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Current Job Opportunities
The Data Manager will help us aggregate, analyze and report data, to help develop documentation and fulfil reporting needs both for tracking project performance and to create analytic files for measure development testing. We’re looking for an analytical professional who thrives on the opportunity to review and compound data, and we need someone who can provide and communicate evaluations of the data collected. You will discover efficient ways to organize and analyze data with attention to security and confidentiality. A great data manager can fully grasp the complexity of data management. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of databases and data analysis procedures. You will also be tech-savvy and possess excellent troubleshooting skills. The goal is to ensure that information flows timely and securely to and from the organization as well as within.
EOE, including disability/vets
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The Customer Service Representative is responsible for data entry and order processing for online products, journals, book content, and CME. This position serves as a back-up to the Call Center staff daily. The CSR has responsibility for financial and accounting duties including reconciliations, research, and data analysis. This position is a highly visible one, dealing with members, customers, and vendors and requires the use of several complex databases both for looking up information, analyzing and for updating. It requires a detailed and broad knowledge of both the membership and publishing activities of the American Psychiatric Association and the ability to impart information to customers in a highly skilled, accurate, and professional manner.
EOE, including disability/vets
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The ideal candidate will have a strong technology background, project management experience and the ability to understand business and organizational requirements and translate those needs into actionable project and tasks. The Senior System Administrator/Engineer will report to the Chief Information Officer but will be expected to communicate and interact at all levels of the organization.
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As the leading psychiatric organization in the world, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has more than 37,000 members involved in psychiatric practice, research, and academia representing the diversity of the patients for whom they care. APA members work together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental illness, including substance use disorders. It is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry, and its vision is a society that has available, accessible quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. APAs Visual Content Specialist is responsible for leading the creation of visual content needed to support the external communications efforts of both the association and the APA Foundation. The focus of this role is to expand organizational visual content to support and or lead program messaging in an increasingly digital world.
EOE, including disability/vets
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The Communications Manager will execute day-to-day communications activities for the Foundation as well as support external communications efforts for the Association. We are seeking a team member who is flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with performing a broad range of communications activities. The Communications Manager will report to the APA Chief of Communications.
EOE, including disability/vets
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The Digital Operations Coordinator, Digital Publishing is responsible for supporting the stability and availability of APA digital products. The Digital Operations Coordinator supports the day-to-day operations of PsychiatryOnline (POL), APAs digital content platform and the creation and maintenance of other APA Publishing digital products. This position supports the Assistant Director, Digital Publishing Operations, in implementing and managing new and existing digital publishing products. Responsibilities include supporting platform management and content and feature development of digital publishing products. Duties require application of technical expertise and knowledge of platform features, user experience (UX), and website design. This position reports and escalates issues related to digital publishing products, including POL and the DSM-5 app. Under the direction of the Assistant Director this position will publish and maintain web pages for digital products. Provides front-line technical support for POL stakeholders. Provides support for all digital products.
EOE, including disability/vets
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The Executive Assistant to the Office of the Executive Director will provide complete administrative support for the Executive Director and will also provide administration support to the APA Foundation Programs, Fundraising, and Board of Directors.
EOE, including disability/vets
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Working closely with the Executive Director and Director of Development, he/she will develop and manage a multi-year plan related to foundation and corporate grant funding including cultivation, stewardship and retention strategies. Responsibilities include researching and identifying prospective sources of support, proactively seeking opportunities, generating presentations and proposals, and reporting on outcomes.
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This employee oversees the copyediting, production, and publication of research articles and other content accepted for publication in APAs flagship monthly journal, the American Journal of Psychiatry; its quarterly online companion publication, the Residents Journal; and APA Publishings quarterly publication the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (JNCN). Ensures that articles meet standards of quality and editorial style; synthesizes and writes content for promotion to multiple audiences (internal and external) in multiple formats (print, online, e-mail, etc.) to encourage online usage.
