Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) (Research Administration)

Johns Hopkins University•Baltimore, MD

23h•$102,295 - $179,375•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) who will work in collaboration to support and administer programming within the assigned project or portfolio. This position will work closely with project partners towards common project goals and serve as the focal point for consortium partners. They will play a key role in knowledge management, reporting, and work planning for the overall project. The Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. The position is the institute’s senior operational leader—reporting to the Vice Dean for Policy and Health Systems Transformation, who also serves as IPS Executive Director—and it owns the operational execution of a newly structured, growing policy institute across its research cores, the Policy Leadership Academy, and its communications and external engagement.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience leading communications and marketing—integrated strategy, media relations, and brand—and supervising communications staff (scope beyond the generic Finance — Business description).
Master's Degree in Finance, Business or related field.
Five years of related experience, with at least three years managing staff.
Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing or operating a fee-based, earned-revenue educational or professional-development program.
Sponsored program (grants) administration, including federally funded awards.
Working knowledge of health policy, nursing, or health services research environments.

Responsibilities

Serve as program lead and/or writer of sections for very large and complex and/or global proposals.
Reviews and provides feedback on country level narrative and budget submissions to donor
Ensures a knowledge management system to track all requests and submissions
Network and liaise as needed to promote the project.
Lead work planning and reporting across all project technical/core areas, as well as troubleshooting as needed.
Develop and then track metrics to gauge performance across the project.
Acts as Project Director, in the absence of the Project Director.
Other duties as assigned.
Own the institute’s integrated communications, marketing, and brand strategy across earned, owned, and paid media; supervise the Senior Communications and Marketing Strategist; and manage external communications contracts.
Build the operating infrastructure and coordinate day-to-day work across three research cores, contributing centers, and the Policy Leadership Academy, protecting the Executive Director’s strategic and scientific capacity.
Direct the business model, pricing, enrollment, and continuing-education/certificate administration of a national, fee-based policy-training program, and administer the Policy Pitch Program’s proposal cycle, pitch event, and milestone-tied awards.
Oversee research-grant administration with School of Nursing research administration (proposal support, award set-up, effort reporting, and sponsor/university compliance) and administer discretionary and endowment funds.
Plan and execute institute convenings and policy-facing briefings, including programming at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC, and support the advisors and affiliates network.