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- Public Health Research Institute – PHRI. The primary purpose of the position is to provide executive level (confidential, administrative and managerial) support to PHRI leadership. Responsible for the coordination and management of the Public Health Research Institute office. Prepares reports, supports research programs, and manages websites and databases. Coordinates projects, meetings, correspondence, reports, and fiscal procedures for the Institute. Prioritizes responses to inquiries and provides resolution, where applicable. Demonstrates initiative, and exercises discretion and responsible independent judgment, with decision making responsibility under the direction of the Administrative Director. The position requires a high degree of analytical thinking, initiative and independent judgment.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:
Responsible for the coordination and management of the PHRI office.
Manages specific projects, assigned by the Administrative Director, with great attention to detail and adherence to timelines.
Prepares reports, supports research programs, and manages websites and databases.
Coordinates projects, meetings, correspondence, reports, and fiscal procedures for the Administrative Director.
Prioritizes responses to inquiries and provides resolution, where applicable.
Demonstrates initiative, and exercises discretion and responsible independent judgment, with decision making responsibility under the Administrative Director.