Research Program Coordinator

Johns Hopkins Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is seeking a Research Program Coordinator to coordinate various research projects related to mental health interventions in community settings. Projects include efforts to promote coordination and integration of child mental health and primary care, projects that seek to develop, implement, and evaluate mental health interventions outside of traditional health systems (e.g., schools), and more basic research to understand risk and protective factors for children’s disruptive behavior problems. The Research Program Coordinator is responsible for activities related to participant recruitment and data collection, study protocol implementation, data entry, data cleaning, data analysis, and reporting, and supporting the Principal Investigator and Research Data Manager in other research-related activities (e.g., literature reviews, preliminary data analyses, conference presentations, reports to funders, grant and manuscript preparation). The RPC will work with the principal investigator and Research Data Manager of these projects, and with other program staff as appropriate to conduct these activities.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Participant Recruitment & Data Collection

• Initiate subject recruitment and data collection, and monitor recruitment and data collection goals.
• Maintain and update database of existing and potential participants by drawing both from existing project databases as well as publicly available data sources.
• Maintain records of recruitment and responses to recruitment and data collection activities.
• Respond to phone, email, and fax inquiries related to projects in a timely fashion.
• Provide support to Research Data Manager through assisting with planning for and coordination of evaluation of program training and service offerings.

Research Protocol Implementation & Maintenance

• Prepare for data collection through:
• conducting literature searches and summarizing findings,
• preparing materials (both on paper and setting up electronic data systems such as Qualtrics surveys and REDCap databases) for use during data collection.
• Conduct data collection using a variety of methods (e.g., surveys, qualitative interviews).
• Assist with the provision of training and support to other project team members in using project data collection systems (e.g., Qualtrics, REDCap).

Data Management & Analysis

• After data is collected, review forms for accuracy and completeness, and obtain clarification/ corrections from study participants if necessary.
• Complete data entry of study data.
• Clean study data as needed.
• Assist with analyzing results and compiling and disseminating findings.

Publication/Presentation/Grant Preparation Support

• Support PI and Research Data Manager in preparing PowerPoint presentations, publications, progress reports, and grant applications emanating from this research.
• Co-present (as appropriate) findings emanating from this research at local, state, and national conferences.

Meeting Coordination & Attendance

• Attend weekly project meetings with the Hopkins team.
• Organize and keep minutes of meetings.

Other Duties

• Assist PI and Research Data Manager with purchasing of project materials and processing of travel for research team members as appropriate.
• Perform miscellaneous-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline
• Some related experience
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula

Preferred Qualifications

• Some clinical or research experience in a related discipline such as Psychology or Public Health.
• Some related research experience in child, adolescent, and/or young adult populations.
• Related experience in data collection, data management, and/or data analysis.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Enthusiastic, responsible, able to work independently, and have great interpersonal and communication skills, as well as meticulous attention to detail
  
• Knowledge/proficiency with JHU-specific software (e.g., Concur).
  
• Knowledge/proficiency with statistical software (e.g., SPSS, SAS, STATA, MPLUS), and database management (e.g., developing databases in REDCap, Microsoft Access, Excel or SPSS) is desirable.
  
• Ability to multi-task and function with independence.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to hear within normal range.
  
• Ability to see within normal parameters.
• Communication skills using the spoken word.
• Finger dexterity is required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s), or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard.
• Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
• Ability to stand, walk, or sit for an extended period of time.

Classified Title: Research Program Coordinator
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD
Starting Salary Range: $16.75 - $23.00 hourly (commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Part-time
Schedule: M-F 20 hours
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Psy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Personnel area: School of Medicine

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:

30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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The following additional provisions may apply, depending on campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

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