Senior Operations Manager

The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC) is seeking a Senior Program Manager for its Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE).

Job overview: This position will provide administrative oversight of daily activities as well as strategic planning for the Office of COE. The Senior Program Manager will work with the Associate Director of COE and UNMCCC faculty and affiliated staff to ensure implementation of all mission areas.

Office of Community Outreach and Engagement Overview: Community outreach and engagement (COE) is a fundamental activity of National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Cancer. COE spans all aspects of the UNMCCCs' programs, including basic, clinical, translational, and population research. The COE works with community partners to identify community needs, communicate those needs across the Center's leadership and research programs (i.e., "in-reach"), and expands activities of special relevance to the Cancer Center's geographic catchment area population, the State of New Mexico. COE strategic priorities and resources include: 1) address and serve the state's multiethnic and geographically dispersed populations, with their different patterns of cancer incidence and mortality; 2) identify cancer health priorities among New Mexico communities and build trusting relationships with key stakeholder partners; 3) facilitate research with all UNMCCC Research Programs to address cancer priority needs; and 4) disseminate strategies, through community-based education and partnerships, that reduce the cancer burden.

The UNMCCC COE consists of staff who support these activities and the Senior Program Manager will ensure alignment with strategic priorities. The COE maintains an active Community Advisory Board, consisting of up to 15 statewide members who meet on a quarterly basis to review and guide all mission areas. COE also features a community-based patient navigation program that addresses access to care challenges and supports cancer patients through screening, treatment and survivorship stages. Lastly, the COE has extensive partnerships with health system and community-based organizations that enable presentations and information sharing about cancer health issues.

Team culture: The UNMCCC and COE is committed to addressing issues of cancer health that impact all communities in NM. We work hard to create an environment that values collaboration, mutual respect and an opportunity for all team members to share their experiences and perspectives. The Senior Program Manager will contribute to shaping this team culture and will work with COE staff, UNMCCC leadership, and community partners, including the Community Advisory Board, to maintain and enhance a shared vision.

Senior Program Manager Duties & Responsibilities: The Senior Program Manager is an essential position in the COE Office. As the lead administrator, they will oversee fiscal and programmatic functions, supervise staff, and coordinate interactions with UNMCCC components and community partners.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. With support from the COE Associate Director, establishes and implements objectives and activities of the Office;

2. Oversees and implements systems to collect, track and evaluate programmatic efforts; develops and contributes to reports and other required summaries;

3. Directs, manages and guides daily administrative components of the COE Office, including processes to recruit, train, supervise and evaluate program staff;

4. Manages the Community Advisory Board by maintaining regular communication, meeting planning, continuous engagement, recruitment of new members, creating summary reports and distributing updates to the UNMCCC;

5. Represents the COE Office in various community events, including establishing and maintaining partnerships to advance goals of cancer health consistent with UNMCCC priority areas;

6. Support COE staff in their efforts to provide community education and general outreach activities; this may include ensuring that such events are aligned with UNMCCC mission areas and leading administrative planning;

7. Develop and manage annual budgets; may include creating contract and other purchasing processes related to conduct of COE activities;

8. Communicates with COE stakeholders through the use of websites, social media and other approaches to distribute regular updates to community partners;

9. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

* Ability to develop and maintain recordkeeping systems and procedures.

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

* Skill in budget preparation and fiscal management; knowledge of contracts and grants preparation and management.

* Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

* Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.

* Ability to serve on task forces and/or committees.

* Program planning and implementation skills.

* Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities; ability to develop, plan, and implement short- and long-range goals.

* Ability to design and implement systems necessary to collect, maintain, and analyze data.

* Knowledge of management principles and practices.

* Skill in developing policy and procedure documentation.

The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center is the Official Cancer Center of New Mexico and the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in a 500-mile radius. Its 136 board-certified oncology specialty physicians include cancer surgeons in every specialty (abdominal, thoracic, bone and soft tissue, neurosurgery, genitourinary, gynecology, and head and neck cancers), adult and pediatric hematologists/medical oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, and radiation oncologists. They, along with more than 600 other cancer healthcare professionals (nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, navigators, psychologists and social workers), provide treatment to 65% of New Mexico's cancer patients from all across the state. And they partner with community health systems statewide to provide cancer care closer to home. In 2024 they treated more than 15,000 patients in almost 105,000 ambulatory clinic visits in addition to in-patient hospitalizations at UNM Hospital. A total of 2,075 patients participated in cancer clinical trials to study new cancer treatments that include tests of novel cancer prevention strategies and cancer genome sequencing. The more than 123 cancer research scientists affiliated with the UNM Cancer Center were awarded $38.3 million in federal and private grants and contracts for cancer research projects. Since 2015, the physicians, scientists and staff have provided education and training experiences to more than 750 high school, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral fellowship students in cancer research and cancer health care delivery.

Website: unmhealth.org/cancer

See the Position Description for additional information.

• Identified positions in this classification may require specialized certification in an area of competency, depending on the specific needs of the designated role.

Bachelor's degree; at least 5 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

* Knowledge of and prior experience working with health- and cancer health promoting organizations;

* Ability to implement strategies and frameworks that address and improve cancer health outcome differences in community settings;

* Ability to speak Spanish and/or prior experience working with American Indian Tribal Nations

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