Research Program Manager - NC Collaboratory

UNC Finance and Operations; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

The NC Collaboratory invites applications for a Research Program Manager to support the Social Sciences portfolio by coordinating project activities within defined scope, budget, schedule and deliverables. You will aid in developing communication materials and organizing meetings to share insights with stakeholders.

The role involves grant management, tracking progress, and ensuring deliverables are met, while serving as a liaison with administrators, contractors and partners in local government

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating complex research programs with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to develop milestones, manage scope, schedule, and deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support the Social Sciences team to monitor and coordinate project activities.
• Serve as point of contact for administrators, contractors, stakeholders, and external audiences.
• Develop communication materials and organize meetings to share insights.
• Oversee grant management activities, budgets, expenditures, timelines and deliverables.

Job description

a Sign-on Bonus Is Available For The Successful Applicant Of This Position Paid In 2 Installments Within 12 Months Of Hire

WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE DATE & 12 MONTHS AFTER HIRE DATE.

This position supports the NC Collaboratory's social science research portfolio by monitoring and coordinating project activities within a defined scope, budget, schedule, and deliverables. The Research Program Manager will support the Social Sciences team to develop plans, manage communication while serving as a point of contact for administrators, contractors, stakeholders, and external audiences.

The NC Collaboratory develops research initiatives that target a pressing policy issue or problem of practice faced by policymakers and practitioners at the State and local level in North Carolina, and awards funding to support mutually beneficial partnerships between academic research teams and partners in local governments, community organizations and State agencies. The Social Sciences team currently manages studies on a wide range of topics in the social sciences, including K-12 education, opioid remediation, foster care, mental health and criminal justice, economic development, and local government issues. All of these studies aim to generate practical research findings that could help advance policy and practice related to these issues. Due to the dynamic nature of Collaboratory's research portfolio, future research project topics may expand to new areas within social sciences. The position will assist the Collaboratory Research Director in supporting, coordinating, and managing new, complex research programs involving extensive government and community engagement, as well as strong public interest.

The Research Program Manager will support the Social Sciences team by working with research teams to establish milestones, manage project scopes, and track performance to ensure milestones are met and documented. This position will aid in developing communication materials, organizing meetings to share insights and address issues, and implementing best practices for research-practice partnerships.

In collaboration with the Social Sciences team and leadership teams from partner entities, the Research Program Manager will help develop research plans and review proposals for new partnership-based studies. Other duties include grant management activities for these research studies, including scheduling and leading meetings, tracking activities and progress, identifying and troubleshooting problems, overseeing budgets, expenditures, timelines and deliverables. The Research Program Manager identifies and obtains resources such as meeting venues and supplies, developing reports, presentations and other communication materials to share progress and achievements to stakeholders.