The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing announces an opening for a Research Associate faculty position with a focus on community health in aging. In collaboration with the School of Medicine's Memory and Aging Services Innovation Center and through strategic community partnerships and investments, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing leads several initiatives aimed at addressing critical gaps in the healthcare system and brain health. Key initiatives include the "Neighborhood Care Pathway", a concept community health in aging model to implement a robust, tiered, care pathway designed to provide older adults and their families living in lower resourced neighborhoods with high-quality services, supports and resources based on their different strengths, goals, needs and preferences of care, regardless of their financial resources or social status; the MIND at Home and GUIDE dementia care navigation programs at Johns Hopkins aimed at providing high quality family centered care navigation services to people living with dementia; and the MEMORI Corps activity-based companion care program to reduce social isolation for people living with dementia living at home and their care partner(s). Over the next five years, we will leverage community investments, Maryland health payment systems and aging policy, and federal initiatives to expand payment for older adults (e.g., the CMS GUIDE model) to build, implement, and evaluate key initiatives and explore opportunities for national adoption. Our interdisciplinary and experienced team will engage in multi-stakeholder collaboration and mobilization for systemic policy change, innovation, and sustainability. Responsibilities and Opportunities Under the direction of Dr. Quincy Samus and Dr. Sarah Szanton, the Research Associate faculty member will serve as a Senior Program Manager and co-investigator for the Neighborhood Care Pathway initiatives and support as needed on other existing key initiatives. The role requires a highly experienced professional with work experience in health services research focusing on underserved and/or marginalized populations, strategic partnerships and community-engaged research, and legislative advocacy emphasizing community health and aging services and programs. The role includes program management for large-scale and complex research and quality improvement programs; leadership of interdisciplinary collaborative research teams; assisting with the development of intervention protocols, data collection tools, recruitment resources, and staff training curriculum; supervision of research staff; community organizing, community engagement, advocacy, and outreach; contributing to research methodologies and helping to advance the theory and science of complex models of care that address health equity; working with quantitative and qualitative data to summarize results; contributing to publications, presentations and reports to disseminate knowledge to key audiences; participating in grant proposals; and contributing efforts to other similar activities as they arise that would reasonably fall under this faculty position role. The Research Associate will work closely within an interdisciplinary team and have access to exceptional resources to facilitate their activities in this role, including multiple opportunities to publish, assistance with grant-writing, dissemination of evidence to practice, and project planning for the next stage of their research careers. The faculty member will receive individualized mentoring and training to support their work and further develop their skills and competencies needed to advance populations' health and design, implement, and evaluate community-based programs. The initial appointment will be for a one-year, non-tenure track, with two additional years funded if progress is satisfactory. Decisions regarding faculty appointment extensions will be based on productivity, mid-year, and year-end progress reports. The position provides salary and benefits commensurate with the candidate's demonstrated work experience, skills, and leadership experience in this field. Schedule: Full Time, Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm Location: Modified Hybrid, onsite 2-4 times monthly at the School of Nursing-East Baltimore campus. Minimum qualifications: + A bachelor's level degree in gerontology, public health, business communications, community organizing, psychology, behavioral sciences or related field is required. Experience and education equivalencies are permitted, and will follow the JHU equivalency formula. + Seven years of related work experience is required including at least 2 years of directing field operations for service, advocacy, or research programs involving older adults. Preferred qualifications: + Strong track record of successfully working on large scale and complex research, services projects that involve multiple stakeholder types and marginalized populations. + Strong understanding of public health policies related to aging and aging services networks. + Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills. + Strong organizational management and interpersonal skills. + Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills. + Technical proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, REDCap, Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, MAXQDA, Mendeley, Atlas.ti, Smartsheet, Salesforce, Higher Logic, Google SEO, and NIH-RePORTER + Ability and willingness to travel Salary: $92,000-125,000 (targeted salary $110,000) + Statement of career objectives/research goals. The statement should be 1 page single-spaced and include: + Specific interest in models of care to advance health equity and the health and well-being of older people + Academic and career development plans for the appointment, including a) the skills, knowledge or certifications the applicant seeks to obtain; b) why this position would be a particularly good fit for the applicant; and c) expected outcomes related to career goals. + Curriculum Vitae + Three letters of recommendation. Letters should be sent to qmiles@jhmi.edu. Ask letter writers to state in email subject line: "Letter for (applicant's name): Research Associate. Additional Information Salary Range The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. 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