Location: Kansas City Metro Area
Department
SOM KC Pediatrics (PEDS)
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Behavioral Pediatrics
Position Title
Job Family Group
Professional Staff
Job Description Summary
The Program Manager provides operational management and coordination for the Kansas Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program, a federally funded interdisciplinary training and workforce development program serving individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. Kansas LEND spans interdisciplinary training, workforce development, clinical and community initiatives, professional development and technical assistance, program evaluation, and statewide partnerships.
Under the direction of the LEND Program Director, the Program Manager provides centralized operational management across LEND program components and coordinates the work of faculty, staff, trainees, programs, and partners. The position manages program workplans, timelines, deliverables, reporting requirements, operational processes, and cross-functional coordination; monitors progress toward grant goals; supports coordination and supervision of program staff; and helps ensure that training, evaluation, partnership, and other program activities are integrated and move effectively from planning through implementation.
The Program Manager works closely with staff responsible for specialized training, evaluation, data, and program activities. The position provides program-level coordination and oversight across these functions while establishing efficient systems, clear roles and responsibilities, and effective communication and accountability.
Depending on assigned effort and funding, the Program Manager may also support related programs and initiatives focused on child health, developmental disabilities, community engagement, and community-based research. This may include program development, evaluation, dissemination, partnership development, and development of new initiatives and funding proposals.
Job Description
Job Duties
Manage program operations
Manage day-to-day LEND activities, work plans, timelines, and follow-up across training, evaluation, clinical/community, professional development and technical assistance, partnerships, and other program activities.
Monitor progress across workstreams, identify barriers and outstanding needs, help resolve implementation issues, and bring items requiring direction to the Program Director.
Manage and coordinate program staff
Support day-to-day coordination of LEND staff, clarify expectations and priorities, facilitate team communication, monitor assigned work, and promote effective collaboration.
Support clear roles, responsibilities, timelines, and accountability across program functions and supervise staff or other personnel as assigned.
Oversee training program operations
Provide program-level oversight and integration of LEND training operations, working with training leadership and staff to ensure training activities, requirements, timelines, and deliverables are completed and aligned with program and grant objectives.
Supervise staff responsible for training coordination or directly manage assigned training functions.
Oversee evaluation and performance monitoring
Provide program-level oversight and integration of evaluation and performance monitoring, working with evaluation and data personnel to ensure required measures, data, and deliverables support grant requirements, reporting, and program decision-making.
Manage program infrastructure
Develop, implement, and improve program procedures, workflows, tracking systems, records, and shared resources, including SharePoint, to support consistent program operations across program functions.
Manage reporting and grant monitoring
Coordinate information for HRSA progress reports, annual reports, and other program reporting; monitor accomplishments and deliverables; and work with evaluation and data personnel to ensure required information is documented and reporting requirements and deadlines are met.
Coordinate partnerships
Support relationships with community, university, healthcare, state, and other partners; coordinate partner activities and communication; identify opportunities for collaboration; and represent Kansas LEND with external partners as appropriate.
Support program development and funding activities
Coordinate information and contribute to planning, drafting, and review for new initiatives, proposals, and grant applications under the direction of program leadership.
Support dissemination and communication of program impact
Synthesize program and evaluation information to communicate program reach, outcomes, and impact through reports, presentations, and other dissemination activities.
Lead operational continuous improvement
Identify opportunities to improve coordination, communication, workflows, and efficiency; develop and implement improvements across program functions; and use program and evaluation information to identify gaps, emerging needs, and opportunities for improvement.
Support related programs and initiatives.
Provide program management, partnership, dissemination, or program development support to related initiatives as assigned and consistent with the position’s funding and level of effort.
Job description provided by University of Kansas Medical Center.
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