Unit: School Of Nursing MBU
Department: Research
Duties & Responsibilities:
The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) is a specialized research
professional who will work with and under the direction of the
Principal Investigator (PI) to support the implementation and
evaluation of the Partnership-based Approach to Translational
Human-centered co-learning (PATH) project.
While the PI is primarily responsible for the overall design,
conduct, and scientific oversight of the research, the CRC will
support, facilitate, and coordinate day-to-day research activities
and play a central role in ensuring the effective implementation of
the project. The CRC will work closely with the PI, research team
members, academic collaborators, community partners, and
participating research teams to support study operations,
regulatory compliance, data collection and management,
community-partnered activities, qualitative and mixed-methods
analysis, and dissemination. The CRC reports primarily to the
Principal Investigator.
- Coordinate research activities as authorized by the Principal
Investigator and consistent with approved research protocols and
institutional requirements.
Maintain current CITI credentials for Human Subjects
Protections and other research-related certifications required by
the institution or study.
Understand and adhere to all IRB requirements, human-subjects
protection regulations, approved research protocols, and applicable
institutional policies.
Coordinate preparation, submission, and tracking of IRB
materials, including initial submissions, amendments, continuing
reviews, study personnel changes, and other regulatory
documentation as applicable.
Maintain complete and organized study records and regulatory
documentation and ensure study files are maintained in an
audit-ready state.
Develop and maintain project-management systems to track study
activities, deliverables, milestones, regulatory requirements, data
collection, and other concurrent project timelines.
Maintain clear document-management and version-control systems
for protocols, study materials, data-collection tools, meeting
materials, analytic products, and project deliverables.
Coordinate logistics and communication for research activities
involving academic investigators, research teams, community
partners, advisory groups, and other stakeholders.
Support the development and maintenance of respectful,
responsive, and productive relationships with community and
academic partners throughout the research process.
Coordinate community-engaged research activities, including
scheduling and supporting advisory meetings, co-learning sessions,
human-centered design activities, facilitated reflections, and
other participatory research activities.
Assist with the preparation of meeting materials, facilitation
guides, agendas, presentations, documentation of decisions, and
follow-up activities resulting from research and community-partner
meetings.
Support participant recruitment, informed consent, scheduling,
and data collection for interviews, focus groups, surveys,
facilitated reflections, and other study activities, as
applicable.
Conduct or assist with qualitative data collection, including
interviews, focus groups, observations, or facilitated reflection
activities, in accordance with study protocols and team
procedures.
Support qualitative and mixed-methods data management and
analysis, including transcript and data preparation, coding, data
abstraction, development and maintenance of analytic matrices,
rapid qualitative analysis, synthesis of findings, and integration
of qualitative and quantitative data as appropriate.
Coordinate data collection and management using REDCap or other
approved research data-management systems.
Assist with monitoring data completeness and quality and
maintaining accurate study tracking systems.
Support documentation and tracking of project implementation,
including participation, activities completed, findings, decisions,
adaptations, and project outputs.
Provide timely and professional communication and follow-up
with research participants, faculty, staff, community partners, and
collaborating organizations.
Assist with preparation of study reports, abstracts,
presentations, manuscripts, grant-related materials, and other
dissemination products.
Participate in research team meetings and contribute to ongoing
project planning, problem solving, process improvement, and
evaluation.
Perform other research coordination activities necessary to
support successful implementation and completion of the
project.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., public health,
social sciences, health sciences, psychology, research, or a
related discipline), or equivalent education, training, and
experience.
- Experience demonstrating strong project management,
organizational, and time management skills.
- Experience or training in human-subjects research
activities.
- Experience supporting IRB submissions, human-subjects
protections, and regulatory documentation requirements.
- Experience supporting research operations and study management,
including maintaining study documentation, tracking systems, and
research records.
- Experience communicating information clearly and
professionally, both verbally and in writing, and establishing
productive working relationships with academic investigators,
research staff, community partners, research participants, and
other stakeholders.
- Ability to prioritize work, manage multiple concurrent
timelines and deliverables, and follow through reliably with
limited supervision.
- Demonstrated experience working independently and
collaboratively as a member of a research or project team
- Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying research
protocols, institutional policies, regulatory requirements, and
project procedures.
- Demonstrated attention to detail, including experience
maintaining accurate records and managing document organization and
version control.
- Excellent communication, writing, interpersonal, and
relationship-management skills.
- Current CITI Human Subjects Protection training or ability to
complete required CITI training promptly upon hire.
- Demonstrated commitment to respectful, equitable, and
community-engaged approaches to research.
- Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of
respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty,
staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a
commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in public health, nursing, social or behavioral
science, or a related field, and/or prior experience coordinating
federally funded research.
- Experience with qualitative data collection, qualitative
analysis, or both.
- Experience with community-engaged research, including work with
community partners or advisory groups.
- Experience supporting mixed-methods research.
- Experience facilitating community-partnered research
activities;
- Experience or training in human-centered design approaches is a
plus.
- Experience coordinating federally funded research
projects.
This is a restricted position with continued employment dependent
on availability of funding.
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience, range minimum of
$60,000
Benefits : All full-time university staff are eligible for
VCU’s robust
benefits
package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual
and holiday leave, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning
and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs,
employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities
for career development and advancement, and more.
Application Deadline: November 6
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
Restricted Position: Yes
ORP Eligible: No
Flexible Work Arrangement: Hybrid
University Job Title: 93411 - Open
Contact Information:
Contact Name: Bruna Soria Galvarro
Contact Email: soriagalvaba@vcu.edu
