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Job Req ID:  113632

Research Program Coordinator

The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is seeking a Research Program Coordinator to coordinate various research projects in the Johns Hopkins Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry related to mental health interventions in community settings. Projects include projects that seek to develop, implement, and evaluate mental health interventions outside of traditional health systems (e.g., schools), and more basic research to understand risk and protective factors for children and adolescent depression and disruptive behavior problems. The Research Program Coordinator is responsible for activities related to participant recruitment and data collection, study protocol implementation, data entry, data cleaning, data analysis and reporting, and supporting the Principal Investigator in other research-related activities (e.g., literature reviews, preliminary data analyses, conference presentations, reports to funders, grant and manuscript preparation). The RPC will work with the principal investigator of these projects, and with other program staff as appropriate to conduct these activities.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities


Participant Recruitment & Data Collection

  • Initiate subject recruitment and data collection and monitor recruitment and data collection goals.
  • Maintain and update database of existing and potential participants by drawing both from existing project databases as well as publicly available data sources.
  • Maintain records of recruitment and responses to recruitment and data collection activities.
  • Respond to phone, email, and fax inquiries related to projects in a timely fashion.
  • Provide support assisting with planning for and coordination of evaluation of program training and service offerings.


Research Protocol Implementation & Maintenance

  • Prepare for data collection through conducting literature searches and summarizing findings.
  • Preparing materials (both on paper and setting up electronic data systems such as Qualtrics surveys and REDCap databases) for use during data collection.
  • Conduct data collection using a variety of methods (e.g., surveys, qualitative interviews).
  • Assist with provision of training and support to other project team members in using project data collection systems (e.g., Qualtrics, REDCap).


Data Management & Analysis

  • Review collected data and forms for accuracy and completeness and obtain clarification/ corrections from study participants if necessary.
  • Complete data entry of study data.Clean study data as needed.
  • Assist with analyzing results and compiling and disseminating findings.
  • Support PI in preparing PowerPoint presentations, publications, progress reports, and grant applications emanating from this research.
  • Co-present (as appropriate) findings emanating from this research at local, state, and national conferences. 


Meeting Coordination & Attendance

  • Attend weekly project meetings with Hopkins team.
  • Organize and keep minutes of meetings.


Other Duties

  • Assist PI with purchasing of project materials and processing of travel for research team members as appropriate.
  • Perform miscellaneous related duties as assigned.


Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Ability to multi-task and function with independence.
  • Knowledge/proficiency with statistical software (e.g., SPSS, SAS, STATA, MPLUS), and database management (e.g., developing databases in REDCap, Microsoft Access, Excel or SPSS) is desirable.
  • Knowledge/proficiency with JHU-specific software (e.g., Concur).
  • Enthusiastic, responsible, able to work independently, and have great interpersonal and communication skills, as well as meticulous attention to detail.


Specific Physical Requirements

  • Ability to stand, walk, or sit for an extended period of time.
  • Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
  • Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s), or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard.
  • Communication skills using the spoken word.
  • Ability to see within normal parameters.
  • Ability to hear within normal range.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
  • Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Some clinical or research experience in a related discipline such as Psychology or Public Health.
  • Some related research experience in child, adolescent, and/or young adult populations.
  • Related experience in data collection, data management, and/or data analysis.

 

 

Classified Title: Research Program Coordinator  
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.00 - $30.00 HRLY ($24,440 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Part-time 
Schedule: M-F, 20 hours/week 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Psy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

 

 

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

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The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
Hybrid: On-site 3-4 days a week

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