Senior Research Coordinator

About the role

Working closely with the Principal Investigator, the Senior Research Coordinator (SRC) will provide senior level support for the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of multi-center health services research studies. This includes mentorship of lower-ranking research staff; liaising with internal and external collaborators, including research staff, investigators, and funders; as well as the organization of study data throughout the research process.

Responsibilities

• Assists with maintenance of operation center regulatory files, and ensuring compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Oversees study inventory, including acquisition and disposal of study-related materials.
• Attends meetings regularly with investigators and senior staff.
• Coordinates preparation of data, reports and meeting summaries.
• Provides input on: design of study forms/standard operating procedures, participant information materials, recruitment of study participants, data collection, creation of databases, ordering equipment, and research account monitoring.
• Is proficient with implementing existing statistical analysis code.
• Assists with training junior research staff in implementing statistical analysis code.
• Acts as lead contact person for new and on-going research projects.
• Supervises the implementation of research studies in the field.
• Provides logistical support for multi-site research projects. This may include coordinating other SRC's work.
• Explains to participants study details and provides relevant materials.
• Obtains informed consent and acquires interview recordings/data as required by the protocol(s).
• Ensures good Clinical Practices compliance and mentors less experienced research staff.
• Tracks and reports progress of data collection, data entry, and data cleaning to the Principal Investigator.
• Maintains and protects confidential research data.
• Assists in preparation/submission of grant proposals/applications.
• Mentors less experienced research staff on IRB applications and other regulatory requirements.
• Liaises with Research Ethics Board, funding agencies and external collaborators.
• Ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies.
• Contributes to revising current SOPs and writing new SOPs.
• Works directly with Investigators to prepare dissemination materials (e.g., manuscripts; abstracts, presentations, and posters for meetings).
• Provides agenda, minutes, and action items for meetings.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• Master's degree is preferred.
• 2 – 4 years direct experience in health services research.
• Experience with IRB submissions preferred.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Experience with conducting and carrying out protocols and research coordination.
• Familiarity with IRB interaction, regulatory policies, database input and report generation.
• Research experience in an academic health center with exposure to a team research environment at all levels (senior investigators, nurses, research coordinators, lab technicians).
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to mentor others.
• Strong project management skills.
• Proficiency (written and spoken) in English.

Salary

$81,500.00 – $90,100.00