Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a “R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity” and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida’s anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine’s “America’s Best Employers” list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU’s Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.

NEIGHBORHOODHELP PROGRAM EVALUATOR

The Florida International University (FIU) Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine seeks applicants for an exciting non- tenure faculty position at the Assistant/Associate Professor level, with duties as the Neighborhood Health Education Learning Program (NeighborhoodHELP) Program Evaluator within the Department of Humanities, Health and Society. This position will be responsible for implementing protocols to assess the effectiveness and measure the performance of a wide range of social and clinical services. The qualified applicant will work with stakeholders to develop a deep understanding of the multifaceted health and social issues involved with NeighborhoodHELP; conduct and produce rigorous and insightful analyses and evaluative inputs; work with a data scientist to develop and implement the department’s research operations plan; develop evaluation frameworks for grant applications, contracts, and project proposals; and utilize evaluation results to create sustainable strategies of measurement and quality improvement. In addition, this position will have educational responsibitlies that include assisting in developing and teaching courses on the social determinants of health, health education, community-based research, ethical considerations, innovation as a social change tool, and society policy. The NeighborhoodHELP Program Evaluator will also perform internal trainings and/or workshops to educate department faculty and staff on evaluation techniques, strategies and designs that will be implemented.

Minimum qualifications include a terminal degree (MD or PhD) or Master’s degree in related field and five years of experience in evaluating community-based programs, place-based initiatives, or community-campus partnership models.

Preferred experience includes knowledge of the social determinants of health and the social, economic, and structural contributions to health disparities, the demonstrated ability to work well within cross-functional teams, and a track record of innovation to create solutions. Additionally, previous planning and program implementation and evaluation strategies, experience working with quantitative (e.g., SPSS, SAS) and/or qualitative (e.g., NVivo) data analysis software programs, strong written and verbal communication skills, analysis of community level impact (i.e., Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Social Network Analysis), and Cost-Benefit Analysis are preferred.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply to Job Opening ID 521738 at https://facultycareers.fiu.edu/ and attach letter of interest and curriculum vitae in a single pdf file. Candidates will be requested to provide names and contact information for at least three references (previous supervisors) who will be contacted as determined by the search committee. To receive full consideration, applications and required materials should be received by August 22, 2020. Review will continue until position is filled.

FIU is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.