Johns Hopkins University - Educational Program Specialist

Baltimore, MD

Description:

• Based within the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) is seeking an Education Program Specialist (EPS) to advance CLF’s education program.  In line with JHU’s mission of providing education and academic training, CLF implements a dynamic portfolio of food system and public health education activities, including: online and in-person coursework and practice, a certificate program, an MPH concentration, the CLF-Lerner Doctoral Fellowship program, an online teaching curricula and resource, a series of professional networking opportunities, and the mentorship of students and professionals.
• The EPS serves as CLF’s principal ambassador and liaison with students, faculty, staff (including colleagues in administrative and academic offices throughout the School), and is a primary point of contact for prospective and current students interested in CLF education activities. The position is based at CLF’s offices, located at 111 Market Place, but requires regular time on site at the School’s Wolfe Street Building as needed for meetings and events.
• The EPS collaborates closely with project-based teams including offsite faculty and staff to facilitate the efficient and effective management of CLF’s education portfolio. A high priority for this position is to identify needed process refinements to strengthen and align CLF-led coursework, training and experiential learning opportunities to reflect CLFs broader educational goals.
• Essential to successfully fulfilling the roles and responsibilities of the position are strong communication, organizational, analytical, and project management skills.  The EPS is expected to thoroughly understand relevant institutional policies and procedures, public health curricular goals and standards across the School’s departments and degree programs, as well as the major responsibilities of other JHSPH and Departmental student services offices, including SOURCE, to inform CLFs education-related goals and strategies. 

Duties:

• Specific roles and responsibilities of the position may include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Maintain clear understanding of University, School and departmental policies and procedures related to academic program requirements, recruitment and funding;
• Maintain frequent and transparent communication with CLF’s education, administration, and leadership teams, including offsite faculty and staff.
• Provide counsel to prospective and matriculated students regarding requirements, policies and procedures related to CLF’s certificate program, MPH concentration and doctoral fellowship program, in consultation with JHU administration, CLF faculty and staff as needed;
• Coordinate and participate in the application review and selection process of the CLF-Lerner Fellowship program, certificate program and other CLF-affiliated scholarships/funding opportunities for students
• Oversee the planning of student meetings, events and specialized training activities for CLF-affiliated students
• Track progress of CLF-affiliated students, lead efforts to assess and document impact of engagement activities with students, alumni and other key stakeholders to assist the program, students, and leadership with critical decision making
• Serve as CLFs liaison to SOURCE and facilitate the development of projects to fulfil capstone and practicum requirements for MPH and other masters’ students
• Identify opportunities to strengthen synergies among education program components, e.g. courses, experiential learning opportunities and trainings, the Food System Lab urban teaching farm and CLF’s online teaching resources.
• Represent CLF and participate in School-wide and departmental recruitment events including open houses and new student orientation activities.
• Lead efforts to strengthen and leverage CLF student alumni networks
• Independently respond to an array of inquiries and requests from JHSPH faculty, staff, students, external agencies, and community partners for CLF education program information
• Serve as the education representative within various CLF teams and coordinate action in pursuit of CLF education program goals and objectives, outreach opportunities, including national meetings such as APHA
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external business, academic and leadership offices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree;
• Three (3) years progressively responsible experience in program administration in an academic environment; 
• Evening and weekend work is required occasionally.
• Additional education may substitute for some experience, and some additional experience may substitute for some education, to the extent permitted by the JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for the required education on the same basis.  For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in public health or related field preferred. Two to three years of relevant experience in higher education program management and/or food systems-related work required.

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