The Biomedical Informatics team, in specific support of the Cancer Informatics Shared Resource (CISR) program in the UFHCI, is seeking a qualified and enthusiastic individual to fill the role of a Research Coordinator III. The coordinator will play an important role in the management of day-to-day operations for CISR in support of the execution of cutting-edge research studies at the intersection of health care delivery and information technology to enhance care quality and population health.

Day-to-day oversight and management of CISR research-related and organizational efforts across multiple initiatives, including CISR service cores and Cancer Data Commons.  Facilitate and manage program and project meetings, coordinate service projects, including tracking and invoicing, development and management of annual budgets with the UFHCI business administrative team and CISR leadership. Resource tracking and management for projects and service initiatives, including effort/salary distribution management.

Research Project Management and Protocol Implementation of CISR designated projects. Develop project plans in collaboration with investigators and leadership. Track project objectives, milestones, deliverables, status reports, study results to ensure research activities remain on schedule. Translate study design decisions into concrete tasks, and facilitate setting implementation priorities. Create and maintain budgets and project spending. Lead the development and maintenance of IRB protocols, project objectives, and other research-related tasks and documentation. Coordinate roles, responsibilities, and interdependencies of research team members, including students. Manage communication among staff, study sponsors, healthcare professionals, and investigators, to ensure on-time reports and other deliverables. Work with investigators and administrative staff to maintain budgets, monitor project spending, and develop and maintain IRB protocols, and other research-related documentation. 

Communication: Organize, lead, and document research project team meetings. Track and communicate project updates to team members, leadership, department administration, and other internal and external stakeholders. Manage communication among staff, study sponsors, healthcare professionals, and investigators. Communicate with the IRB Privacy Office, and other regulatory bodies to obtain and maintain all necessary regulatory approval.

Service management: Work collaboratively with CISR service core teams on intake processes for new requests, coordinate updates to CISR websites, and facilitate collection and reporting of service metrics.

Dissemination: Work with CISR leadership to produce publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations to academic, organizational, and community audiences. Track publications for metrics reporting.

The coordinator will work independently and under the minimal guidance and supervision of the Associate Director of Project and Program Management, faculty leadership in the Biomedical Informatics program, as well as faculty leadership in the CISR program supporting service and infrastructure projects led by these groups.  The job responsibilities include a full range of research-related and organizational support efforts across multiple initiatives. The coordinator will facilitate and manage program and project meetings, coordinate service projects, collaboratively develop and manage budgets with UFHCI business administrative team and CISR leadership. This position will also be responsible for cross-department communication with UFHCI and HOBI department administrators for budget and effort/salary distributions for CISR funded BIDS faculty and staff.  This role will also work collaboratively with leadership and technical resources of the Cancer Data Commons program. The coordinator will collaborate with internal and external faculty, research partners, clinical providers, and other stakeholders. Within these activities, opportunities will exist for the coordinator to foster their individual professional interests and develop new skills.

Successful candidates must be committed to working with diverse professional and community populations.

• Master’s Degree with at least two years of experience in conducting health services, informatics, or other health-related research, in and outside of a clinical setting.
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly with regard to interpreting and implementing protocols and in terms of collecting data to ensure accuracy and integrity
• Excellent written (in English) and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and respect for differences and diversity
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines under minimal supervision. 
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals at multiple levels
• Ability to critically evaluation processes, policies, and procedures, and identify potential solutions for issue resolution or improvement
• Ability to teach and train others in concepts, processes, and tools
• Demonstrate strong proficiency in Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Adobe, and Project Management software (Atlassian products preferred)
• Demonstrate experience developing and managing budgets in support of research proposals and projects
• Ability to manage medium-to-large scale projects
• Proficient in time-management and ability to manage shifting responsibilities and priorities
• Working knowledge of informatics and/or health-related research
• Ability to handle protected health information and human subject issues 
• Ability to interpret basic statistical results
• Ability to work with investigators to draft project proposals and plans, manuscripts for publication in peer-review journals, and project reports