Research Coordinator - Institute for Research Experiences & Education

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Coordinator at UL Research Institutes. This is a remote Opportunity.

The Research Coordinator at the Institute for Research Experiences & Education (IREE) works closely with IREE’s interdisciplinary research team on the workflows, logistics, and administrative components that are critical to social science and education research. This individual is the cohesive glue across education research projects, ensuring studies are completed as planned and communication is seamless across the team. With expertise in project management and experience in social science research, the Research Coordinator plays a key support role that is integral to the execution of research projects. As a core member of the team, this individual brings a spirit of curiosity and pragmatism to each project

UL Research Institutes:

At UL Research Institutes (ULRI), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge.

Build a safer, more secure, and sustainable future with us. Join us and work with our Research Experiences & Education teams who conduct the research required to produce that knowledge and put into practice.

IREE:

The Institute for Research Experiences & Education advances UL Research Institutes’ public safety mission by bringing ULRI safety science research and UL Standards & Engagement standards to students and educators across the education continuum through open-access platforms and resources shaped by educational research. Embracing a model in which the expertise of educators and researchers inform each other, our institute engages educators and youth in rigorous learning and educational experiences that build awareness, knowledge and skills, and critical thinking so everyone can see themselves as part of the safety sciences.

What you’ll learn and achieve:

As the Research Coordinator, you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:

Develop and maintain systems to track and administer social science research, in the following key areas.

• Team communication

  • Collaborate with team leadership to ensure everyone understands their roles and responsibilities by facilitating regular team and project meetings, providing updates on progress, identifying potential roadblocks, and soliciting input from team members.

  • Foster positive relationships with colleagues, internal and external collaborators, and project participants, keeping them informed about project progress, changes, and potential impacts, addressing stakeholder concerns and requests promptly and professionally.

• Research compliance and ethics

  • Track trainings and certifications, including renewals

  • Track IRB applications, including renewals

• Project workflow and documentation

  • Assist in creating and maintaining project charters, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

  • Collaborate with the research team and external partners to align and track project objectives, scope, and deliverables in established project management systems. Translate project plans into timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.

  • Maintain project documentation, including status reports and meeting summaries, and generate periodic project reports for team leadership, highlighting progress, issues, and recommendations.

  • Support data management processes and systems.

• Financial administration

  • Assist in budget planning and tracking, ensuring projects are executed within the allocated budget and monitor project expenses and identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality.

  • Arrange for compensation for research participants

  • Assist with processing vendor invoices

• Logistics for research convenings, conferences, and publications

  • Contribute to planning for research convenings hosted by IREE

  • Organize vendors, rentals, and meals for participants and partners

  • Track conference and publication deadlines and submissions

• Coordination for grants

  • Support grant writing in collaboration with o