Program Director - Pediatrics

University of Kansas Medical Center • Kansas City, KS

17d • $83,000 - $131,000

About The Position

The Project Director is independently responsible for all facets of the Telehealth Regional Outreach for Communities, Kids, and Schools (Telehealth ROCKS) project, including strategic leadership of evaluation, budgeting, supervision, and policy development. This federally funded initiative supports family-school-community partnerships by strengthening school-based services, addressing social determinants of health, and offering training in the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. The Project Director will lead the design and implementation of technical solutions, educational approaches, and clinical services for partner sites. They will conduct systematic assessments of rural community needs and resources, particularly those related to young children with developmental and behavioral concerns, and guide rigorous data collection and analysis to inform continuous, evidence-based program improvement.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or more advanced degree in health sciences, behavioral health, education, communication, public health, or related field.
• Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
• Three years of previous experience with program management and with working with child serving systems of care is essential.
• Three years of experience collaborating with communities and with program evaluation is required.
• Experience with research design, survey development, data collection tools, and advanced statistical analysis methods.
• Demonstrated experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, statistical methods, outcomes measurement, and impact assessment methodologies.
• Experience in designing evaluation frameworks, selecting appropriate metrics, and implementing data-driven program improvements.
• Experience with statistical software packages and data visualization tools.
• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or more advanced degree in health sciences, behavioral health, education, communication, public health, or related field.
• Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
• Clinical trials certification.
• Experience with project-related technologies including telehealth/telemedicine, and mHealth approaches, particularly in data collection and outcomes monitoring.
• Three years of experience with pediatric developmental/behavioral health is a plus.
• Supervisory experience with students and employees.
• Track record of producing academic deliverables such as peer-reviewed publications featuring program evaluation results, data-driven grant proposals, and conference presentations.
• Experience in the school environment i, particularly in educational program evaluation.
• Proven grant writing and research interest with rural communities and/or early childhood health.
• Experience translating program outcomes and complex datasets into compelling narratives for wide audiences.

Responsibilities

• Along with the PI, lead project team working with participating facilities.
• Train facility personnel, including the site champion, in following the telemedicine assessment and treatment protocols spanning technical and clinical support.
• Provide ongoing training support.
• The position also oversees a team of health care and administrative contacts related to pediatric services over telemedicine.
• Design and oversee comprehensive evaluation frameworks to measure program outcomes and impact across multiple domains, including service delivery, clinical outcomes, and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborates extensively with the Operations Director to develop comprehensive compliance protocols and implement targeted training initiatives that address identified knowledge gaps among staff.
• Maintains ongoing strategic dialogue with the Operations Director to identify compliance vulnerabilities, co-creating standardized operating procedures that ensure consistent implementation of evaluation frameworks.
• Independently develop and manage sophisticated data systems and analytics protocols to track key performance indicators and program effectiveness.
• Conduct rigorous statistical analyses of program data to identify trends, outcomes, and areas for improvement.
• Provide ongoing training support and evaluate training effectiveness through measurable outcomes and validated assessment tools.
• Independently liaise with external evaluators to ensure rigorous assessment of program impact and outcomes through validated methodologies.
• Analyze complex datasets using advanced statistical methods to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for program enhancement.
• Liaise with developmental and behavioral health treatment teams and healthcare trainees regarding training for utilization of technology, program development, and evaluation methodologies.
• Independently write and submit data-rich reports to funding agencies in a timely matter and coordinate comprehensive data collection and entry into online system.
• Lead the development of academic deliverables including peer-reviewed publications of program outcomes, conference presentations of evaluation findings, and evidence-based grant applications.
• Independently promote the project through formal and informal presentation of evaluation results for community events and national/international conferences.
• Direct the creation of evidence-based impact reports demonstrating program effectiveness to stakeholders using data visualization and compelling metrics narratives.

Benefits

• Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan.
• Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available.
• Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays.
• One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment.
• A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees