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The Department of Biostatistics is seeking a full-time Research Program Coordinator to provide scientific, programmatic, and administrative support to faculty research programs. The research involves statistical methods work related to estimating the causal effects of programs and policies, as well as collaborative work with researchers across the School of Public Health. The position will act as a liaison and facilitator to assist faculty in accomplishing the mission of their research programs and collaborate frequently with key internal JHU partners, including students, staff, and other faculty. The position reports directly to the research program faculty principal investigator.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Study Management

• Works closely with faculty research teams in overall study implementation, including project management, external communications, and internal coordination.
• Creates processes and new systems to ensure high level of operation and successful implementation of the projects
• Makes strategic recommendations/decisions to meet project goals
• Facilitates communication between research teams and sponsoring agencies
• Prepares and maintains study protocols and reports for sponsors, including for progress reports
• Generates reports for project deliverables
• Participates in planning, analysis, and interpretation of data
• Participates in preparing data for analysis including cleaning data and quality control activities
• Performs literature reviews and prepares evidence tables and summaries for grant proposals and manuscripts
• Edits manuscripts, including formatting and citation management
• Assists investigative team in developing plan for disseminating the results of studies
• Drafts PowerPoint slides for faculty presentations on study activities
• Plans agendas and coordinates project meetings
• Assures project management tasks are completed (i.e. prioritize, timeliness, milestones, monitoring, status)
• Other duties as assigned

Grants Management

• Manage programmatic reporting and tracking requirements for sponsors; create systems for collecting and organizing team input needed for reporting; send reminders and follow up with team members
• Assist with scientific writing, editing, and compiling grant application documents and reviewing sponsor requirements; review final application for accuracy
• Work with faculty and grant analysts to prepare grant budgets according to program needs; review budgets for accuracy and draft budget justifications
• Assist with sponsor progress reports and award close-out procedures

Marketing & Communications/Events

• Plan and supervise program participation in special events critical to programs mission, such as conferences, international meetings, and promotional events
• Plan and execute marketing and other communications initiatives to promote work and build new relationships with partners
• Plan meetings, create and manage invitations and attendee responses, book rooms and food as needed, manage vendors, circulate meeting agendas, take notes, and assign and monitor post-meeting action-items with team members and stakeholders.

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Good organizational, written and verbal communication skills to manage multiple programs.
• Effective interpersonal skills in dealing with a variety of constituents including faculty, staff, students, community members and funders.
• Able to effectively prioritize and work on multiple tasks with concurrent deadlines and demonstrate excellent time management skills and efficiency.
• Ability to follow-through independently in accomplishing program goals and objectives.
• Attention to detail.

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

• Project management experience.
• Data cleaning, management, and analysis experience.
• Experience with the R programming language.

Classified Title: Research Program Coordinator   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $16.75-$23.00-$29.30 HRLY (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30 am – 5 pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: ​​​​​​​School of Public Health 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Biostatistics Administration  
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

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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