Family Medicine-411601
Career Area :
Research Professionals
Posting Open Date:
07/21/2023
Application Deadline:
08/04/2023
Open Until Filled:
No
Position Type:
Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)
Working Title:
Research Associate
Appointment Type:
EHRA Non-Faculty Research
Position Number:
20057524
Vacancy ID:
NF0007186
Full Time/Part Time:
Full-Time Permanent
FTE:
1
Hours per week:
40
Position Location:
North Carolina, US
Hiring Range:
Dependent on Education/Experience
Proposed Start Date:
09/01/2023
Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary:
Flexible work arrangements, including virtual/hybrid work locations, are an integral part of the School of Medicine’s Working Forward initiative. As such, this position’s work location is designated as hybrid. Please note that the designated work location is subject to change based on the unit’s business needs.
The Research Associate position will be responsible for planning, conducting and monitoring a variety of research projects, including major externally-funded programs. The Directors of the Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Technical Assistance Center and the Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance Center will rely heavily on this position for successful completion of all aspects of research administration and project management.
The Research Associate will have project management responsibilities, including working independently to manage multiple projects and communicating directly with investigators, sponsors, regulatory bodies, participants, and the study team. This position will be expected to take the lead on internal and external projects as they arise, contract management, budget management, and other research related activities.
This position will also assist in directing and administering the programs for major externally-funded research projects, including the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Technical Assistance Center and the Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance Center. Using extensive research administration experience, this position will provide a high level of professional support in all areas of proposal development and post award management. This position will support proposal development, and post-award management, including creating contracts as well as coordinating workshops, events, and seminars, as needed. This position will respond to external requests for data or information about Technical Assistance Center work, monitor news, reports, and literature for material relevant to our work, understand University processes and carry out those procedures after approval, schedule and coordinate meetings, prepare agendas and follow up on action items. This position will conduct literature reviews, organize data, as well as proofread, edit, and finalize dissemination documents (e.g., manuscripts, reports, newsletters, publication announcements, presentation slides, social media, website content, etc.). This will require the Research Associate to coordinate and collaborate with a variety of complex, multi-institutional consortia, multi-disciplinary and cross-campus research units, and national institutions. This position must ensure adherence to federal, state, and university regulations.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:
Qualified candidates must be proficient in and demonstrate significant experience in research administration. Additionally, candidates must have excellent organization and time management; the ability to handle changes in work volume and intensity; strong interpersonal skills; the ability to present information in a clear and effective manner; and strong problem-solving capabilities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), reference/publication management software, and research databases is required. Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:
Ideal candidate will have knowledge of research principles, study design, methods of data/information, budget and contract management, data organization, as well as knowledge of statistics and related information technology to analyze and report data/information.
Grant administration and proposal development experience and background in rural and underserved healthcare, medical education, or academic medicine is desired.
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities:
Not Applicable.
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