Senior Research Program Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School

Job Posting Title:

Senior Research Program Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School

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Hiring Department:

Dell Medical School

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue Until Aug 31, 2025

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

 This is a grant funded position with an end date of 8/31/2025, renewable based upon availability of funding, work performance, and progress toward research goals. 

Purpose

The senior research program coordinator will assist in coordinating an NIH funded program of research to address resilience and well-being among front line workers in substance misuse, overdose and addictions. A primary area of focus of this position will be stakeholder engagement, outreach and recruitment for a large clinical trial. Experience with project coordination, behavioral clinical trials, populations exposed to stress and trauma, and/or addictions, harm reduction work or community health work will be required.

Responsibilities

• Engagement with stakeholders, oversight and execution of outreach plans to build a network of workers to participate in research.

• Preparing to transition from early stage pilot research to a large clinical trial to include edits to the trial protocol, preparing a protocol paper for publication, completing a technical transfer package to the NIH, regulatory document preparation.

• Assisting with manuscript writing, protocol and grant writing.

• Other administrative and coordinating tasks to assist with organization, productivity and management. 

• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a field related to the work to be performed and five years of experience coordinating or administering a program OR Master’s degree with three years of experience. Field related to the work to be performed defined as: psychology, social work, other social sciences. Human subjects research experience will be required. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with project coordination, behavioral clinical trials, populations exposed to stress and trauma, and/or addictions, harm reduction work or community health work. 

Salary Range

$55,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions.

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

• Occasional weekend, overtime and evening work to meet deadlines.

• Field work as necessary.  

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this pos