Sr. Research Project Coordinator II; Health Behavior and Society

Sr. Research Project Coordinator II (Health Behavior and Society)

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The Health Behavior and Society Department is seeking a Sr. Research Project Coordinator II position. This role oversees the administrative and technical implementation of complex and/or multiple research projects. As part of the research team, you will collaborate with faculty to develop project plans, SOPs, and oversee all research-related activities for one or more complex projects. Complex projects may include external partners, policy advocacy, and significant community interventions.

You 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 examining syringe services program implementation in Indigenous communities, and an exploration of public health vending machine implementation.

• Contribute as a member of a collaborative team to study design formulation.
• Participate in the development, testing, and evaluation of manuals, questionnaires, and coding structures for efficient data collection.
• 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 a data collection system and ensure the 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.

• Analyzing qualitative and quantitative data using a variety of standard techniques (e.g., regression analyses) and platforms (e.g., Stata, Maxqda).
• 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.
• Maintain complex systems of data, including data from a longitudinal cohort study among people who inject drugs.
• Collaborate with diverse constituency groups, including throughout all phases of data analysis and data dissemination.

• 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.

• 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 (without the use of AI).
• Experience with substance use or HIV/STI research.
• Successful track record of writing research manuscripts.

• 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

• 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
• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Higher Education