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Unit: School Of Medicine MBU
Department: Surgery
Duties & Responsibilities:
The VCU Trauma Center's s Injury and Violence Prevention Program (IVPP) Associate Director (AD) works directly under IVPP Director in managing daily operations and staff within IVPP and contributes to strategic planning and policy development. The AD works closely with the IVPP director and the VCU trauma center program director to achieve the mission and goals of IVPP to reduce and prevent injuries through ongoing educational research and community outreach at the local, state, national and international level.
Key responsibilities include IVPP administration and development leading IVPP teams and operational management through budget oversight planning the use of resources and personnel developing policies and setting long term goals and reporting on IVPP progress. This position will oversee all content areas to include community violence, sexual and intimate partner violence, substance use, risky decision making, older adult falls prevention, and additional areas of injury prevention as evidenced by hospital and community data.
This position will provide direct supervision of the IVPP management teams and indirect supervision of other case management advocacy and programmatic staff. Furthermore, it will assist with coordination, design and implementation of all IVPP activities in collaboration with the research arm of IVPP. This position requires strong leadership strategic thinking and communication skills.
Typical Duties
Unit: School Of Medicine MBU
Department: Surgery
Duties & Responsibilities:
The VCU Trauma Center's s Injury and Violence Prevention Program (IVPP) Associate Director (AD) works directly under IVPP Director in managing daily operations and staff within IVPP and contributes to strategic planning and policy development. The AD works closely with the IVPP director and the VCU trauma center program director to achieve the mission and goals of IVPP to reduce and prevent injuries through ongoing educational research and community outreach at the local, state, national and international level.
Key responsibilities include IVPP administration and development leading IVPP teams and operational management through budget oversight planning the use of resources and personnel developing policies and setting long term goals and reporting on IVPP progress. This position will oversee all content areas to include community violence, sexual and intimate partner violence, substance use, risky decision making, older adult falls prevention, and additional areas of injury prevention as evidenced by hospital and community data.
This position will provide direct supervision of the IVPP management teams and indirect supervision of other case management advocacy and programmatic staff. Furthermore, it will assist with coordination, design and implementation of all IVPP activities in collaboration with the research arm of IVPP. This position requires strong leadership strategic thinking and communication skills.
Typical Duties
- Directly supervise the IVPP management team to include the IVPP Programs Coordinator, program managers to include Bridging the Gap (community violence programs), Project Empower (intimate partner violence programs), GR-ACY (alcohol and substance use court diversion program), IMPACT (High School-youth injury prevention program), Falls Prevention program, Technical and Training Assistance, and other content managers as developed.