at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50591
Department: IPR - Inst for Policy Res
Salary/Grade: EXS/7
Job Summary:
The Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (Corners) is seeking a Research Project Manager with strong leadership, communication, and project management 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 problems in Chicago and beyond. Using an engaged 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.
The Research Project Manager will help lead large-scale research and evaluation projects focused on better understanding and developing solutions to neighborhood challenges such as gun violence. The project manager will be responsible for overseeing all day-to-day activities necessary to execute the research project, including project development, planning, and workflow management, overseeing data collection, supervising junior study team members, ensuring key deliverables are met, and disseminating results. The position offers the opportunity to work directly with leading social policy researchers, Chicago-based community organizations, and local city and governmental agencies.
A guiding principle of Corners is the hiring, training, and development of a diverse set of scholars and scientists. We encourage and welcome applications from members of groups who are traditionally underrepresented in the research field, those with lived experience, and those who are familiar with the neighborhoods in which our research is centered.
Learn more about Corners here: www.cornersresearch.org
Core responsibilities for this role include:
Manages all activities associated with biomedical &/or social-behavioral research studies considered very complex by the inclusion of several of the following: multiple investigators, teams, sites, sub-contracts, participants, longitudinal assessments/ interventions; &/or multi-million-dollar budgets. Ensures completion of contract requirements & client specifications. Oversees day-to-day operations including identifying & securing needed resources; creating, implementing,
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