Research Scientist I

Company : AltaMed Health Services Corporation

Country: United States

Location : Los Angeles, California

Post: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 21:06:46 GMT

Expires: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 23:59:59 GMT

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Overview:
Under the guidance of the Institute Research Director, the Research Scientist I will work at the AltaMed Institute of Health Equity (AIHE) and will lead the development of research and be responsible to respond to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) issued by a variety of funding agencies. The mission of AIHE is to promote a learning health care system approach that engages patient-clinician partnerships, science and informatics, and supports a culture of learning and research competencies. The Research Scientist I will serve as Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator, and will coordinate, manage, and lead the internal and/or external partner proposal development team process, both soliciting information from partners, including community partners, and crafting the narrative and budget of a proposal. The proposal team may include internal and external Principal Investigators. The Research Scientist I will be responsible for the timely completion of the proposal development process by the submission of a comprehensive application by the RFP deadline. This position may also proactively seek research, funding and partner development opportunities to be presented to leadership for approval. The Research Scientist I is also expected to develop concept papers, peer-reviewed manuscripts and presentations that explain and showcase best practices that expand and enhance the AltaMed Institute for Health Equity activities.

Responsibilities:
Responsible for the production of project/ program proposals, grant applications, and concept papers that expand and enhance AIHE activities.

Management of all aspects of proposal preparation to ensure complete, accurate, timely, high-quality submission that conforms with requirements of potential funders.

Lead, develop and direct research program planning and planning team members.

Supervise the creation, development and initial implementation of research programs and enterprise-wide research initiatives.

Create appropriate program budgets, implementation timelines and deliverables, evaluation plans, and quantifiable goals and objectives independently.

Independently establish and define an editorial and application strategy that will present the most compelling case for funding.

Critically analyze current program and project activities to identify opportunities to integrate evidence-based, industry-accepted models of intervention and services.

Represent AltaMed and supervise collaborative proposal and grant application activities with community and academic partners.

Independently link funding opportunities and leveraging opportunities to AltaMed current and projected needs.

Autonomously acquire, maintain, and expand knowledge of health industry-related topics, current events, policy updates, local/ regional/ national budget issues and political discussions that impact AltaMed’s work.

Provide technical assistance, coaching and professional development support to junior and new team members.

Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
PhD in health services preferred.

Writing and presentation experience, preferable in research proposal writing for healthcare or related field coupled with a minimum of 5 years of grant writing experience preferably in the health care non-profit sector.

Familiarity with statistical analysis.