Scientific Program Coordinator

11 hours ago


Austin, Texas, United States Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services Full time
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Scientific Program Specialist to join our team at the Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services. The successful candidate will provide advanced consultative services and technical work under the supervision of the Senior Scientific Advisor (SSA) in the Office of the Chief State Epidemiologist (OCSE) Division.

Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and support program areas on Division priorities, initiatives, and issues.
• Lead planning, implementation, and monitoring of advisory committees, task forces, and external academic and public partnerships.
• Develop, review, and approve briefing documents, reports, presentations, and bill analyses.
• Lead special projects and serve as the liaison to external partners and stakeholders.

Essential Job Functions:
(35%) Work on projects and priorities related to current and emerging public health issues, trends, and topics. Convene groups comprised of academic partners, local/national public health partners, legislative offices, and others to advance agency priorities, enterprises, and/or policy development. Serve as a liaison and support for projects with internal/external collaborators and partners, review contracts and budgets, and overall project management.
• (20%) Work with division leadership to coordinate assignments, briefing documents, correspondence, presentations, abstracts/publications, and other data products for public health, medical professionals, and stakeholders.
• (20%) Coordinate the management of advisory committees and task forces. Work with DSHS and other state agencies to develop meeting materials and manage the distribution of agendas, presentations, and minutes to external partners and stakeholders. Develop, edit, and conduct final review to ensure accurate, concise, and consistent responses to inquiries.
• (20%) Lead special projects, perform programmatic evaluations, identify the need for new programs or alterations to existing programs, and develop guidance on procedural changes. Review, develop, and track legislatively mandated reports, legislative analysis and cost estimates, and may support other legislative activities.
• (5%) Perform other duties as assigned including but not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency's obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of the Texas public health system and local health departments, bill analysis and coordinating responses to legislative inquiries, and local, state, and federal fiscal and program statutes, rules, regulations, and policies.
• Skill in the budget and contract review, the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), and verbal and written communications including expressing complex ideas clearly/accurately to various audiences, composing and editing executive level documents/presentations, and conducting written analysis, proposals, or reports.
• Ability to lead in a team-collaborative environment, manage priorities and follow projects through to completion, and research, compose and edit technical documents, materials, and reports.

Requirements:
The candidate selected for this position must be able to regularly work in-person at DSHS Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Candidates must have exceptional verbal and written communication skills and the ability to express complex ideas clearly and accurately to various audiences. Candidates should also have strong interpersonal skills to be able to lead in a team-collaborative environment and establish positive, effective relationships with diverse groups.

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