Research Project Coordinator (1 year Term)

Department: IPR - Inst for Policy Res
Salary/Grade: EXS/5

Job Summary

This position involves coordinating research that seeks to understand the implementation and effectiveness of two-generation interventions, which link education and career training for low-income parents with educational programming for their children and youth. The central focus is evidence-based approaches to increasing family economic mobility using diverse perspectives from developmental science, economics, and education. The position supports a range of studies involving numerous cross-institutional collaborators and data from parents and children of all ages.

Manages daily operations of a biomedical &/or social-behavioral research study involving multidisciplinary teams of colleagues, sponsors & other external project stakeholders. Monitors study performance, analyze & review results, & supervise development & implementation of new protocols. Assigns work & supervises study staff & reviews technical operations ensuring that all processes, protocols & procedures are quality controlled & functioning up to standards. Develops implements & administers budgets, grant & administrative procedures. May co-author scientific papers for presentation & publication & coordinates writing, submission & administration of grants. Ensures that all study activities are completed by strictly following Good Clinical Practices (GCP) & all current local, state, & federal laws, regulations, guidance, policy & procedure developed by the NU Institutional Review Board (IRB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), & the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH).

This is term position ending on June 30, 2026. Opportunity for renewal based on funding, availability and performance.

Specific Responsibilities:

Technical

• Leads execution & control of a biomedical &/or social science project or research study.
• Coordinates processing & analysis of data, conduct of experimental tests & procedures
• Develop new &/or revised research methodologies.
• Ensures completion of study activities per protocol including recruitment.
• Ascertains pretreatment & eligibility requirements.
• Obtains informed consent.
• Registers participant with appropriate sponsor.
• Interviews & obtains medical & social histories.
• Collect data from medical records.
• Administers, schedules &/or scores tests.

Administration

• Oversees & manages collection, maintenance, analysis & evaluation of data that will be used in grant submissions, presentations & publications.
• Ensure that information is entered correctly into databases.
• Assists PI in reviewing, analyzing, interpreting, summarizing, formatting, editing, & preparing tables, charts, graphs, progress & final reports, etc.
• Coordinates between sponsoring agencies, collaborating organizations &/or other research &/or educational institutions.
• Ensure that all study documents associated with current local, state, & federal regulatory guidelines, requirements, laws & research protocols are completed in a timely manner.

Supervision

• Trains, directs, assigns duties to & supervises research staff, students, residents &/or fellows.
• Acts as a mentor in regard to education of junior coordinators.

Miscellaneous

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: (Education, experience, and any other certifications or clearances

• Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as social or health science or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience and 3 years' research study or other relevant experience required; OR
• Successful completion of a full course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a master's or higher degree in a major such as social or health science or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience and 1 year research study or other relevant experience.
• Supervisory or project management experience required.
• Must complete NU's IRB CITI training before interacting with any participants & must re-certify every 3 years
• Strong organizational skills.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

• Experience administering structured psychological interviews in research settings
• Competence with statistical (e.g, SPSS, SAS, STATA) and survey (Qualtrics) software
• Experience administering and reconciling participant payments
• Previous experience managing large-scale datasets.

Preferred Qualifications: (Education and experience)

• Strong analytic, writing, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Previous experience in research or education setting.

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Experience with cross-institution collaboration.
• Experience with research grants and funder oversight.
• Experience with IRB submission and modifications.

Target hiring range for this position will be between $55,000-$58,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data

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