Research Project Coordinator

Research Project Coordinator

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
This is a full-time position that will work in close collaboration with the Principal Investigator on the execution of several federal and private research grants. In collaboration with the PI, the Research Project Coordinator will develop project plans and milestones, and help ensure execution of these plans, as well as ensuring that all grantor contractual and regulatory requirements are met.

Responsibilities:
The candidate will be responsible for identifying issues and potential bottlenecks within projects and propose potential solutions and/or options for efficiency. Other responsibilities will include: tracking, forecasting and reporting on grant budgets, hiring and supervising (in collaboration with the PI) student research assistants, assisting in preparation of reports to granting institutions and publication manuscripts, and other administrative tasks related to grant execution. Candidates with grant and/or software project management skills a plus.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required, master's preferred. Must have 1-3 years experience working in an office environment and supervisory experience. Candidates with grant and/or software project management skills a plus. Experience with health/medical research a plus.

Salary Grade:
10

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.


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