Project Coordinator

School of Medicine Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,500 faculty physicians and researchers, more than 1,300 students, and more than 6,000 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System and the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) comprise Duke Health. a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.

The Division of Translational Health Sciences in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Global Emergency Medicine Innovation and Implementation Research (GEMINI) Center are recruiting a Project Coordinator. The position will be focused primarily on the activities of the Division of Translational Health Sciences that includes: support the administrative activities of the Division, coordinating and managing project-specific teams, developing scientific manuscripts and reports, and analyzing data. This role will focus on project management to support the ongoing conduct of the project's needs. Similarly, this role will support the analysis of data using either quantitative or qualitative skills. This position will also be expected to have experience in project management including timelines and workflow and communication management, write manuscripts, grants and engaging with the Department faculty in research activities. For the Division of Translational Health Sciences and GEMINI work, the researcher will analyze data, build academic dissemination products, meet weekly with Translational Health Sciences Division and the GEMINI Center members, support grant proposal development, and engage with research activities in the department. The position comes with the potential opportunity for travel globally and domestically for dissemination, and plenty of opportunities for career advancement. 

 

Responsibilities:

 

·      Plan, implement, and coordinate systems designed to monitor the planning for, and collection, storing, cleaning and dissemination of data related to specific projects as required to assist programs and/or projects director.

 

·      Maintain liaison with project participants, including researchers, project personnel, participating subjects as well as other interested parties to establish a communication system to coordinate the various aspects of the project; respond to inquiries about the project according to established policies and procedures.

 

·      Maintain liaison with faculty members, practicing professionals and representatives of related projects to coordinate the collection and dissemination of related data.

 

·      Prepare reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends, and appropriate recommendations and/or conclusions as requested.

 

·      Review and evaluate data monitoring and handling systems to determine consistency of data collected from various sources; recommend changes and modification to systems as required to ensure timeliness, accuracy, and efficiency.

 

·      Recommend various personnel actions including, but not limited to, hiring, promotions, performance appraisals, transfers, and scheduling time off.

 

 Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

 

Requirements:

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Demonstrated experience with scientific writing, grants writing and data analysis

Demonstrated experience with scientific project coordination

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

Education

Work requires communication and analytical skills normally acquired through a4-year college education.

 

Experience

Work requires a general knowledge of research methods, procedures, and experience activities normally acquired through 1 year of social science research OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE.

 

Preferred skills

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