Project Coordinator

About the role

The Project Coordinator will work with the investigators to transform a grant-funded project into a series of clear and practical steps. This includes assigning responsibilities to appropriate team members, providing support, and tracking progress to ensure tasks are completed on time and with a high quality of work. The project coordinator ensures successful implementation of the plan under the guidance of the principal investigators (the LIU Deans of the School of Health Professions and College of Education & Information Technology).

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the investigators to determine effective practices for implementing proposed practices
• Train team members in the use of screening protocols and in best practices for training others, including via conducting screenings for them to observe, and conducting trainings for them
• Observe and provide feedback on team members' efforts to conduct screenings and provide trainings in the school setting
• Manage and support graduate students and mental health professionals in creating materials related to the above
• Design questionnaires and surveys geared at assessing level of knowledge pre/post training and satisfaction with training (including at follow-up periods)
• Gather, manage, and interpret data via use of Excel spreadsheets
• Produce twice-annual individual activity reports including both qualitative and quantitative data
• Produce an annual report detailing progress, analyzing findings on quality and efficacy, and making recommendations, in conjunction with the investigators

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in clinical psychology (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) or MSW in Social Work
• 5 years of clinical experience, including at least 1 year working with children, teens, or families
• Experience in conducting diagnostic screenings
• Experience in providing trainings relevant to clinical practice in psychology or social work OR teaching classes in clinical psychology or social work OR clinical supervision
• 2 or more years of leadership in a research lab or similar setting (i.e. research lab manager or coordinator)
• Demonstrated mentorship ability, including ability to provide growth-supporting environment for students/trainees
• Basic excel skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in middle school settings
• Experience screening for or working with individuals with opioid or substance use disorders
• Experience with Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) protocols

About LIU Brooklyn

LIU Brooklyn campus enables students to realize their full potential as ethically grounded, intellectually vigorous, and socially responsible global citizens. The campus offers more professional programs in health care than any other campus in the New York metropolitan area, including the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy & Health Science, and The Harriet Rothkopf Heilbronn School of Nursing. LIU Brooklyn is home to Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, a dynamic performance venue designed to nourish students’ artistic exploration, and Division I sports teams.

LIU is an equal opportunity employer. LIU is committed to extending equal opportunity in employment to all qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. LIU encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.