About the Role
The Senior Research Coordinator will provide senior-level support for the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of multi-center health services research studies. This includes mentorship of junior staff, liaising with collaborators, and organizing study data.
Responsibilities
- Assists with maintenance of operation center regulatory files and ensures compliance with regulatory agencies.
- Oversees study inventory, including acquisition and disposal of study-related materials.
- Attends meetings regularly with investigators and senior staff.
- Coordinates preparation of data, reports, and meeting summaries.
- Provides input on study design, participant materials, recruitment, data collection, database creation, equipment ordering, and research account monitoring.
- Implements existing statistical analysis code and assists with training junior staff in its implementation.
- Acts as lead contact person for new and on-going research projects.
- Supervises the implementation of research studies in the field.
- Provides logistical support for multi-site research projects, potentially coordinating other SRCs' work.
- Explains study details and provides relevant materials to participants.
- Obtains informed consent and acquires interview recordings/data as required by protocols.
- Ensures good Clinical Practices compliance and mentors less experienced research staff.
- Tracks and reports progress of data collection, data entry, and data cleaning to the Principal Investigator.
- Maintains and protects confidential research data.
- Assists in preparation and submission of grant proposals/applications.
- Mentors less experienced research staff on IRB applications and other regulatory requirements.
- Liaises with Research Ethics Board, funding agencies, and external collaborators.
- Ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies.
- Contributes to revising current SOPs and writing new SOPs.
- Works directly with Investigators to prepare dissemination materials such as manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, and posters.
- Provides agenda, minutes, and action items for meetings.
- Performs other job-related duties as required.
Requirements
- 2 - 4 years direct experience in health services research.
- Experience with IRB submissions preferred.
Skills
- Experience with conducting and carrying out protocols and research coordination.
- Familiarity with IRB interaction, regulatory policies, database input, and report generation.
- Research experience in an academic health center with exposure to a team research environment.
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Ability to mentor others.
- Strong project management skills.
- Proficiency (written and spoken) in English.
Location
- Upper East Side
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $81,500.00 - $90,100.00
About the Company
- Cornell welcomes students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds from across the globe to pursue world-class education and career opportunities, to further the founding principle of “any person, any study.”
Equal Opportunity
- No person shall be denied employment on the basis of any legally protected status or subjected to prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual’s genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- Cornell University embraces diversity in its workforce and seeks job candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds.
- We hire based on merit, and encourage people from historically underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.
- Consistent with federal law, Cornell engages in affirmative action in employment for qualified protected veterans as defined in the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRRA) and qualified individuals with disabilities under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.
