Project Manager II - School of Nursing

Department: Health Sciences Center • Full time • Regular

About the role

The University of Louisville School of Nursing is seeking a Project Manager II to direct all day-to-day operations of multiple large research projects, primarily conducted in the Brown Cancer Center. This position is grant funded and will end when grant funding ends.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day management of studies, including timeline development and management.
• Coordinate meetings with research team and study partners.
• Coordinate intervention sessions and data collections with patients, caregivers, and clinical teams.
• Coordinate financial and legal navigation services in partnership with UofL Health staff; provide assistance with legal and financial navigation.
• Prepare Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, and reports; monitor study for IRB adherence.
• Consent research participants.
• Manage fiduciary responsibilities: purchasing project supplies, ordering intervention printing, managing ProCard, serving as fund custodian for participant and site incentives, and processing participant incentives.
• Support intervention activities: participant recruitment and consenting, training intervention nurses, data collection, and conducting informed consent.
• Provide financial and legal navigation assistance.
• Prepare manuscripts, PowerPoints, and abstracts for dissemination.
• Perform research-related domestic travel.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Primarily typical office hours, Monday through Friday; however, some duties will occur on weekends and evenings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and four (4) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with human research protocols or research with human subjects.
• Experience in collecting a variety of types of data.
• Experience with managing grant budgets.
• Familiarity with IRB policies and procedures.
• Familiarity with financial/legal navigation programs.
• Project Coordinator/Research Associate experience.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong organization and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to set and manage priorities under time pressure.
• Attention to detail.
• Knowledge of financial and legal issues impacting patients (oncology preferred).
• Understanding of financial and legal navigation services.
• Knowledge of remote technology (e.g., Zoom, Skype).
• Outcomes and deadline-oriented.
• Relationship-building skills with interdisciplinary clinical partners.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook Calendar, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Able to learn NVivo qualitative data management software and transcription cleaning.
• Knowledge of state/CHFS/funder guidelines.
• Knowledge of IRB submissions and continuing reviews.
• Knowledge of Federal and State regulations regarding the ethics of Human Subject Research.
• Knowledge of compliance guidelines for grant budget management.
• Experience and knowledge in research account practices/principles.
• Knowledge of human subject research.
• Understanding of financial and legal navigation interventions in oncology.
• Ability to follow protocols and record biophysical and electronic data.

Pay

Target compensation: $61,147 – $65,000.