Remote Nonprofit Health Research Project Manager

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health; Texas; Remote; USD 56,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is seeking a capable Project Manager to lead the project support team across multiple study initiatives. This remote role supports internal and external collaborators, manages timelines, and drives efficient operations in a research-focused environment.

You will supervise staff, coordinate meetings and vendor contracts, and contribute to grant writing and proposal activities. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with five years progressively more responsible related work experience, or an equivalent combination of work experience and education
• Demonstrated thorough understanding of a research study and its conduct, including technical requirements, along with an understanding of how individual project objectives may contribute to the overall program area and organizational objectives
• Demonstrated performance with a very high degree of accuracy, attention to detail, discretion, and confidentiality
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both formal and informal
• Demonstrated awareness of audience and ability to adapt communication and/or presentation skills accordingly
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and workload in a high volume, deadline-driven environment with changing priorities
• Demonstrated supervisory ability
• Proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications
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Responsibilities

• Manage project support team assignments, including set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor progress of project support team, and coordinate project team tasks and interdependencies with other project groups.
• Provide direct supervision to members of the project support team, including providing support/assistance to ensure the successful completion of work assignments; ongoing performance feedback and performance evaluations; and work with employees to identify desired and necessary training and/or professional development activities.
• Assist with the development, monitoring, and tracking of project timelines, proactively identifying when a task may be off track and alerting the project Ensure completion of project support team deliverables and milestones.
• Execute and oversee the coordination of internal and external meetings logistics, including meeting materials and management of contract negotiations with third party vendors for external Participate in the meetings (some overnight travel may be required) and contribute to the meeting materials as requested.
• Assist the Project Manager with overall management/support of comprehensive project staff, both internally and externally, including assisting planning and delegation of tasks across functional teams.
• Identify and act upon opportunities for project efficiencies and/or opportunities to support project support and project management team members.
• Provide support for contract development with funder and facilitate vendor or subcontractor contracts through to Work with the Project Manager to understand contract and/or grant specifications in order to ensure compliance in project support work assignments and related processes.
• Verify, approve, and track non-personnel, non-subcontract other direct project expenditures on a monthly basis in financial system and against budget.
• Oversee the development and documentation of project procedures and/or work instructions, including implementation of such within the project support team.
• Serve as day-to-day liaison between external collaborators (including funder and external investigators) and internal teams for project timelines and achievement of tasks.
• Contribute to proposal development and/or grant writing efforts, as Including but not limited to drafting content for selected sections with minimal guidance and assisting proposal team with editing, collating, reviewing and/or tracking collaborator input.
• Assume responsibility for activities that will contribute to own professional development, including development of action plan for professional development activities and/or assisting with tasks assigned by the Project Manager.

Skills

Supervisory ability

Microsoft Office proficiency

Verbal and written communication

Ability to prioritize tasks

Attention to detail

Discretion and confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s degree with five years related work experience

Tools

Project management software

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is seeking a capable Project Manager to lead the project support team across multiple study initiatives. This remote role supports internal and external collaborators, manages timelines, and drives efficient operations in a research-focused environment.

You will supervise staff, coordinate meetings and vendor contracts, and contribute to grant writing and proposal activities. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for success.