ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Req #: | 175843 |
Department: | INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATIONS |
Job Location: | Other Location, South Lake Union |
Posting Date: | 01/10/2020 |
Closing Info: | Closes On 02/10/2020 |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with experience and education |
Shift: | First Shift |
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to monitor global health conditions and health systems, as well as to evaluate interventions, initiatives, and reforms. IHME carries out a range of projects within different research areas including: the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Costs and Cost Effectiveness; Local Burden of Disease; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations. The aim is to provide policymakers, donors, and researchers with the highest-quality quantitative evidence base to make decisions that achieve better health.
IHME has an exciting opportunity for an Engagement Specialist to join our team. The Engagement Specialist will manage communications across a large and growing network of international collaborators, with the ultimate goal of strengthening the evidence base for our research, cultivating buy-in among key audiences, and seeding uptake of findings by decision makers and policy influencers. They will understand population health, principles of collaboration, communication with diverse audiences, and strategies for managing network communications. This position provides direct support and communication to a growing network of 3,824 collaborators from 145 countries and territories (at the time of writing).
Collaborators will include multilaterals, international NGOs, country governments, research institutions, members of the media, the private sector, health administrators, and other health decision-makers and policy influencers that will use IHME’s findings to inform policy discussions, improve program design, and allocate resources. This position will focus mainly on topics related to the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries and Risk factors enterprise, and affiliated research projects including the Local Burden of Disease project.
Responsibilities include:
Collaborative Network Management
External Communications
Knowledge Command
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here.
REQUIREMENTS:
Additional Requirements:
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
DESIRED
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
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