Jobs at Howard University

Coordinates clinical trial participants and protocol activities, including eligibility evaluation, informed consent, appointment scheduling, study medication coordination, laboratory follow-up, case report completion, electronic data entry, source documentation, and adverse event reporting. Collaborates with physicians, research staff, pharmacists, participants, guardians, project directors, and principal investigators while ensuring compliance with study protocols and institutional requirements.

Provides proposal development support to faculty and research teams pursuing federal and non-federal funding. Responsibilities include analyzing funding opportunities, advising investigators, writing and editing proposal components, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, interpreting sponsor requirements, supporting resubmissions, delivering grantsmanship training, maintaining proposal resources, and tracking engagement and funding outcomes. The role requires strong communication, analytical, organizational, consultation, and project management skills within an academic research environment.

Provides integrated academic and career advising to an undergraduate student caseload. Responsibilities include academic planning, major exploration, career readiness, early-alert outreach, progress monitoring, retention support, graduation planning, referrals, documentation, and collaboration with faculty and campus services. Uses student data and advising metrics to support proactive interventions while maintaining FERPA and institutional compliance. Supports internships, fellowships, graduate school preparation, and workforce outcomes, with a focus on Black students and historically underrepresented populations.

Conduct independent and collaborative biomedical research in neuroscience and genomic regulation. Design rodent stroke experiments, perform surgeries, tissue analysis, molecular assays, microscopy, and spatial profiling. Analyze and present findings, prepare manuscripts and grant materials, mentor trainees, and maintain compliance with university, NIH, biosafety, animal-care, and research-integrity requirements.

Recruits and screens adult participants for a federally funded Long COVID study. Responsibilities include reviewing medical records, obtaining informed consent, administering surveys, entering data in REDCap, conducting risk assessments, maintaining study documentation, coordinating follow-up visits, engaging communities, and assisting with biospecimen preparation and shipping.

Leads all revenue cycle functions for an ambulatory academic practice, including patient access, coding, billing, accounts receivable, denials, collections, revenue integrity, credentialing, and financial assistance. The role develops strategy, manages staff, budgets, vendors, compliance, payer enrollment, reporting, internal controls, and process improvement. It partners with clinical, finance, compliance, hospital, and executive stakeholders to improve reimbursement, cash collections, financial performance, and the patient financial experience.

Provides advanced administrative and office management support for the Office of Academic Affairs. Controls workflow, implements procedures, monitors academic programs and events, coordinates appointments and deadlines, prepares confidential correspondence and reports, and serves as a liaison among College of Medicine departments, the hospital, university divisions, faculty, students, administrators, and vendors. Requires independent judgment, strong organization, discretion, multitasking, communication, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

The Strategic Initiatives Manager supports the Faculty Practice Plan CEO and COO by coordinating strategic initiatives, special projects, executive operations, and cross-functional activities. Responsibilities include developing project timelines, tracking milestones and risks, preparing executive analyses and presentations, coordinating leadership and board meetings, managing the CEO’s calendar, facilitating stakeholder communication, and following up on action plans. The role requires strong organization, analytical judgment, relationship management, communication, and influence without direct authority.

Provides intermediate administrative and office support, including answering inquiries, preparing documents and reports, scheduling appointments, coordinating meetings, processing transactions, maintaining budgets, tracking correspondence, updating procedures, and supporting office workflow. The role requires customer service, confidentiality, sound judgment, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. It also assists with property management, security, safety, and building maintenance tasks as assigned.

Conduct social, behavioral, and economic research on risk communication and behavior related to coastal and ecosystem science. Collect and analyze data, develop recommendations and decision-support tools, communicate findings, publish peer-reviewed research, present at conferences, support research design and IRB processes, collaborate with NOAA and Howard University scholars, and mentor graduate and undergraduate research assistants.

Serves as a trusted strategic partner and senior administrative advisor to the Dean. Manages priorities, schedules, meetings, correspondence, communications, confidential issues, and leadership agendas. Coordinates college-wide activities, supports accreditation processes, maintains operational systems and documentation, and prepares briefing materials. Supervises administrative assistants and students while collaborating with faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, vendors, accreditation agencies, and other stakeholders.

Schedules medical appointments, handles high-volume inbound calls, verifies patient demographics and insurance information, provides appointment instructions, answers questions, researches issues, and delivers patient-focused customer service. The role uses Allscripts or similar scheduling systems, follows call-handling scripts, meets quality and performance metrics, and collaborates with patients, providers, staff, and management.

Serves as the Dean’s strategic advisor and operational partner, translating institutional priorities into actionable plans and ensuring cross-functional execution. Manages the Dean’s office cadence, governance workflows, strategic initiatives, meetings, communications, and stakeholder coordination. Acts as a liaison among academic and administrative leaders while supporting external partnerships and high-impact engagements. Oversees workflow management, resource allocation, performance tracking, and administrative staff, exercising discretion and independent judgment in sensitive matters.

Provide reference and research assistance to students, faculty, and staff; deliver instruction and workshops on library resources and research tools; support collection development and evaluate materials; assist with electronic resources and library technologies; help manage the library's online presence and digital collections; participate in professional development and consortium activities.

Leads Howard University's social media and digital communications strategy, including editorial planning, content development, multimedia storytelling, campaigns, analytics, audience engagement, and brand amplification. Oversees content calendars, production workflows, vendors, budgets, and team members while advising senior leadership. Develops platform-specific copy and creative briefs, monitors digital trends and reputational risks, reports performance insights, and ensures accessibility, brand consistency, and alignment with institutional priorities.

Leads Howard University's enterprise-wide editorial strategy and serves as Editor-in-Chief for flagship print and digital publications. Oversees editorial planning, writing, editing, governance, standards, storytelling, digital publishing, accessibility, SEO, analytics, budgets, vendors, and production schedules. Supervises editorial staff and collaborates with university leadership, faculty, communications, marketing, advancement, and academic stakeholders to strengthen institutional reputation, thought leadership, engagement, and visibility.

Provides administrative, financial, human resources, and operational support for a university Graduate School. Responsibilities include monitoring budgets, reconciling accounts, supporting grants and procurement, coordinating strategic initiatives and events, assisting with recruitment and personnel actions, managing graduate student funding and payroll, implementing policies, supporting accreditation, and coordinating stakeholders. The role supervises an administrative assistant and students while partnering with university leadership, faculty, staff, students, and external organizations.

Coordinates office workflow, administrative procedures, scheduling, financial requisitions, reporting, filing, mail, supplies, and departmental events. Provides general information to faculty, staff, students, vendors, visitors, and the public. Arranges meeting logistics, travel and lodging, maintains office organization and inventory, operates Microsoft Office applications, and handles confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

The Clerkship Coordinator manages administrative and operational tasks for the medical student clerkship in Neurology, ensuring compliance and supporting educational experiences.

Lead Workday security design, configuration, audits, and governance while developing Workday Extend apps and integrations. Partner with HR, Finance, Student, and IT teams to implement secure, scalable solutions, ensure compliance (FERPA/HIPAA), support release management, and drive adoption and continuous improvement across the university.