Program Administrator

Full-time

Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research

West Orange, NJ

Salary range: $64,000 - $68,000

The position’s primary focus is on coordinating programs for people with spinal cord injury, family caregivers, and hired assistants. Program elements include hands-on training, remote consultation with experts, and education and peer support efforts.

Responsibilities include

• Conduct outreach — via phone, email, social media, and remote and/or in-person presentations — to the SCI community, family caregivers, and home health professionals to raise awareness of program offerings; receive and track referrals to programs.
• Coordinate all logistical aspects of program implementation, including scheduling personnel, reserving space, acquiring equipment and supplies, facilitating travel arrangements, and processing payments.
• Conduct intake process with potential program participants, involving completion of documentation and an interview to assess needs.
• Coordinate and/or implement program and research team schedules, support services, and follow-up surveys/interviews.
• Contribute to the creation of documents and processes needed for program implementation and to the development of evaluation reports and materials to aid program publicity efforts.
• Maintain databases related to program implementation.
• Assist in preparation of data and reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or master's degree(s) in a health-related discipline (such as social work, nursing, behavioral science, social science, public health, occupational therapy, physical therapy, rehabilitation counseling, psychology).
• Minimum of two years of experience in related field, such as social work, case management, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and/or rehabilitation counseling.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Ability to build rapport and effectively collaborate with program participants, research staff, and clinical staff.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe.
• Experience working in a medical environment and/or working with persons with disabilities.

Preferred qualifications

• Fluency in Spanish.
• Five or more years of related experience.
• Prior experience with individuals with spinal cord injury.

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