Senior Program Coordinator at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

The Sr. Program Coordinator plans and coordinates the day-to-day fiscal, administrative, and operational activities of a narrowly defined funded program or set of funded activities. The program is usually focused to a single purpose, may be scientific, research, educational, or service oriented, and may exist as a discreetly funded subset of an integrated, grant-funded program activity. Duties typically include grant planning and administration, budget management and control, program implementation and administration, internal and external operational/administrative liaison, program marketing, and reporting.



Daily Operations

• Manage the day-to-day detailed aspects of MVTCP (10 Projects)


• Prepare, administrator and Monitor the Budgets (Personnel/Non-Personnel) of MVTCP


• Write correspondence to NCI and Program Director about Budgets/Pilot Projects/PSC Members/PSC Annual Symposium/Retreat Meeting


• Organize programs and activities in accordance with the specific aims and goals of the grant(s)


• Assist in producing accurate and timely progress and budget reports to program director, executives and program sponsors (NCI and NIMHD).


• Develop, implement and monitor multiple budgets for grant(s)


• Develop course catalogs, promotional and educational materials; training manuals, newsletters, and/or brochures as appropriate to the MVTCP program.


• Manage and Mentor Staff as Need with the Diverse of Array of responsibilities


• Serve as a Back-up Administrator for the Three Basic Sciences Departments


• Serves as a liaison between Meharry, Vanderbilt and Tennessee State Cancer Partnership grant


• Coordinate and manage program activities including external and internal advisory committee meetings, annual retreats and regional health disparities conferences.


• Assist SOM, SOD, and SOGRS departments with budget development in relation to MVTCP


• Assist team members and program director when needed to accomplish grant objectives and goals


• Implement and manage changes to ensure project goals are achieved


• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Ability to utilize keen judgment in evaluating information to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.


• Ability to work in a stressful environment.


• Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities.


• Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control procedures.


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.


• Ability to gather and analyze statistical data and generate reports.


• Advanced writing and editorial skills.


• Clerical, word processing, and/or office skills.


• Tech savvy, proficiency in personal computers and related software application, audio/video conferencing, presentations.


• Ability to interact with students, faculty and/or staff in a team environment.


• Records maintenance skills.


• Ability to coordinate and organize meetings and/or special events.


• Ability to lead and train staff and/or students.


• Knowledge of communication principles, media, and marketing techniques.


• Must be team oriented.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of two (2) years directly related experience is required.