Research Coordinator - Children's Learning Institute

Position: Research Coordinator I - Children's Learning Institute
UTHealth Houston Children's Learning Institute is hiring a Research Coordinator I! This role will provide coordination support across three areas:
Texas Rising Star Mentoring Statewide, the Infant-Toddler Specialist Network, and the Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic. The TRS Mentoring Statewide project work includes coordinating the professional development services that are provided to TRS mentors, as well as coordinating projects for improvement of technology and infrastructure to support TRS mentors. The ITSN work includes coordinating the development of coursework on Infant Toddler and Three Year Old Learning Guidelines, and assisting with enhancements to the CQI goal-setting tool.

Responsibilities will span creating agendas, meeting notes, task assignments and follow-up, schedule management, project tracking/status reports, project reporting, and incentive tracking. The role will coordinate the work rather than develop the instructional content. For Circle CQI, the RC will use established templates, source documents, prompts, and AI assistance to generate coaching tips; distribute them for review and track follow-up; and enter approved tips into Confluence while making edits to existing templates/webpages.

Finally, this role will support coordination of Duncan clinic family sessions.

Candidates may bring experience in Jira, Microsoft Office, project management, as well as an interest in education, early childhood, and research.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:  100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!

Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... Free financial and legal counseling Free mental health counseling services Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.

Resources for child and elder care Plus many more!

Position Summary:

The Research Coordinator I, assists with human subject research project conduct and management, including participant recruitment and data collection, entry, management, and analysis. Assists with research project logistics, maintaining records, preparing reports, and meeting research milestones and deadlines.

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Key Accountabilities:

Under supervision, assists with human subjects research activities, including participant recruitment, informed consent,  data collection through surveys, interviews, and observations, and ensures that all activities are conducted according to study protocols.

Organizes, cleans, and maintains databases to ensure accurate data entry and preparation for analysis under close supervision.

Maintains confidential records of collected data and ensures accuracy, compliance, and integrity of data. Data may include human subject data and departmental programmatic data. Supports Data Management Sharing (DMS) plan.

Prepares annual progress reports and applications for various committees and ensures that all staff have…