Program Officer - NAM Leadership Consortium

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine•Town of Johnstown, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) seeks a highly qualified and motivated individual with unique skills, forward-thinking, insights, and proactive initiative to provide intellectual and programmatic guidance for the strategically important activities of the NAM Leadership Consortium (LC). As the staff lead for the NAM LHS Strategy Group and related Consortium Member programming, this person works in partnership with all LC staff to ensure that the vision of the LHS and its Shared Commitments are infused throughout the activities of the NAM and the LC. This individual will play a pivotal role in the mission of the LC, the NAM LHS, and the NAM. This position involves efforts ranging from successful delivery and impact of Collaborative programming and projects on high impact, cutting edge issues, resulting in expert NAM publications, scientific symposia, surveys and assessments, and efforts to grow the identity and cohesion of a new field. Projects currently underway include: those related to spread and scale of the Shared Commitments throughout the activities of all health stakeholder organizations; supporting and guiding the activities of the LHS Strategy Group Working Groups on Communication, Infrastructure, and the Business Case; and fostering the engagement of LC Members with all organizations committed to leading and supporting advancement of the LHS and Shared Commitments. The successful candidate for this position will have demonstrated commitment to leading health science and policy progress for the public good; strong instincts for the key health policy principles and possibilities; ease in engaging the resolution of complex problems and issues; excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills, with strong capacity to lead and interact with all stakeholder levels; ability to raise funds and to operate with substantial latitude for judgement and action; and solid insights on non-partisan health policy strategies. Most strong candidates for this position will have a substantial experience and comfort level in topic areas relevant to the primary operative domains for LHS advancement: data science, emerging artificial intelligence tools (e.g., AI algorithm development, GPT-5), health financing, individual and community trust and engagement.

Requirements

Advanced knowledge of policy issues in a related discipline.
Strong program/project management skills.
Ability to understand and share technical/scientific issues with diverse audiences.
Ability to solve intellectual problems that are varied and complex using originality and ingenuity.
Ability to operate using appreciable latitude for independent judgment and action.
Ability to manage and develop projects.
Ability to work successfully in a team environment and to form and maintain effective teams.
Experience working in complex environments with a high degree of organizational effectiveness.
Ability to develop relationships with co-workers, employees in other National Academies' departments, and external constituents through effective communication.
Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to effectively interact with all levels of staff and constituents.
Master's degree in a related field or equivalent knowledge.
Three years of related professional experience.
Demonstrated basic proficiency in conveying scientific/technical/policy information in verbal and written form.
Ability to travel.

Nice To Haves

Substantial experience and comfort level in topic areas relevant to the primary operative domains for LHS advancement: data science, emerging artificial intelligence tools (e.g., AI algorithm development, GPT-5), health financing, individual and community trust and engagement.

Responsibilities

Assists in the development of program strategy.
Ensures the program meets objectives.
Leads working group calls and conducts workshops, forums, and other meetings including overseeing meeting logistics, developing agendas, inviting and participants.
Motivates and manages a diverse group of staff and external consultants.
May lead studies, research programs, grant programs, fellowships, etc.
Prepares background papers and technical summaries.
Responsible for synthesizing and editing research findings and technical data.
Facilitates and coordinates responses to review for the project/program publications.
Manages the development of any additional written products connected to meetings.
Conducts background research on topics for new studies, programs, or activities.
Assists the Director in the writing of prospectuses and proposals for new and continued funding.
Creates and maintains materials, websites, and social media channels.
Works with the communications team to plan communication-related activities for the project.
Collaborates with the Director and manages the dissemination activities of the project.
Represents the unit and committee within and outside the National Academies.
Prepares draft reports which include writing sections of report based on committee input.
Edits and reviews the report for format, consistency, and grammar.
Manages the response to review, responds to comments and concerns of editors, and prepares the final manuscript for publication.