Position Focus:

Reporting to the Faculty Director and Executive Director of the Yale Climate Change and Health Initiative (CCHI), the Program Manager will play a central role in advancing CCHI’s mission to facilitate innovative interdisciplinary research, provide a comprehensive educational program in climate change and health that trains future leaders, utilize public health science to support governmental and civil society efforts to mitigate or adapt to climate change and to achieve climate justice, contribute to local, national, and international scholarly efforts to summarize and track the effects of climate change on health. The Program Manager will be responsible for all events, communications and outreach and will play a central role in development and ongoing implementation of all major CCHI new initiatives, manage and direct programming, including speaker series, summer internship funding, advocacy workshop, and similar activities, and develop new programming to advance the CCHI mission,
develop a CCHI communications strategy and create and manage CCHI media including website, Twitter, Facebook, and calendar, provide support for development of a climate change and health concentration for MPH students, manage the concentration after it is launched, provide major support for the new Connecticut Countdown on Climate Change and Health, provide major support for the new Climate and Environmental Health Justice Clinic, launch and maintain a career mentoring network and provide support for grant applications and grant management.

Essential Duties

1. Oversees the advancement and growth of the program. Gives direction and leadership supporting the philosophy, mission, strategy, and annual goals and objectives. Assumes primary accountability for disseminating and publishing all program information to create public awareness and support of the program. 2. Works closely with leadership, internal and external colleagues, and community residents to further develop and implement strategic plans. 3. Identifies, solicits, and cultivates community partnerships and collaborations to assist in the development and growth of the program. Develops the metrics to identify and measure the success of the program. Responsible for measurements of grant success and related evaluation. 4. Assists in identifying and evaluating potential future funding sources, and contributes to the submission of grants and contracts supporting the program, including the annual submission and writing of all content areas and budgetary sections of grant applications. Develops and manages the program’s operating budget. 5. Develops the administrative infrastructure of the program. Manages human resource and administrative functions of the program, including staffing and hiring, supervision, performance development, counseling and discipline, if warranted. Oversees and manages information systems, facilities, and space needs. 6. Investigates, identifies, implements, and oversees the maintenance of systems to gather, track, and report information to support the initiatives of the program. Tracks all program activities and regularly informs leadership of progress on each initiative. Recommends structural or programmatic adjustments, changes or additions based on full knowledge of missions, goals, and objectives. 7. Initiates, designs, and manages the compilation of program communications; identifying outreach potential, and promoting philanthropic and collaborative support of the program. Contributes to the development and assists in the management of content on the program’s website and monitors all changes and additions to the editorial content. 8. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skill/Ability 1:

Excellent writing and oral communication skills.

Required Skill/Ability 2:

Strong planning and visioning skills. Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize accordingly.

Required Skill/Ability 3:

Strength as a leader and manager of people. Aptitude for mentoring and advising students.

Required Skill/Ability 4:

Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize accordingly. Strong organizational skills.

Required Skill/Ability 5:

Knowledge of social media and strong PowerPoint and graphics skills. Strong analytical skills.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

Master’s or PhD degree; content knowledge of climate change, acquired through direct work experience and/or coursework.