at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 49993
Department: IPR - Inst for Policy Res
Salary/Grade: EXS/5
Job Summary:
The Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS) is seeking a highly detail-oriented and organized Research Project Coordinator (RPC) with strong communication skills to join our growing team. CORNERS conducts cutting-edge research into the ways that network and neighborhood science can be used to understand and address gun violence and other pressing social issues in Chicago and beyond. Using an engaged research approach, we work with community partners, civic organizations, and policymakers on research projects that seek to bolster their efforts to build communities that are safer, healthier, and more equitable. Learn more about CORNERS here: www.cornersresearch.org.
The Research Project Coordinator (RPC) will support the project manager in coordinating the day-to-day activities of the research. Key role functions include, but are not limited to, the following areas: supporting data collection and analysis, supporting research project meetings and events, helping to write-up findings, providing research project operations and administrative support, facilitating relationships with partners and key stakeholders, and other tasks as assigned by the project manager. The RPC will be part of a project team and will report directly to a CORNERS’ project manager.
A guiding principle of CORNERS is the hiring, training, and development of a diverse set of scholars and scientists.
The Research Project Coordinator will be a full-time employee of Northwestern University with full benefits. The RPC will work alongside other CORNERS’ team members in our office space in downtown Evanston.
Core responsibilities for this role include:
Manages daily operations of a biomedical &/or social-behavioral research study involving multidisciplinary teams of colleagues, sponsors & other external project stakeholders. Monitors study performance, analyzes & review results, & supervises development & implementation of new protocols. Assigns work & supervises study staff & reviews technical operations ensuring that all processes, protocols & procedures are quality controlled & functioning up to standards. Deve
