Sr. Research Program Coordinator
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Sep 3, 2021
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Academic Affairs, Research Administration
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The CAHMI seeks a Sr. Research Program Coordinator who will provide daily assistance to ensure the information gathering, synthesis and reporting of research data findings and logistical, administrative and communications tasks central to funded research and project grants are successfully completed. This will involve working with other CAHMI staff, contractors and partners to help implement qualitative, quantitative and communications research initiatives, and ensure overall smooth operations throughout the CAHMI.
The Sr. Research Program Coordinator will be under the supervision of the Research Program Manager & Director of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI). The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) is a national initiative based out of the Department of Population, Family and Reproduction Health of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Our mission is to promote the early and lifelong health of children, youth, families and communities by advancing family centered data, tools in research, policy and practice. We are seeking a highly skilled professional with a “start-up” mentality willing to assist in higher and lower level tasks, to the betterment of CAHMI as an organization. This person will be committed to helping the CAHMI stay on schedule and the advancement of coordinated research administrative and communications efforts to support an upward trajectory of success and impact to improve the well-being of children, youth, families and communities.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
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Coordinate and perform duties to
implement and ensure the daily monitoring and response to the
CAHMI’s technical assistance “inbox” and to document and identify
issues related to the functionality and operation of CAHMI’s
websites, including CAHMI’s National Data Resource Center for Child
and Adolescent Health.
Assist in the deployment of routine
social media, web-based and e-newsletter and outreach
activities.
Perform tasks essential to the
administration of research grants and project, including the
tracking of deadlines and assist with the routine assessment and
reporting on citations of CAHMI’s research, monitoring the use of
CAHMI’s web-based resources and ensuring timely reporting to the
CAHMI director and funders.
Assist with setting up and monitoring
qualitative and quantitative research activities, including use of
Qualtrics, RedCap, the formatting, dissemination, collection,
analysis and synthesis of data using qualitative and quantitative
research methods, helping with IRB submissions and ensuring data
privacy and confidentiality.
Conduct environmental scans and
literature reviews. Provide editorial assistance in developing
reports and documents, including managing reference lists,
proofreading for grammatical errors, document formatting and online
submission of research abstracts and
publications.
Aid with development, formatting and
submission of grant proposals and progress
reports.
Assist with tasks essential to research
and student staff hiring and onboarding, grant expense tracking and
purchasing required software, supplies and other
resources.
Assist in identifying and setting dates
for meetings and webinars with external partners and advisory
committees, development of meeting agendas, notetaking and
reporting on meeting deliberations and ensuring the technical
success of these meetings and webinars.
Assist in the continued updating of the
CAHMI’s maternal and child health online measurement compendium and
online data queries and the strategic dissemination of these
resources for use in the field
Assist in establishing and maintaining
efficient electronic and paper filing systems and materials
management system and assist with addressing any issues that arise
to ensure office space is safe and
functional.
Assist in the ongoing monitor and
updating of the content of CAHMI websites and provide other
editorial assistance on a range of CAHMI materials related to
research and dissemination of its work.
Ensure CAHMI meets school/JHU and
Department deadlines associated with the ongoing updating of CAHMI
representation on websites and in newsletters and on online faculty
and course description systems.
Provide teaching assistant support for
yearly course, including uploading materials, ensuring smooth
operations of online teaching scheduling and monitoring student
completion of assignments.
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Maintain the CAHMI research assistance
related operations and procedures manual and train new CAHMI staff
and students on essential protocols and
procedures.
Coordinate meeting logistics for any
in-person meetings that CAHMI attends/hosts in various locations
around the country by coordinating travel arrangements of meeting
participants and hotel, meeting room, and catering logistics.
Schedule complex project team and advisory committee meetings and
events.
Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
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Bachelor's Degree in related
discipline.
Three years of related research
assistance and coordination experience.
Additional education may substitute for
required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency
formula.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Highly communicative and passionate about improving the health of children, youth, families and communities.
- Previous experience designing and implementing qualitative and/or survey research protocols
- Familiarity with Institutional Review Board requirements, submission processes and HIPPA regulations
- Experience working with primary care clinicians to improve the quality of care and implement new interventions
- Knowledge of the programs and policies guiding the maternal and child health system nationally and in states
- Fluent in Spanish
- Ability to use SPSS, SAS or STATA statistical software to analyze data
- Experience with social media, conducting webinars, website content management
- Grant writing and grant progress report development
- Familiarity with the National Survey of Children’s Health
- Familiarity with early childhood development
- Experience working with IT systems, software developers and database managers
Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and being proactively responsible and accountable to define and confirm work, and to effectively prioritize managing multiple tasks while setting and meeting self-set and agreed upon deadlines. Proven ability to establish realistic goals and deliver work on schedule.
- Good interpersonal skills for communicating with colleagues, attention to detail, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
- Ability to solve problems as they arise and communicate effectively with other staff and the Director Demonstrated ability to be an engaged team member who maintains a flexible, curious attitude, seeks feedback and strives to continually learn and improve and actively participates in meetings and day to day work. Excellent time and stress management skills and the drive to collaborate and manage activities across multiple projects/tasks with conflicting deadlines.
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Demonstrable experience in Microsoft
Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat
Pro.
Ability to listen and take notes during
meetings and report meeting discussion of issues and outcomes to
participants in a way that informs and drives action and resolution
of key issues.
Supervisory Responsibility:
- Supervise 1-3 student interns
Additional Information:
- This position will include occasional extended work hours related to travel to conferences and meetings and meeting project and funder deadlines.
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for the 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.
Classified Title: Sr.
Research Program Coordinator
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MB
Starting Salary Range: $39,309 - $54,053 annually (commensurate
with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: School of Public Health
Department name:
Popltn Fmly and Reproductive Hlth Srvs
Personnel area: School of
Public Health
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 atjhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
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The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. 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.
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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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