Role Snapshot
The Program Manager will support the Environmental Justice Action Research Clinic at UNC Chapel Hill by coordinating community partnerships, managing applied research projects, and facilitating collaborative initiatives that improve environmental quality and public health in underserved communities.
Key Responsibilities: Day-to-day duties include maintaining community partner correspondence, leading applied research projects, supporting grant and manuscript writing, coordinating student researchers, developing evaluation tools, and preparing presentations for public and academic audiences.
Skills & Tools: Required skills include strong written and verbal communication, project management, community engagement and partnership development, research support capabilities, strategic planning assistance, and ability to work collaboratively across faculty, students, and community partners.
Qualifications: Requires a bachelor's degree with relevant experience in community engagement, environmental justice, public health, or program management; some experience with research support, grant writing, or non-profit administration preferred.
Location: In-Person
Compensation: $65K–$95K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
The Environmental Justice Action Research Clinic (EJ Clinic) provides technical assistance to residents and organizations aiming to improve the environmental quality and public health within their communities. Through applied research and technical expertise, faculty and student researchers collaborate with partners from impacted communities on various activities, including engaging interested parties to assess needs and outline strategic action, reviewing and translating technical documents, conducting baseline health assessments, assessing environmental quality, proposing mitigation strategies and advocating for behavioral, programmatic and policy level changes to reduce/prevent hazards exposure. The Clinic is committed to an anti-racist praxis and aims to apply critical, emancipatory approaches to their work.
The EJ Clinic is currently seeking an Program Manager. The Program Manager will support the EJ Clinic Director on the following activities:
* Maintain correspondence with community partners to ensure partnership goals are being met
* Lead at least 1 community-driven applied research endeavor
* Support writing grants, manuscripts, reports, public comments, letters and media content
* Prepare and deliver presentations for public, university and community meetings and conferences
* Identify interested parties for key initiatives and facilitate partnership development
* Support strategic planning and visioning for the future direction of the EJ Clinic
* Coordinate activities of graduate and hourly students working with the EJ Clinic
* Develop and implement evaluation tools to help the EJ Clinic assess their reach, effectiveness
and impact
* Engage with faculty partners and advisory board members
* Support some administrative activities.
The EJ Clinic is currently seeking an Program Manager. The Program Manager will support the EJ Clinic Director on the following activities:
* Maintain correspondence with community partners to ensure partnership goals are being met
* Lead at least 1 community-driven applied research endeavor
* Support writing grants, manuscripts, reports, public comments, letters and media content
* Prepare and deliver presentations for public, university and community meetings and conferences
* Identify interested parties for key initiatives and facilitate partnership development
* Support strategic planning and visioning for the future direction of the EJ Clinic
* Coordinate activities of graduate and hourly students working with the EJ Clinic
* Develop and implement evaluation tools to help the EJ Clinic assess their reach, effectiveness
and impact
* Engage with faculty partners and advisory board members
* Support some administrative activities.
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