• Experience with developing and implementing health promotionand prevention coalitions and community collaborativepartnerships
• Experience working with the public and good communicationskills necessary.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for internalreporting team coordination and interactions with executiveleadership
• Excellent written and oral English skills coupled with expertgrammatical and proofreading skills applied in a scientific andresearch development environment.
• Able to lead coach and develop staff effectively providingmentorship and guidance to junior and senior staff.
• Experience with grant-writing literature review and dataanalyses.
• Ability to work in a diverse environment required.
• Must have supervisory experience.
• High level proficiency with Microsoft Office suite Adobe andscientific software

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with developing and implementing health promotionand/or injury prevention activities in hospital and communitysettings.
• Experience with public presentation

Salary Range

$90,000 - $130,000

Benefits

All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annualand holiday leave, generous tuition benefits, retirement planningand savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs,employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunitiesfor career development and advancement, and more.

FLSA Exemption Status

Exempt

Hours per Week

40

Restricted Position

No

ORP Eligible

Yes

Flexible Work Arrangement

Hybrid

University Job Title

20344 - Assoc Director HS 1-3

Contact Information

Contact Name: Mary Waite
Contact Email: [e-mail]