Description

The Health, Behavior and Society is seeking a Sr. Research Project Coordinator II.

The Sr. Research Project Coordinator II oversees the administrative and technical implementation of complex and/or multiple research projects. As part of the research team, collaborates with faculty to develop project plan(s), develop SOPs, and oversee all research-related activities for one or more complex projects. (*Complex to include, e.g. external partners, policy advocacy, significant community interventions.)

TheSr. Research Project Coordinator II will also provide research support for several studies led by Dr. Sean Allen, including a longitudinal cohort study among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachia, a qualitative study that examines syringe services program implementation in American Indian communities, and an exploration of public health vending machine implementation.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Contribute as a member of a collaborative team to study design formulation.
• Participate in development, testing and evaluation of manuals, questionnaires, and coding structures, for the efficient collection of data.
• Develop and oversee design and implementation of study procedures and tools for data collection, e.g. participant interviews, administer questionnaires, background research, laboratory processing, etc.
• Monitor and ensure team compliance with all protocols, procedures, and applicable regulations.
• Participate in developing study budgets.
• Set up data collection system and ensure validity of study data.
• Organize and quality control data.
• Recommend and implement changes to protocol operations based on results and goals.
• Based on the analysis of data, recommend and implement the next steps.
• Identify and suggest ideas for sub-studies.
• Extract data, review literature, and assist with preparation of manuscripts and presentations as appropriate.
• May oversee day-to-day activities and provide training for study staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

In Addition to the Duties Above

• Analyzing qualitative and quantitative data using a variety of standard techniques (e.g., regression analyses) and platforms (e.g., Stata, Maxqda).
• Qualitative and quantitative data management, including data merging, creating and recoding variables to prepare data for analyses, and checking and cleaning of data.
• Developing, drafting, and refining manuscripts that describe key findings that will be submitted to journals for publication.
• Support a variety of quantitative and qualitative data collection activities, including data collection among people who use drugs, helping to maintain data quality, monitor study procedures, and prepare data for analysis.
• Manage multiple analytic projects at once, while maintaining steady progress, scientific quality, and clear prioritization across competing deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Five years of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in a related field.
• Proficiency in Stata for conducting longitudinal quantitative data analyses from a cohort study.
• Excellent organizational, communication and writing skills (Independently developed without the use of AI).
• Experience with substance use or HIV/STI research.
• Successful track-record writing research manuscripts.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Analytical Skills - Intermediate
• Data Management and Analysis - Intermediate
• Literature Reviews - Intermediate
• Oral and Written Communication - Intermediate
• Project Coordination - Intermediate
• Regulatory Compliance - Intermediate
• Research Data Quality Assurance - Intermediate
• Research Design - Intermediate
• Resource Management - Intermediate
• Scientific Writing - Intermediate

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Sr. Research Project Coordinator II
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Research Project Coordinator II (Health, Behavior and Society)
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MC
Starting Salary Range: $48,000 - $84,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health
Department name: HBS-Research Projects
Personnel area: School of Public Health