Project Coordinator - Temporary
Project Coordinator - Temporary
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Overview
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.
With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation HIV/AIDS prevention immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the worlds leading cancer infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology infusion radiation proton therapy and related services and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the worlds deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.
At Fred Hutch we value collaboration compassion determination excellence innovation integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity dignity and inherent value of each employee patient community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center (Fred Hutch)/University of Washington (UW)/Seattle Childrens Cancer Consortium (Consortium) is a research collaboration comprising Fred Hutch and its strong collaborators the UW and Seattle Childrens. The Consortium is recognized as a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center through its dedication to developing research programs faculty and facilities that will lead to better approaches to prevention diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
The Office of Community Outreach & Engagement (OCOE) is an integral component of the Consortium. It is housed at Fred Hutch in Seattle with field offices in Sunnyside and Spokane. The mission of the OCOE is to reduce cancer health inequities throughout the cancer care and research continuum by promoting relevant collaborative research and programs. The OCOE uses a qualitative and quantitative data-driven approach to identify our regions greatest needs and strategic research aims to address those needs which are prioritized and implemented in partnership with our regional Community Action Boards and our Internal Advisory Council of leaders and faculty from throughout the Consortium.
The OCOE is seeking a temporary Project Coordinator (hourly as needed) who shares our mission to achieve cancer health equity by using bidirectional equitable community-engaged approaches in outreach programming and research. The position is based at onsite at the main campus of Fred Hutch in Seattle. The temporary Project Coordinator will coordinate administrative research and programmatic tasks in support of the Indigenous Cancer Health Excellene Initiatives (ICHE-i) scientific and programmatic objectives.
The work of the temporary Project Coordinator includes developing project timelines and communication handling administrative tasks including meeting scheduling with internal and external partners note-taking and follow-up coordinating event details and carrying out complex research and administrative assignments including community-facing communications materials development.
Responsibilities
- The temporary Project Coordinator will report to the Project Manager for the ICHE-i.
- Under general supervision the Project Coordinator will work independently support completion of some grant deliverables.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in related field (BA/BS). Work experience can be substituted for education.
- Minimum of three-years post-bachelors or one-year post masters related project coordination experience in a research setting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience managing multiple consecutive projects from inception to completion.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills attention to detail and ability to produce high-quality work within a collaborative team are critical to this position.
- Demonstrated excellent human relations facilitation and influencing skills to deal effectively with a broad range of people.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Understanding and proven ability to work with communities experiencing health inequity.
- Must be culturally aware and sensitive to diverse populations in the Consortiums catchment area.
- In-depth knowledge of health and social issues facing Indigenous populations.
- Outstanding customer service skills.
- Ability to think critically and synthesize complex issues to move projects forward.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to form respectful productive working relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple organizations and communities.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications specifically Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook required.
- Experience working in an academic or scientific research environment.
- Experience working in public health community health health equity and/or health disparities research.
- Skills in database creation and management.
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suites EndNote REDCap Airtable Salesforce
The hourly pay range for this position is from $31.21 to $46.80 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees access to a retirement savings plan an employee assistance program paid sick leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked) and prorated paid holidays (up to 11 days per year).
Additional Information
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
