Research Specialist - TCOM

About The Department

To transform mental health through compassionate, innovative interdisciplinary care, pioneering research, and the education of future leaders dedicated to advancing the well‑being of individuals, families, and their communities.

Department

BSD PSY - Lyons Program Strategy

Job Summary

The Research Specialist supports the organization by coordinating projects, schedules, and reporting across all teams. This role ensures that organizational initiatives are well‑structured, on track, and aligned with priorities. While not initially supervising staff, the Project Management Team Lead helps set consistent practices for project management and may grow into a supervisory role over Project Managers as the team develops.

• Serve as a central point of coordination for cross‑team projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and tracking tools.
• Monitor progress and provide regular updates and reports to leadership.
• Collaborate closely with all teams to align efforts, resources, and communications.
• Support the development of project management tools, templates, and SOPs.
• Facilitate meetings and ensure follow‑up actions are completed.
• Contribute to organizational projects beyond core duties, such as event logistics or communications.
• Uses subject matter and best practices knowledge to perform lab and/or research‑related duties and tasks. Works independently to assist with project design.
• Solves complex problems relating to the administration of projects, including planning new procedures, adapting existing procedures to the needs of the project, and making significant contributions to methodology.
• Guides data collection, evaluation and analysis. Designs and manages databases. Writes reports, articles and manuscripts.
• Presents research findings at meetings and conferences, as well as to funding agencies. Conducts literature reviews. Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in a related field.

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5‑7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

• Experience with Microsoft Office 365 and project management tools (e.g., Planner, Asana, Trello).
• Experience coordinating programs, trainings, or projects strongly preferred.

• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building abilities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in reporting and tracking.
• Problem‑solving skills.
• Organizational skills.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Resume (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Research

Individual Contributor

40

No

No

No

Salary

Exempt

$70,000.00 - $90,000.00

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Yes

The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under…