Part-Time Research Coordinator

Northern Arizona University

This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility.

with or without accommodation. Opportunities for remote work are rare.

This position is subject to the availability of funding.

This position is posted as Part-Time Research Coordinator, which is a working title.

The NAU system title for this position is Part-Time Temporary.

CHER is a vibrant research center at Northern Arizona University. Our staff and faculty focus on public health projects across the region and the nation, working closely with communities to improve workforce development efforts and create broader understanding of their public health challenges and achievements.

This individual will coordinate the Health First Foundation funded community-engaged research project, Supporting Tribal Autism Resources and Services (STARS). The STARS project will culturally adapt the evidenced-based education and training program, Parents Taking Action, for Hopi parents and educators of autistic children from fall 2026 to summer 2027.

The part-time research coordinator will be directly supervised by a principal investigator (PI), Dr. Olivia Lindly (Department of Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Services), and housed within the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The part-time research coordinator will also support and regularly communicate with the project's other two PIs, Dr. Davis Henderson and Dr.

Candi Running Bear.

The roles of the coordinator involve facilitating daily research activities alongside the PIs and their Hopi Tribe collaborators.

This position is in-person, with a possibility for some hybrid/remote work.

The part-time research coordinator will need to complete certain tasks at the NAU Mountain Campus and be capable of traveling to community partner sites, including but not limited to Kykotsmovi and Tuba City, Arizona.

• Day-to-day operations:
  Ensures effective daily project operations with the NAU research team and the community partners.
• Logistics & travel:
  Coordinates logistical aspects of project activities (e.g., completes food orders, vehicle reservations, travel tickets/itineraries, meeting space reservations) for in-person meetings with the Hopi Tribe and in Tuba City.
• Reimbursements:
  Assists with standard reimbursement processes to the NAU Foundation.

• Communication management:
  Coordinates proactive communication across the research team, Hopi partners, community advisors, and NAU administrative staff in CHHS and CHER.
• Meeting coordination:
  Completes meeting scheduling, creates agendas, facilitates meetings, takes high level notes summarizing key decisions and action items, and tracks action items after meetings.

• Participant recruitment and enrollment:
  Conducts participant recruitment through involvement with community outreach and engagement activities, screens interested individuals for eligibility, administers informed consent, and sends information sheet to consented participants.
• Data collection:
  Establishes and maintains secure places to store data in NAU's REDCap and on NAU Teams.
• Collects demographic survey and interview data from families and educators.
• Administers and enter data for brief satisfaction surveys following autism support group meetings.
• Data analysis:
  Assists with the thematic analysis of qualitative data gathered from families and educators.
• Descriptively analyzes participant demographic and support group satisfaction survey data.
• Research dissemination:
  Assists with preparing dissemination materials such as posters, slide sets for oral presentations, and manuscripts.

• Communication management:
  Coordinates proactive communication across the research team, Hopi partners, community advisors, and NAU administrative staff in CHHS and CHER.
• Meeting coordination:
  Completes meeting scheduling, creates agendas, facilitates meetings, takes high level notes summarizing key decisions and action items, and tracks action items after meetings.

• Assists with Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol amendments
• Alongside Other Required Ethical…