• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $60,000-$70,000

Position Summary

The Department of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health seeks a Project Coordinator to assist in the coordination and management of several projects funded by the NIH and private foundations related to substance use, sleep and HIV among racial and sexual minorities including Black sexual minority men and Transgender women. The incumbent will report directly to the Principal Investigators and will assist in literature reviews, protocol development, biospecimen collection and management, survey development, lead dissemination and securing further external funding, data collection, data quality control, database management and maintenance, preliminary data analyses, participant recruitment and retention, and manuscript preparation, spatial/GPS data, writing, and/or editing, and presentation of materials for conferences and lectures and in submission of IRB protocols. They may also manage and mentor interns as they work through ideas. Other responsibilities include organizing meetings, reporting on the progress of the project, and otherwise supporting the project’s administration and will perform other related duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• 20%--Protocol Development
  15%--Data quality Control and Preliminary Data Analyses
  15%--Survey Development
  15%--Intern Management and Administrative Support (e.g., supply purchasing, expenses, interface with divisional grant team)
  15%--Manuscript and Grant Preparation
  15%--Literature reviews
  5%--Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree. Must have experience working with Sexual and Gender Minority/LGBT populations and knowledge of substance and HIV research.
• Must have high level experience with epidemiologic research, and research training, including literature reviews, protocol development, survey development, data collection, database management, preliminary data analyses, and IRB submissions. Must be able to independently learn new skills required for project management. Must be detail-oriented, with superior organizational, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, and the ability to always maintain the highest degree of confidentiality and diplomacy.
• The successful candidate must possess a high level of initiative, clear communication skills, in addition to a demonstrated ability to be flexible to the study’s evolving needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health or related field.

Other Requirements

• Type other requirements and/or special indicators if CUIMC

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