Project Manager, Epidemiology

Role Overview

• Provide support for the USM Disease Prevention Epidemiology (DP Epi) Team.
• Manage a wide range of fiscal, operations, and project management activities of the DP Epi Team cooperative agreements and contracts.
• Work closely with the DP Epi Leadership to ensure timely completion of project tasks and deliverables.
• Contribute to building epidemiology capacity in chronic disease, maternal and child health, and substance use and injury.

Requirements

• Master's Degree and five to seven years of experience managing projects or equivalent combination of higher education and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large projects and budgets over $1 million with multiple funding streams.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative to identify and propose new tasks and procedures.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work on a variety of large and small teams with diverse groups of people.
• Flexibility in meeting the varied needs of a large team.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays plus earned vacation time and sick time.
• Health, dental and vision insurance.
• Low-cost short-term disability insurance and employer-paid long-term disability insurance.
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and supplemental life insurance.
• A tuition waiver program for employees and their spouse or dependent child(ren).
• A 403(b)-retirement plan with employer contribution.
• Free access to the METRO system, including the Husky Line with service between our Portland and Gorham campuses.