*Please note that the required experience & skillset differs from what is outlined on the CHOP HR website; experience related to health policy & communications is relevant for this position.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation.

At CHOP, your experience is valued; your voice is heard; and your contributions make a difference for patients and families. Join us as we build on our promise to advance pediatric care—and your career.

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We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.

Job Summary

PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is seeking a Policy and Communications Coordinator to join our policy and communications teams. PolicyLab is a research center within CHOP's Research Institute that aims to achieve optimal child health and well-being by informing program and policy changes through interdisciplinary research.

Be a part of delivering on PolicyLab's mission by providing broad support to the center's efforts to ensure that its research informs and shapes local, state, and federal policy. This position will work collaboratively with policy and communications team members working on PolicyLab's research portfolios (behavioral health, adolescent health and well-being, health equity, family and community health, and population health sciences) to advance the center's strategic aims and identified policy priorities.

The Policy and Communications Coordinator will manage PolicyLab's ongoing surveillance of policy opportunities, internal policy-focused communications and training opportunities, contribute to strategic communications efforts, and support the development of externally-facing research translation products, such as webinars, briefs, and content for website and social media, and provide other logistical support to the policy and communications teams.

The Policy and Communications Coordinator position is ideal for an early-career professional with a background/interest in health policy, communications, and children's health, who is looking to develop their skills in policy surveillance and strategy; project management; research communication and dissemination; and understanding of the research environment. A strong foundation in writing, good organizational skills, and the ability to work well on a team are keys to success in this role. The position reports to the Policy and Strategy Manager.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field with 2-3 years of relevant experience

• Experience with health policy analysis and communications

Job Responsibilities

Support PolicyLab in achieving policy impact

• Track opportunities and risks in the children’s health policy landscape to inform the work of PolicyLab’s research portfolios, researchers, and policy team, and manage internal communication on this tracking to identify opportunities for collaboration and responsiveness

• Coordinate the delivery of internal policy trainings and learning opportunities to build the capacity of PolicyLab’s teams to engage in policy processes

• Coordinate policy-focused communications for internal audiences

• Contribute to policy content development, such as briefs, memos, evidence reviews, policy scans

• Support PolicyLab portfolio activities, including small-group meetings with external partners and coordinated communications plans for relevant awareness days

Support communication and promotion of PolicyLab research

• Contribute to strategic communications efforts and plans for translating and disseminating research, including informing editorial calendars, writing content for external audiences (web, newsletter, and social media), and providing editing assistance

• Draft social media content, conducting social media monitoring, reporting analytics, and researching innovative trends in social messaging

• Assist in project management of PolicyLab ‘virtual conversations’ (webinars)

• Support annual reporting processes

• Provide general support for development and distribution of PolicyLab products                                                                                                                                              

Required Education 

• High School Diploma / GED

Required Experience

• 2 years of experience related to health policy and communications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Good attention to detail          

• Strong time management skills

• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications and social media platforms desirable

• Intermediate knowledge of health policy         

• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills     

Additional Technical Requirements

• Intermediate knowledge of health policy

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

To apply, click here.

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation.

At CHOP, your experience is valued; your voice is heard; and your contributions make a difference for patients and families. Join us as we build on our promise to advance pediatric care—and your career.

CHOP’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

CHOP is committed to building an inclusive culture where employees feel a sense of belonging, connection, and community within their workplace. We are a team dedicated to fostering an environment that allows for all to be their authentic selves. We are focused on attracting, cultivating, and retaining diverse talent who can help us deliver on our mission to be a world leader in the advancement of healthcare for children.

We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.

A Brief Overview

The successful candidate will join a research team at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, under the supervision of Dr. Chén Kenyon. Dr. Kenyon’s research focuses on understanding the drivers of health outcomes and disparities for children with chronic disease and designing/tailoring interventions to simultaneously improve outcomes and equity. Dr. Kenyon’s upcoming research involves testing different strategies for implementing NIH guideline-based asthma care with a specific focus on achieving equity in adoption and outcomes using a cluster randomized design in CHOP’s primary care network. The successful candidate will support development of asthma education materials and activities to support the clinical decision support build. They will screen and enroll participants using informed consent, administer questionnaires, conduct participant interviews, and support data cleaning and analytic processes.

