Recruitment Coordinator

About the role

This paid, full‑time Recruitment Coordinator will lead outreach and participant recruitment efforts for an NIH‑funded R01 study examining how brain‑based mechanisms of memory bias contribute to the persistence and remission of social anxiety in adolescents. The role involves developing and implementing recruitment strategies, communicating with and screening potential participants, coordinating scheduling, maintaining accurate records of recruitment activities and participant data, managing day‑to‑day communication with participants, tracking enrollment progress, ensuring recruitment goals are met per study protocols and ethical guidelines, supporting regulatory compliance (e.g., IRB documentation), assisting with study operations, coordinating with research staff and volunteer research assistants, and performing other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement recruitment strategies
• Communicate with and screen potential participants
• Coordinate scheduling of participant visits
• Maintain accurate records of recruitment activities and participant data
• Manage day‑to‑day communication with participants
• Track enrollment progress and ensure recruitment goals are met
• Support regulatory compliance (e.g., IRB documentation related to recruitment)
• Assist with study operations
• Coordinate with research staff and volunteer research assistants involved in recruitment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 6 months of experience directly related to this position
• Experience in a lab within a psychiatry, psychology, or human development department required
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• Criminal history review, child abuse clearance, and FBI fingerprinting
• Cash handling and personally identifiable information background check
• Offer of employment conditional upon successful completion of a pre‑employment drug screening

Qualifications

• Experience using REDCap
• Experience interfacing with families and children
• Experience interfacing with clinical populations

Skills

• Demonstrated interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills
• Some prior experience working with experimental research studies
• Experience with participant recruitment and retention
• Experience with overseeing undergraduate research assistants

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, vision coverage
• Paid time off
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Tuition remission – eligible employees and their dependents can obtain a degree tuition free
• Generous retirement plan

Pay

Hourly Rate: $20.00

Schedule

100% On‑Site