Recruitment/Posting Title Program Support Specialist Job Category Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Administrative Services Department NJMS-Office of Special Programs Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Program Support Specialist for NJMS- Office of Primary Care, Diversity and Community Engagement. The primary purpose of the Program Support Specialist is to serve as the central administrative support for the winter and summer SMART program, the Summer Youth Scholars Program (SYSP) and the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) in addition to providing administrative support to the Office for Primary Care, Diversity and Community Initiatives (OPCDCE). Assist with the development, implementation, and monitoring of all systems/programs for compiling, analyzing and presenting quantitative and qualitative data in various formats to support the programs.

Among the key duties of this position are the following: Is responsible for the selection process for the SHPEP program participants, including downloading and screening applications, accepting applicants, distributing program information and follow-up calls in collaboration with the co- investigators (Medicine, Dental, Pharmacy and Nursing). Works closely with the teaching assistants, and instructors to support the health professions pathway programs, ensuring that applications are prepared for review, and curriculum, schedules, and reports are completed in a timely manner. Coordinates the SMART program initiative including the recruitment, selection process for the SMART program participants, downloading and screening applications, notification of acceptance, distributing program information and follow-up calls. Coordinates the SYSP program, which includes curriculum design, recruitment of students, supervision of the instructors and teaching assistants, monitoring and maintaining the SYSP student database, and follow-up with students regarding their SAT scores.

Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement FLSA Exempt Grade 22S Position Salary $56,258 Annual Minimum Salary 60543.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 72444.00 Annual Maximum Salary 85865.00 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description HPAE 5094 Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.



Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility ABP