Dr. Kenyon also co-leads CHOP’s Center for Health Equity Research and Education Core, focused on identifying and implementing best practices for incorporating health equity in research. The successful candidate will contribute to an institutional initiative focused on bolstering support for rigorous health equity research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Research Institute. This includes, but is not limited to, activities to advance health equity and disparities-focused study designs, community-academic partnerships and stakeholder engagement, inclusion and representativeness in CHOP clinical trials, interpretation and dissemination of findings in non-academic settings, and equitable translation (e.g., health services and policy research) of novel discoveries to advance patient care.

As a successful CRC candidate, you will have the opportunity to contribute to several research projects centered around pediatric asthma management and delivery of care, health equity, and health policy, with a focus on institution supports for health equity science. The Clinical Research Coordinator will assist with a range of tasks related to the research projects described above, including:

• The CRC will assist with the screening, recruitment, and enrollment of eligible participants for research studies, during health care encounters or by phone.
• The CRC will assist with quantitative data cleaning and complete basic levels of statistical analysis (chi-squared tests, t-tests, etc.).
• The CRC will support analysis of electronic health record data related to asthma and health disparities. This may include chart review, data extraction, data analysis, and preparation of tables, graphs, and manuscripts.
• The CRC will support semi-structured interviews with providers, caregivers and children focused on implementing guideline-concordant care to inform and iterate on intervention design.
• They will also assist with the implementation and adoption of asthma-related study interventions in clinical settings, including working alongside and coordinating with asthma nurse care manager and asthma-focused community health worker.
• The CRC will support mapping of health equity projects and resources across the Research Institute and build upon previously collected baseline data. The CRC will participate in efforts to evaluate clinical trial inclusion and representativeness across the Research Institute.
• The CRC will monitor innovative literature, methodology, and exemplary institutional programs related to health equity in research. They will create communication materials to increase awareness of updated regulations and guidelines related to rigorous health equity research.
• The CRC will create slide decks and other preparatory materials for team meetings, as well as dissemination materials to convey project updates to stakeholders.
• The CRC may contribute a portion of their time to health equity trainee pilot research projects. Based on the CRC’s interests and capacity, they may also have the opportunity to assist with other aspects of Dr. Kenyon’s research.

What You Will Do

• Core responsibilities
• Adhere to an IRB approved protocol
• Participate in the informed consent process of study subjects
• Support the safety of clinical research patients/research participants
• Coordinate protocol related research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care
• Screen, recruit and enroll patients/research participants
• Maintain study source documents
• Under the supervision of PI Report adverse events
• Understand good clinical practice (GCP) and regulatory compliance
• Educate subjects and family on protocol, study intervention, etc.
• Comply with Institutional policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines, and with HIPAA and management of confidential materials
• Must comply with federal, state, and sponsor policies
• For multi-site studies or collaborations, support communication and meeting scheduling across teams
• Related responsibilities
• Manage essential regulatory documents
• Register study on ClinicalTrials.gov as appropriate
• Complete case report forms (paper & electronic data capture) and address queries
• Submit documents to regulatory authorities (e.g. IRB, FDA, etc.) and/or review/monitoring boards (ie,DSMB, independent safety officer)
• Facilitate pre-study, site qualification, study initiation, and monitoring visit as appropriate
• Facilitate study close out activities as appropriate
• Coordinate research/project team meetings
• Collect, process and ship samples as applicable to the protocol
• Schedule subject visits and procedures
• Retain records/archive documents after study close out

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma / GED Required
• Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least two (2) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Required
• At least three (3) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Basic knowledge of IRB and human subject protection
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels

To apply, click here.

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.

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The application period for PolicyLab's spring/summer student internship program is now closed.