Senior Project Support Specialist-School of Medicine, Hope Clinis

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Job Description

The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center is an international Center of Excellence in clinical and translational research in infectious diseases vaccines, treatment, and prevention. The mission of the Hope Clinic is to conduct human research studies and clinical trials for infectious diseases of public health importance. The clinical studies encompass vaccines, treatments, prevention, community-based research, and laboratory-based translational human immunology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops innovative analytical methods, analyzes data and makes recommendations to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of projects and/or business processes.
• Leads and provides project management support for a variety of projects which may involve financial administration and the upgrade of software systems.
• Tracks and verifies procedures.
• Coordinates the distribution, tracking, and feedback of metrics. Develops and manages project timelines.
• Works closely with project team/departments to identify and resolve concerns.
• Assumes responsibility for timely delivery of project deliverables, as necessary.
• Develops and maintains databases and reports.
• Performs various analyses such as developing forecasts, analyzing implications, and presenting data.
• Tracks departmental budgets and forecasts future budget needs.
• May plan and coordinate special events and maintain the departmental website. Performs related responsibilities as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree and four years of project management, financial and/or administrative management experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Advanced Excel and Access skills strongly preferred.

Note: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs. Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

Additional Details

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