Research Services Information Sciences Professional (Open Rank - Intermediate to Senior Qualitative Analyst)

University of Colorado; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical: multiple plan options

Dental: multiple plan options

Disability, Life, Vision insurance

Retirement 401(a) Plan: employer match

Job summary

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus’s ACCORDS invites applications for a full-time Research Services Information Sciences Professional (Qualitative Analyst) to support qualitative research across health outcomes and delivery science studies. The role involves data collection, coding, instrument development, regulatory tasks, analysis and reporting within the QM2 core.

The candidate will engage with diverse stakeholders, lead qualitative data collection efforts, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Experience with qualitative data collection, coding and analysis.
• Experience leading or contributing to qualitative research projects.
• Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and coordinate with investigators.

Responsibilities

• Engage with stakeholder groups and conduct in-depth interviews or focus groups.
• Coordinate recruitment, consent, and payments under guidance of PI.
• Develop and maintain IRB applications and amendments for qualitative aims.
• Prepare and manage transcripts and qualitative datasets for analysis.
• Lead or co-lead team-based coding and codebook development; train coders as needed.
• Run queries and generate reports in qualitative data management software (Atlas.ti).
• Develop and pilot data collection instruments and interview/focus group guides.

Skills

Qualitative research methods

Qualitative data collection

Coding transcripts

IRB/ethics protocol development

Team-based collaboration

Tools

Atlas.ti

Job description

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Department: School of Medicine, ACCORDS Job Title: Research Services Information Sciences Professional (Open Rank - Intermediate to Senior Qualitative Analyst) Position #:00852401 - Requisition #:40871

Job Summary:

The Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) has an opening for a full-time Research Services Information Science Professional who has experience with qualitative research methods. This Qualitative Analyst position is within the Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Core (QM2) at ACCORDS. ACCORDS has a portfolio of research studies focused on health services research or implementation science that engage diverse patient populations, healthcare providers, and community stakeholders. This position will work on practice- and community-based research projects and will provide research support by assisting with qualitative data collection, coding, tool development, regulatory needs, analysis, and reporting. The position may also involve assisting with general project needs, such as staffing, budget management, and other duties as determined by study Principal Investigators. The ideal candidate will have experience and training in qualitative research data collection, coding and analysis, working on teams, and experience with developing and submitting institutional review board protocols for pragmatic trials or health services research studies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day activities related to the implementation of research protocols, including engaging with stakeholder groups, conducting and leading in-depth interviews or focus groups with various groups (patients, parents/family members, adolescents, providers, and community members) and coordinating and attending meetings with project investigators and staff
• Lead/manage tasks for qualitative data collection for basic methods (interviews and focus groups), such as recruitment, participant consenting and payment under frequent guidance of PI and Qualitative Methodologist
• Develop and maintain Institutional Review Board applications, amendments, and continuing review documents for qualitative aims on study projects
• Develop and maintain qualitative datasets, including entering, tracking, cleaning and preparing transcripts for analyses
• Co-leading with methodologist, managing, and conducting rigorous team-based coding efforts including coding of transcripts, and codebook development; these efforts may involve training coding team members
• Running queries and reports in qualitative data management software (Atlas.ti) and supporting qualitative analysis (ex. query summary planning, compiling query summaries/matrix summaries, etc.), under significant guidance of the PI and Qualitative Methodologist
• May develop, pilot, and employ a variety of data collection instruments and interview and focus group guides with the study team

Additional Key Responsibilities for Senior Professionals:

• Assist and train junior Core team members
• May train early career investigators and fellows in qualitative data collection and analysis (SCORE fellowship and K awardees)
• May support methodologist/PI in development of study findings
• May support methodologist and PI in summarizing and presenting qualitative findings including drafting manuscript sections, abstracts, and presentations
• Lead/manage tasks for qualitative data collection for basic methods (interviews and focus groups), such as recruitment, participant consenting and payment under frequent guidance of PI and Qualitative Methodologist
• Co-lead (with methodologist), manage, and conduct rigorous team-based coding efforts including coding of transcripts, and codebook development; these efforts may involve training coding team members
• May lead/co-lead presentations at professional conferences

Work Location:

Hybrid - this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 1 day per month on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

Why Join Us:

ACCORDS is a unique environment supporting innovative and interdisciplinary research across the University of Colorado Anschutz campus. ACCORDS brings together a large group of investigators from multiple disciplines, some who have their primary office at ACCORDS, and others who collaborate with ACCORDS personnel, programs and cores, while maintaining an off-site research home. Our methodologic cores provide support for the development of new projects, grant proposals for faculty, consultative support to investigators, as well as support our programmatic areas.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year
• Vacation Days: 22