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This employee oversees the copyediting, production, and publication of research articles and other content accepted for publication in APAs monthly journal devoted to mental health services delivery, Psychiatric Services, and its quarterly journal for advancing the theory, science, and clinical practice of psychotherapy, the American Journal of Psychotherapy. Ensures that articles meet standards of quality and editorial style. Synthesizes, writes, and coordinates content for promotion to multiple audiences (internal and external) in multiple formats (print, online, e-mail, etc.) to encourage online usage.
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The Licensing Coordinator supports the licensing of intellectual property rights for content created by APA Publishing and APA. Under the guidance of the Licensing & Subsidiary Rights Manager, this position is responsible for evaluating and responding to SCID-5-CT and other SCID-5 licensing requests, creating appropriate licenses for customers, and ensuring invoices and payments are correctly issued, received, and entered into APAs enterprise resource planning software (ERP; Naviga) and accounting systems. The position directly supports the Licensing and Subsidiary Rights Manager by coordinating and implementing all licensing activities and policies for intellectual properties assigned (e.g., the SCID family of products). The position interacts directly with the Naviga system and supports data entry for licensing properties assigned.
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The Director of Integrated Marketing develops strategies and drives execution for promotion of APA products, programs, events, and initiatives. This role will manage APA marketing operations and serve as the project manager of APA-wide campaigns and initiatives. The Director must be able to think strategically, model collaboration, and be accountable for ensuring deliverables are achieved and timelines are met.
This position regularly engages with stakeholders across APA and APA Foundation to lead cross-functional teams to achieve promotional objectives. S/he coordinates initiatives and resource within the Integrated Marketing team, which includes design, web development and email functions with cross-functional partners and outside vendors.
The position is accountable for evaluating and developing marketing strategies, materials, and systems; developing and managing production of sponsored APA products; providing marketing direction; monitoring the use of APA's brand; supporting internal clients; and directing and editing writing & video projects targeted to APA audiences. The position is also accountable for annual planning, project planning, team professional development, performance management, budgeting, metrics & reporting, and creating a culture of collaboration, continual process improvement and learning among the team.
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The Email Marketing Specialist works collaboratively across APA and APA Foundation teams to implement APAs email marketing and marketing automation strategy. S/he works with other integrated marketing team members and with subject matter experts to coordinate, design, build, test, deliver and measure accessible email campaigns and digital content through APAs email marketing and web content management systems.
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The Analyst reports to the Director of SMI Adviser and serves as a key technical member of SMI Adviser grant, leading all data analyses and data visualization needs of the initiative. The Data Analyst designs, builds, and maintains business intelligence reporting solutions which aggregate online user data from, but not limited to, Salesforce, Google Analytics, and APAs Learning Management System to create near real-time data reports and visualizations which describe user activities across the grants website. The Data Analyst makes data sets useful and meaningful by presenting key information in a variety of ways for a number of end users (initiative staff; funders; partner organizations). Responsibilities include requirements gathering, design, website+app development from the perspective of data collection, deployment and maintenance of business intelligence (BI) solutions and preparing tables + figures for reports and presentations.
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The Coordinator serves as support staff to the Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness (CSS-SMI), known as SMI Adviser. CSS-SMI is a 5-year SAMHSA funded initiative to improve the lives of those with serious mental illness and information about this program can be found at SMIAdviser.org. The Coordinator provides administrative support in the planning and implementation CSS-SMI activities, including: aiding program participants and program faculty in meeting activity requirements; supporting continuing education accreditation of training activities, responding to program inquiries and customer service tickets; updating the project website; running reports for stakeholders; and tracking programmatic details and deadlines.
EOE, including disability/vets
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Incumbent is responsible for all aspects of the administration and management of APA's Education Division. The Chief of Education is an executive position, and the chief must be a psychiatrist with significant experience in psychiatric education: for example, as a residency training director, chair of a department of psychiatry, CME director, medical student educator or associate dean at a medical school.
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