Program Manager (100% Contract)

The Department of Medicine is hiring a skilled and motivated Program Manager to support the planning, execution, and oversight of key initiatives that align with the department's mission and goals. This role involves managing daily operations, coordinating program activities, and developing materials such as presentations, website content, and social media communications. Serving as a key liaison, the Program Manager will facilitate stakeholder communication, organize events, track program progress, and streamline workflows for greater efficiency. The ideal candidate has experience in program or project management, strong communication and organizational skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Hourly range: $28.30-$54.74

*Note: This is a 100% contract role which may convert to career*

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in related field and or equivalent experience
• 2-4 years of relevant experience
• Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams
• Demonstrated writing skills to produce wide range of documents and deliverables
• Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers and community representatives
• Working knowledge of evaluation, creating datasets, grant writing and proposal submission
• Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals
• Working knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project related federal and state regulations
• Ability to seek out and learn new policies, procedures, and software to advance the mission of the program/project
• Ability to train new program/project managers and other staff within and external to the unit