Deaf Community Research Project Coordinator

University of Texas at Austin; Texas; On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Research Project Coordinator in Texas to oversee deaf-focused study operations, support site engagement, participant coordination, data collection, and implementation across multiple research sites.

This role requires strong organizational skills, experience coordinating multi-site projects, and proficiency in American Sign Language, with a focus on accessibility and stakeholder engagement within the Deafverse Career Connections study.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social science, rehabilitation, psychology, public health, research administration, program coordination, or a related field.
• Three or more years of experience coordinating research studies, educational programs, intervention projects, or other complex multi-site activities.
• Experience coordinating participants, sites, partners, or data collection activities.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables simultaneously.
• Experience working with deaf people and deaf communities.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary research team.
• Proficiency in American Sign Language.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of coordination for participating research sites and partners, maintaining relationships, coordinating communication and scheduling, supporting site readiness, and providing ongoing implementation support.
• Facilitate participant recruitment and study logistics, including recruitment and enrollment, consent and assent processes, scheduling, participant communication, incentives, accessibility needs, and related study activities.
• Facilitate data collection activities, working closely with research staff and GRAs to ensure data collection is timely, accessible, complete, and consistent with approved research protocols.
• Facilitate intervention and research implementation across participating sites, including facilitator preparation and support, implementation schedules, participation and dosage tracking, fidelity documentation, troubleshooting, and communication with project leadership.
• Support participatory research and stakeholder engagement activities, including co-design sessions, youth and stakeholder advisory activities, cognitive interviews, usability testing, and other approaches that incorporate deaf participants and community perspectives into research and development.
• Support development and refinement of research, intervention, and implementation materials, including facilitator resources, protocols, site guidance, data collection tools, and other materials needed to support consistent and accessible project implementation.
• Maintain project management and research documentation systems, including work plans, timelines, milestone tracking, site records, study documentation, procedures, and follow-up across the research team; identify operational risks and support consistent research workflows across NDC projects.
• Contribute to broader NDC research team activities, including research planning, documentation, accessibility, reporting, presentations, dissemination, and other project coordination needs as assigned.

Skills

Coordination

ASL

Communication

Multisite coordination

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Research Project Coordinator in Texas to oversee deaf-focused study operations, support site engagement, participant coordination, data collection, and implementation across multiple research sites.

This role requires strong organizational skills, experience coordinating multi-site projects, and proficiency in American Sign Language, with a focus on accessibility and stakeholder engagement within the Deafverse Career Connections study.