Project Coordinator / Research Assistant II

MSU - Michigan State University; Mobile (AL); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Michigan State University in Mobile, AL is seeking a Project Coordinator to lead a complex funded study in collaboration with multiple institutions. The role includes coordinating daily operations, data collection, and staff training across partner sites, while ensuring compliance with human subjects protection policies.

The coordinator will oversee recruitment, data tracking, and relationships with community partners, traveling between intervention sites as required to meet milestones and

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing research projects and laboratory operations.
• Ability to train research staff and coordinate data collection.
• Experience collaborating with multiple external partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership on a funded project and liaise with external partners.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of intervention implementation and evaluation.
• Train research assistants and project staff; supervise school climate staff.
• Manage participant recruitment, tracking, and data collection.
• Monitor human subjects protection, adverse events, and risk management.
• Maintain data collection, storage, and security standards.
• Travel between intervention sites as required.

Skills

Project coordination

Team leadership

Data management

Research coordination

Training & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in psychology, education, public health or related science field

Job description

Working/Functional Title

Project Coordinator

Position Summary

Please note: This position is located in Mobile, Alabama. The project coordinator will provide leadership on a complex funded project in close collaboration with the project investigators. The coordinator will liaise with multiple external partners and ensure the day-to-day operations of intervention implementation and evaluation activities in collaboration with the investigators at MSU, University of South Alabama, and Vanderbilt University; and the Mobile County Public School System. They will follow established policies and procedures for implementation and evaluation.The coordinator will have responsibility for ensuring that the project meets establishedmilestones and for engaging in flexible problem-solving around unanticipated barriers. They willalso have primary responsibility for training research assistants and other project staff. Thecoordinator will also provide oversight for school climate specialists embedded in the schoolsystem. They will oversee participant recruitment and tracking, records, data collection, and monitoring of human subjects' protection, including adverse events and risk management. Datacollection will be complex and involve integration of data from youth, school personnel, and theschool system, and the police department. The coordinator will maintain high standards for datacollection, protection, storage, and maintenance. They will participate in university and community
activities that contribute to the project mission, including maintaining positive and collaborative relationships with community partners. Regular and prompt attendance; ability to work schedule asdefined and additional hours as required; related duties as required; travel between intervention
sites as required.

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in psychology, education, or public health or related science field; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in overseeing research projects and laboratory operations , operating and maintaining a variety of laboratory equipment, performing specialized and difficult analytical and research techniques, and designing research experiments in an area related to research being performed; may require software specific to the area of research; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience conducting human subjects research
• Experience working with schools
• Experience in teams

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Work Hours

6:30 or 7 am starts occasionally

Description of End Date

This is an off dated position funded for one year from date of hire, with possible extension contingent upon funding renewal

Website

https://publichealth.msu.edu/

Remote Work Statement

MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.