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September 23, 2010
Managing Vice President, Health Policy Resources: American Dental Association
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
The American Dental Association is dedicated to promoting the public’s health through its initiatives in research, education, advocacy, public awareness and the development of standards. We have an exciting opportunity for a Managing Vice President, Health Policy Resources.
Position Responsibilities: The Managing Vice President, Health Policy Resources Center is responsible for strengthening and contributing to ADA’s policy and advocacy on economic and technical issues by: identifying critical policy/position development needs of the Association in economic and technical areas for use by ADA Councils, Commissions and Boards; providing unbiased scientifically-valid information and analysis on priority economic issues of the Association for staff and policy-making bodies; determining and prioritizing the objective, economic and technical research needed for effective positioning and advocacy; responsible for oversight of activities of the Dental Economic Advisory Group; providing management and interpretation of survey results published by the Survey Center Department; and providing direct assistance to the Senior Vice President, Dental Practice/Professional Affairs.
Requirements: The ADA is an Affirmative Action employer and has minimum requirements for al of its positions. This position has the following minimum requirements: Ph.D. in Economics, Statistics or business-related field; a minimum of 10 years experience in the research arena, this experience must include conducting health care analysis and working with surveys; must have previous experience using statistical analytical tools; broad knowledge of research methodologies and research protocol; excellent report writing; oral/written communication and quantitative analysis skills are critical; some traveling and weekend work required. Desirable skills include:Dental degree; additional experience in the analysis of health care delivery systems and dental epidemiology; formal economic training to the doctoral level; history of plenary presentations or scholarly writing.
Response Information: Please apply online via our website: http://www.ada.org/careers.aspx or direct correspondence to: American Dental Association, Attn: Human Resources PR#6239, 211 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. EOE/M/F/D/V
