Project Director II

University System of New Hampshire; Durham (NH); On-site; GBP 63,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

The University System of New Hampshire, through the Institute on Disability, seeks a Project Director II to lead two externally funded studies on interventions supporting young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. You will oversee project management, data collection, analysis, and dissemination across multiple sites in the US.

Responsibilities include supervising hourly staff, training interventionists in Boston and Manchester, ensuring protocol fidelity, and coordinating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
• Ability to follow standardized protocols to administer assessments and complete observations.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to the Boston area and Manchester, NH during the work week (2-3 days/wk).
• Travel ~30-40 times/year for the transportation study; ~2 times/week for the mental health study.
• Hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Project Management and Coordination: manage two externally funded studies, coordinate with local sites and national team.
• Data Management: securely manage incoming data, REDCap management and database development.
• Training and Supervision: supervise hourly research assistants, train interventionists, monitor fidelity.
• Data Collection: administer standardized assessments, observe in-person delivery and document notes.
• Dissemination: prepare and disseminate reports; potential authorship on presentations/manuscripts.

Skills

Project management

Data management

Training and supervision

Strong communication skills

Follow standardized protocols

Qualitative coding

Time management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree

Tools

REDCap

Job description

The Project Director II will work at the Institute on Disability on 1-2 externally-funded research projects about interventions to support young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. One study is focused on comparing two delivery-approaches of a transportation intervention, and the other is focused on a peer-delivered mental health intervention. The Project Director II will manage projects, supervise research assistants, collect, manage, and analyze data for both projects, and contribute to dissemination. This potential is not considered essential staff (i.e., not required to work during curtailment).

Duties/Responsibilities

Project Management and Coordination (55%)

• Conduct and coordinate data collection for two funded studies by communicating with local research sites and the multi-site team.
• Attend team leadership meetings
• Train sites on the Ready to Ride intervention and peer support
• Complete administrative tasks to prepare intervention materials (e.g., formatting materials, occasionally printing, ordering supplies, etc.)
• Ensure all research protocols are conducted in a standardized manner, across multiple research sites. This includes coordination with project managers and researchers across multiple universities through email, phone, and virtual meetings.

Data Management (10%)

• Securely manage all incoming data for both projects.
• This includes data entry, database management, and REDCap management and database development.

Training and Supervision (10%)

• Supervise hourly research assistants
• Train interventionists across research sites in the Boston area and Manchester
• Observe interventionist performance, document fidelity, and provide additional training to support fidelity, as needed.

Data Collection (25%)

• Administer standardized assessments for both projects.
• This includes observational assessments and self-report assessments.
• Observe in-person delivery of the Mental Health StepUp Peer intervention and take detailed notes in a structured format.

Dissemination (10%)

• Prepare, publish and disseminate reports and other written materials on results and conclusions of the project and other relevant topics.
• Have an opportunity to write up findings and be an author on presentations and/or manuscripts.

Requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
• Ability to follow standardized protocols to administer assessments and complete observations
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Willingness to travel to the Boston area and Manchester, NH during the work week (i.e., availability at least 2-3 days/week between 9am and 5pm)
• Transportation study: Travel is expected to occur ~30-40 times/year
• Mental health study: Travel is expected to occur to occur ~2 times/week
• Travel costs will be reimbursed
• Ability to manage time and complete tasks in a hybrid work environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical training (position is open to students working towards clinical or education licensure)
• Experience with qualitative coding
• Experience with data management
• Master's degree

Please be advised that this position is supported by external sponsor funding. As such, continued employment in this role is contingent upon the availability of those external funds. If, for any reason, the sponsor funding is reduced or discontinued, employment may be subject to modification or termination in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us ac