Research Project Manager, PACT

About the role

The Chicago Center of HIV Elimination, embedded within the University of Chicago's main campus in Hyde Park, is located in Chicago's HIV epicenter. Of the 20 neighborhoods in the city with high annual HIV diagnosis rates (greater than 40 per 100,000), 13 of them are no more than eight miles from the University of Chicago. This area includes 4 of the 6 communities with the highest annual diagnosis rates in the city (Washington Park, West Englewood, Greater Grand Crossing and South Shore).

The Research Project Manager will work closely with a physician-led team of investigators and educators on grants focused on HIV prevention and HIV care continuum outcomes. The Research Project Manager will serve as the main project contact for partner organizations and clinical sites across multiple research projects. They will also oversee and manage other staff including but not limited to medical students and undergraduate research assistants.

Responsibilities

• Supports a portfolio of projects that may include rigorous social science evaluations and technical assistance data analysis projects; assists project team members, PIs, external partners, and stakeholders to push projects forward and achieve research goals.
• Provide support to the principal investigator and research team by recruiting subjects, designing surveys, planning and conducting individual and focus group interviews, and collecting and analyzing some qualitative and quantitative data, as necessary.
• Aids in the coordination of research activities, communications with partner agencies, and managing project deliverables.
• Aids in writing grant proposals and preparing presentations targeting both policymakers and academic audiences.
• Writes human subjects permission protocols and amendments for IRB permission, and obtains other research permits as needed.
• Documents discussions and research activities with detailed notes and project logs.
• Conducts thorough and critical reviews of relevant literature.
• Assists with data collection, management, randomization, and analysis including cleaning and assembling the files for data analysis, and conducts field research as needed.
• Prepares sections of research results, including proofing, formatting and creating tables and graphs.
• Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.
• Analyzes and maintains data and/or specimens.
• Conducts literature reviews.
• Aids in the preparation of reports, manuscripts and other documents.
• Accountable for all tasks in moderately complex clinical studies.
• Uses knowledge of clinical studies to coordinate the collection of analyzable clinical research data and/or samples with a limited to moderate degree of independence.
• Contributes to the problem solving on assigned clinical research studies and tasks.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in public health, health administration, or other health-related field.
• Experience in conducting clinical research studies.
• Experience managing Institutional Review Board processes.