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Assistant Director of Training Programs and Educational Outreach
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Overview:
Located in Oklahoma City, a city that offers a dynamic and flourishing downtown area, with low cost of living, short commute times and a diversified economy, OMRF has been voted one of the Top Workplaces since the inception of the award. This achievement has been accomplished thanks to OMRF individuals who share a unified understanding that our excellence can only be fully realized with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Successful candidates will demonstrate commitment to these values.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits including, medical, dental, and vision insurance, minimum 8% company retirement contribution, vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, onsite café, free onsite fitness center with access to personal trainer, free parking and much more! Relocation assistance available for those located 50 miles outside of Oklahoma City metro and out of state. Learn more about our benefits here.
OMRF is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Responsibilities:
Must have superb communication (written and verbal), organizational, customer service, and problem-solving skills. Must have ability to establish long-range strategic objectives and specific actions to achieve them. The ability to work well independently and as a team member and interact professionally with diverse personalities, cultures, and communication styles is required. Must have the ability to motivate and guide and direct people.
Preferred Qualifications:
Founded in 1946, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) is among the nation’s oldest, most respected independent, nonprofit biomedical research institutes. OMRF is dedicated to understanding and developing more effective treatments for human diseases, focusing on critical research areas such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, and cardiovascular disease. OMRF follows an innovative cross-disciplinary approach to medical research and ranks among the nation’s leaders in patents per scientist.
Located in Oklahoma City, a city that offers a dynamic and flourishing downtown area, with low cost of living, short commute times and a diversified economy, OMRF has been voted one of the Top Workplaces since the inception of the award. This achievement has been accomplished thanks to OMRF individuals who share a unified understanding that our excellence can only be fully realized with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Successful candidates will demonstrate commitment to these values.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits including, medical, dental, and vision insurance, minimum 8% company retirement contribution, vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, onsite café, free onsite fitness center with access to personal trainer, free parking and much more! Relocation assistance available for those located 50 miles outside of Oklahoma City metro and out of state. Learn more about our benefits here.
OMRF is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
- Spearhead, guide, enhance, maintain, foster, and coordinate OMRF’s scientific training programs in collaboration with designated faculty members and under guidance of OMRF’s Vice President of Research. Programs primarily include Summer Scholars, Visiting Research Graduate Traineeship/BioLAB Program, Graduate Students, and Post-Doctoral Scholar.
- Lead efforts to analyze and evaluate scientific training programs, develop reports and responses to requests for information, ensure that messages and findings are disseminated appropriately, and may craft and/or interpret policy.
- Manage operations of each program, ensuring program standards and infrastructure are maintained with a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accommodation focus and while balancing and considering multiple competing priorities.
- Partner with and act as liaison between leadership, faculty, administration, and trainees.
- Promote training programs by developing and maintaining constructive internal and external collaborations with Post-Doc Association(s), Post-Doc Training Committee, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, in-state and out-of-state colleges and universities, SACNAS, ABRCMS, and others as appropriate.
- Represent OMRF at various school, community and other events, meetings, and conferences to publicize training programs and act as a general OMRF ambassador, build pipelines and strategic alliances, give scientific presentations to lay and other audiences, and develop strong networks.
- Coordinate and help ensure the successful integration and onboarding of Summer Scholars, Visiting Research Graduate Traineeship/BioLAB Program, Graduate Students, and Post-Doctoral Scholars into OMRF and assist in resolving issues.
- Oversee and manage each program’s budget and encourage optimal experiences for all parties involved while remaining fiscally responsible.
- Provide input to the curriculum and scientific components of programs by staying abreast of current relevant scientific research.
- Other duties as assigned.
Doctorate in life science or education field or equivalent combination of education and related experience. Minimum of three years of experience in the oversight or management of scientific training and/or education programs or related field with a successful track record of meeting goals and developing programs.
Must have superb communication (written and verbal), organizational, customer service, and problem-solving skills. Must have ability to establish long-range strategic objectives and specific actions to achieve them. The ability to work well independently and as a team member and interact professionally with diverse personalities, cultures, and communication styles is required. Must have the ability to motivate and guide and direct people.
PhD in a life science or science education field with previous experience in biomedical research strongly preferred.
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