Project Coordinator, Indigenous Cancer Health Equity Initiative

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch)/University of Washington (UW)/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium (Consortium) is a research collaboration comprising Fred Hutch and its strong collaborators, the UW and Seattle Children's.  The Consortium is recognized as a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center through its dedication to developing research programs, faculty, and facilities that will lead to better approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

 

The Office of Community Outreach & Engagement (OCOE) is an integral component of the Consortium. It is housed at Fred Hutch in Seattle with field offices in Sunnyside and Spokane. The mission of the OCOE is to reduce cancer health inequities throughout the cancer care and research continuum by promoting relevant collaborative research and programs. The OCOE uses a qualitative and quantitative data-driven approach to identify our region’s greatest needs and strategic research aims to address those needs, which are prioritized and implemented in partnership with our regional Community Action Boards and our Internal Advisory Council of leaders and faculty from throughout the Consortium.

The OCOE is seeking a Project Coordinator for the Indigenous Cancer Health Equity Initiative (ICHE-i) who shares our mission to achieve cancer health equity by using bidirectional, anti-racist, equitable community-engaged approaches in outreach, programming, and research.  The position is based at the Fred Hutch office in Seattle, and comes at an exciting time for the Consortium, as it broadens its reach throughout Washington.  The Project Coordinator for the ICHE-i will coordinate administrative, research, and programmatic tasks in support of the ICHE-i’s scientific and programmatic objectives.

 

The work of the Project Coordinator includes developing project timelines and communication, handling administrative tasks including meeting scheduling with internal and external partners, note-taking and follow-up, coordinating event details, and carrying out complex research and administrative assignments including community-facing communications materials development. This role requires experience working with Tribes and/or urban Indian communities, and Tribal organizations. Candidates must be familiar with Tribal Sovereignty, governance, and community norms.  

 

Schedule is typically Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM, but flexibility for evening and/or weekend events may be required.

This role will have the opportunity to work partially at our campus and remotely.

Responsibilities

The Project Coordinator will report to the Project Manager for the ICHE-i.  Under general supervision, the Project Coordinator will work independently in performing daily responsibilities.  The Project Coordinator’s primary responsibility is to facilitate and coordinate interactions with individuals and groups to support the ICHE-i in its inreach and outreach activities within the Washington State catchment area.  The Project Coordinator will support outreach and research implementation plans, assist in monitoring progress, communicate effectively with the ICHE-i team when roadblocks exist, assist in developing proposed solutions, and conduct dail