Job Summary:
As a member of the IIMS Community Engagement (CE) Team, this person will serve as a liaison with two practice-based research networks (PBRNs). This person will help to develop and implement research projects by working closely with PBRN Directors, advisory boards, and network members. In addition, this person will work the IIMS CE Team to provide research infrastructure support to enhance community responsiveness, research relevance, scientific value, and public health impact.
Job Duties:
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
- Conduct site visits
- Maintain routine correspondence with office staff via phone, email, and fax to sustain and develop relationships with networks
- Recruit new PBRN members
- Support community events of local network practices as needed
- Represent PBRN Directors as needed at local meetings and events
- Communicate IIMS and CE-related opportunities to networks
- Draft brief articles for the IIMS newsletter
PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Assist practitioners, staff, and advisory boards with CITI Training certification (and study implementation
- Train practitioners, staff, students/residents, and advisory boards on study protocol procedures including but not limited to participant recruitment, data collection, and/or intervention facilitation
- Train staff and/or students/residents on basic research processes that support study protocols
PROVIDE RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- Assist with the design and implementation (including, but not limited to study protocol development; subject recruitment; data collection and management; and/or intervention facilitation) of studies collaboratively developed with network members and other community partners
- Work closely with investigators to develop and submit documentation for IRB review; provide updates to IRB as needed
- Work collaboratively with networks to respond to funding opportunities including but not limited to identifying helpful research manuscripts, writing literature reviews, and/or collecting extant data
- Collect, clean, manage, and store data
- Conduct quantitative analyses - complex univariate and bivariate
- Coordinate qualitative research activities including focus groups
- Draft manuscripts, technical reports and/or research posters and collaboratively finalize with PBRN partners
- Draft newsletters and collaboratively finalize and share with PBRN partners
- Provide technical assistance (tables, references, formatting) for grants and manuscripts
ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- Oversee travel arrangements, vendor payee setup, voucher preparation, reimbursements for payments for individual network members as needed
- Submit catering, parking, and room reservation requests for network meetings
- Provide audiovisual and computer setup for meetings
- Coordinate (and prepare meeting materials) for face-to-face and teleconference meetings
OTHER
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of the CE Team’s activities, including the annual CE Symposium
- Assist with travel arrangements, voucher preparation, reimbursements for payment as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Work well in a team setting
- Have excellent organizational skills
- Prioritize, take initiative, and complete projects with minimal supervision
- Have reference management skills
- Possess excellent written and oral communication skills
- Have confidence interacting with students, faculty, staff, and healthcare practitioners
- Be Microsoft Office proficient
- Have strong data management skills
- Possess quantitative data analysis experience (with SPSS)
- Have qualitative research coordination experience
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) coordinating experience is a plus
Education:
Bachelor's degree in an educational/social science or related field is required.
Experience:
Two (2) years of related experience is required.