University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

Department: ACCORDS

Job Title: Research Services Professional (Intermediate or Senior)

Position #: 00847427 – Requisition #:39767

Job Summary:

The Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) has an opening for a full-time Research Services Professional role at the Intermediate or Senior Professional level. This position will work closely with ACCORDS research and administrative activities by collaborating with the Director, Manager, and affiliated faculty to assist with funding and regulatory applications, recruiting and enrolling participants, and coordinating data collection activities while ensuring compliance with regulatory protocols and ethical standards. Responsibilities may include conducting literature reviews, developing data collection instruments, collecting and managing quantitative and qualitative data, and creating data visualizations and written materials for presentations and/or manuscripts. The position also involves performing general administrative duties such as scheduling, communications, and contributing to the Center’s social media presence. This role will work closely with the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Outcomes Research Center.

Key Responsibilities:

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (60%)

• Coordinate/manage tasks for qualitative data collection for basic methods (interviews and focus groups), such as recruitment, participant consenting, and payment under frequent guidance of Principal Investigators (PIs) and Qualitative Methodologist.

• Conduct literature reviews for data collection and analysis purposes.

• Co-leading with Methodologist, managing, and conducting rigorous team-based coding efforts including coding of transcripts and codebook development; these efforts may involve training coding team members.

• Running queries and reports in qualitative data management software (Atlas.ti, MAXQDA).

• May develop, pilot, and employ a variety of data collection instruments (e.g., interview, observation, and focus group guides) with the study team.

• Support qualitative analysis including codebook development and coding, under significant guidance of the PI and Methodologist.

• Conduct basic methods/types of analyses.

• May support Methodologist/PI in development of study findings.

• May support Methodologist and PI in summarizing and presenting qualitative findings, e.g., drafting manuscript sections, abstracts, and presentations.

• Assist in poster and presentation formatting and design for professional conference presentations; may lead/co-lead presentations at professional conferences.

• Independently and creatively identify data collection, coding, and analysis solutions.

In addition to above, Senior Professionals:

• Coordinate and manage qualitative data collection for various methods (interviews, focus groups, surveys, observations, etc.) under the guidance of the PI and Qualitative Methodologist.