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Visiting Project Coordinator - UIC The Healthy Youths Program and the Community Outreach Intervention Projects

Visiting Project Coordinator - UIC The Healthy Youths Program and the Community Outreach Intervention Projects

The Healthy Youths Program and the Community Outreach Intervention
Projects at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public
Health is seeking a full-time Visiting Project Coordinator for a
federally-funded study to prevent HIV/AIDS among juvenile offenders.The
study is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an innovative and
uniquely tailored HIV/AIDS, mental health, and substance use program
designed for 13–17 year old males and females on probation.

Job include Recruitment & Retention and Data Management
responsibilities: Recruit, track, and assess participating youth for
enrollment and follow-up in the research study; make contact with
youths' legal guardians to explain the study, retrieve consent, and
maintain an ongoing relationship with the family; conduct baseline and
follow-up assessments with youth participating in the study; maintain
communication with youth using various communication media (telephone,
email, facebook, and texts) to schedule appointments, send reminders,
and verify contact information throughout the study; create research
protocol using ACASI programming and maintain project databases using
SPSS; create and maintain a database documenting recruitment,
assessment, and follow-up activities; manage data verification and
retrieval for the project; supervise research staff who collect, enter,
and verify data; and review files for missing data, clean and merge
data, and ensure the integrity of data collection on and off site.

Qualifications: Bachelors degree required, advanced degree in a relevant
area such as public health, psychology, or social work preferred; strong
interpersonal skills and exceptional professionalism; ability to work
autonomously and complete job responsibilities independently; experience
in the collection, verification and management of data for a
longitudinal study; experience in ACASI development, Access, Excel, and
SPSS preferred; and experience working with youth preferred.

Intervention will occur at various sites in the community (probation
centers, homes, libraries, and schools) and travel to community-based
intervention sites throughout the city is necessary using a personal
vehicle. Some program activities will occur in the evenings. Candidates
must be willing to maintain a flexible schedule that includes evening hours.

Salary range: $28,000-$35,000, commensurate with experience.

For fullest consideration, please email a cover letter, CV/resume, and
references by 03/07/11 to: Erin McCarvill at emccar2@uic.edu. To ensure
proper handling of your application, type “PHAT Life Visiting Research
Specialist Position” into the subject heading.
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