Job Description: |
Specific duties of the Research Coordinator I include the following tasks organized by area of work.
Research/Grant Management
- Develop project/work plans.
- Monitor progress, identify, and resolve barriers to progress, and work with project leadership to make any necessary adjustments to scope, timeline, and/or budget.
- Communicate with faculty and staff, sponsors, community partners, and other external constituencies.
- Coordinate data collection activities (e.g., recruit and communicate with research participants, plan for interviews, coordinate survey logistics, create project timelines)
- Coordinate research team meetings and record action items.
- Support the preparation of reports, applications, and manuscripts (e.g., perform literature searches).
- Maintain project compliance with regulations and policies (federal, state, university, sponsors), creating and renewing IRB protocols, organizing information for audits, etc.
- Provide oversight of project students and staff, ensuring that daily tasks are completed and that the project timelines communicated across the team are met.
- Coordinate research related events aligned with PIs’ research program.
Proposal Development
- Analyze Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
- Collaborate with an OER Research Administrator(s) to establish a streamlined process and timeline for assisting PIs in preparing proposals and in accordance with requirements.
- Review and revise proposals according to funding agencies’ missions and review criteria and for clarity, coherence, significance, innovation, structure, style, and format.
- Create supporting and boilerplate documents (e.g., letters of intent, support letters, etc.) for inclusion in proposals.
- Conduct targeted searches to bolster proposal development efforts and identify potential funding sources.
Research Support
- Support the Associate Dean for Research and Research Director with other research-related duties (e.g., composing documents, preparing award applications, planning research events, etc.).
Other duties as assigned.
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Preferred Qualifications: |
- Three years of appropriate and relevant experience
- Master’s degree in a relevant field
- Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Professional Suite of Products
- Experience in the preparation of proposals, reports, and other documents
- Ability to employ a variety of strategies to meet the communication (e.g., writing) needs
- Ability to research, compile, organize, and synthesize materials obtained from a variety of sources and to present concise information in a timely manner
- Presentation and group facilitation skills
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Special Instructions to Applicants: |
In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.
This is a time-limited position.
This requisition has been reposted. Previous applicants are still under consideration and need not apply.
Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.
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