Assistant Director of Testing and Outreach

Department
 

BSD MED – Section Administrator: Infectious Diseases – Chicago Center HIV Elimination-Research-Outreach

About the Department
 

The Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE), is situated within the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago Medicine. CCHE aims to eliminate all new HIV transmission events by 2041. The University of Chicago’s position on the South Side makes it uniquely situated to test, treat, and prevent new HIV infections in a highly affected population. The South Side communities and majority Black suburbs connected to them to the South represents the largest contiguous Black population in the United States. By using our integrated HIV transmission elimination approaches, we are beginning to make new infections in these communities less frequent.

Job Summary
 

The Assistant Director of Testing and Outreach will oversee HIV testing, outreach, linkage to care, and care engagement projects at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination at the University of Chicago Medicine. This candidate will provide direct supervision to the managers of the outreach and testing teams and will support efforts to grow the teams. The candidate will contribute to program and grant writing efforts, develop new Center initiatives around care engagement and transgender health. Additional projects and programming will be added as funding is awarded.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and supervise all documentation relevant to HIV and STI testing, service protocols, and quality assurance. 

• Assist in the development and implementation of Center policies and protocol to support HIV testing, HIV prevention, linkage to care, outreach to community and patient retention in care services. 

• Work with data team to submit monthly and quarterly program reports to funders and tracks scopes of service. 

• Collaborate with other HIV providers and the department of public health to identify and prevent barriers to care for clients.  

• Identify and obtain new grant funding to support ongoing programming.

• Management and supervision of client facing staff.

• Oversees the linkage and retention in care program; integrating prevention into testing into research protocols; tracking retention and care outcomes across a number of HIV care projects.

• Provision of services may also include linkage to primary care; referrals to other community-based organizations (CBOs) and social service agencies (e.g. housing, food, and primary care organizations).

• Oversee the monitoring and evaluation of services; development of community outreach programs and procedures; documentation of client encounters and services.  

• Solves complex problems relating to data management and the analysis of large administrative datasets. Works independently to develop, manage, and report on key data and ensures timeliness of data and reporting submissions from multiple investigators.

• Acts as a resource on the basics of clinical research and related aspects of clinical study for colleagues with less experience. Prepares and evaluates writing protocols, IRB submissions, grant applications, manuscripts, reports, and dissemination tools.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Advanced degree in social work or public health.

Experience:

• Experience providing support to individuals living with HIV.

• Previous management experience. 

Preferred Competencies

• Demonstrated effective leadership and teaching skills.

• Strong organizational skills.

• Strong knowledge of Chicago social service resources.

• Strong knowledge of program subject matter.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Flexibility.

• Creativity.

• Ability to manage stressful situations.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, and meet deadlines.

• Ability and/or willingness to provide HIV/STI treatment, education, and prevention in non-traditional settings (community venues).

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Excel, and Word.

• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical skills.

• Ability to travel to various community venues across the metropolitan area.

• Ability to perform phlebotomy or a willingness to be trained in phlebotomy.

• Ability to work on multiple projects.

• Ability to work non-traditional hours.

Application Documents

• Resume (required)

• Cover Letter (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family
 

Research

Role Impact
 

Individual Contributor

FLSA Status
 

Exempt

Pay Frequency
 

Monthly

Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

40

Benefits Eligible
 

Yes

Requires Compliance with University Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement
 

Yes

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

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