Title: Research Project Coordinator
Location: Evanston, Illinois
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Job Summary:
The Northwestern Neighborhood & Network Initiative (N3) is seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Research Project Coordinator with strong communication skills to join our growing team. The N3 research center is dedicated to addressing the pressing policy and public health challenge of gun violence in Chicago and across the country. The research team at N3 is conducting cutting-edge research into the ways that network and neighborhood science can be used to understand and address gun violence and other pressing social problems in Chicago and beyond. Using an engaged approach, N3 work with community partners, civic organizations, and policymakers on research projects that seek to bolster their efforts to reduce gun violence and build communities that are safer, healthier, and more equitable.
The Research Project Coordinator will help support large-scale social policy research and evaluation projects focused on reducing gun violence, improving public safety, and promoting neighborhood and community well-being in Chicago. The project coordinator will work on one or more projects across these areas and will support the project manager in coordinating the day-to-day activities of the research, including facilitating relationships with partners and other key stakeholders, supporting data collection, attending project meetings, helping to disseminate results from the evaluation, and other tasks as assigned by the project manager.
A guiding principle of N3 is the hiring, training, and development of a diverse set of scholars and scientists. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from members of groups who are traditionally underrepresented in the research field, those with lived experience, and those who are well-acquainted with the neighborhoods in which our research is centered.
Learn more about N3 here: https://n3networks.northwestern.edu/
Core responsibilities for this role include:
Manages daily operations of a biomedical &/or social-behavioral research study involving multidisciplinary teams of colleagues, sponsors & other external project stakeholders. Monitors study performance, analyzes & review results, & supervises 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).
The Research Project Coordinator will be a full-time employee of Northwestern University with full benefits. The Research Project Coordinator will work alongside other N3 staff and leadership in our office space on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University.
This is a two-year, term-limited position. Opportunity for renewal will be based on performance and available funding.
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
- Develops 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.
- Collects 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.
- Ensures 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.
- Ensures that all study documents associated with current local, state, & federal regulatory guidelines, requirements, laws & research protocols are completed in a timely manner.
Finance
- Manages lab/study budget & inventory including purchasing of supplies & services ensuring that they are necessary, reasonable & project related.
- Orders & maintains inventory of study supplies.
- Distributes intra-departmental charges.
- Negotiates with vendors, obtain quotes & arrange for demos of large equipment.
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:
- 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
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with data collection and/or working with data for research purposes.
- Experience working with diverse stakeholders, for example community partners, civic organizations, and policymakers.
- Some experience or familiarity with community-engaged and/or field-based research projects and practices.
Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)
- Familiarity with the Chicago neighborhoods in which N3’s research is centered.
- Highly detailed oriented and organized with strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.