Research Project Coordinator (Part-time)

Job Description

The Research project Coordinator will assist the Research Project Investigator(s) with the coordination of resources, equipment, meetings, and information. This involves monitoring project plans, schedules, budgets, hours, organizing and participating in stakeholder meetings and assisting with all deliverables related to the project.

The Project Coordinator will organize the projects with the goals of completing each milestone on time. To be successful, the Project Coordinator will need to be able to work on tight deadlines, competent in Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications, as well as have exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills.

General Duties

• Maintain and monitor project plans, project schedule, work hours, budgets, and expenditures.

• Oversee calendar and deadlines for all project deliverables and assisting with ensuring all deadlines are met.

• Provide other administrative support as needed.

• Evaluate potential problems, technical glitches and develop solutions

• Manage all project documentation by ensuring properly labeled and files electronically

Stakeholder Collaborative Meetings: Responsible for organizing meetings with a dozen stakeholders from around the country

• Organize, attend and participate in stakeholder meetings via Zoom video conferencing technologies.

• Assist with technology troubleshooting during stakeholder meetings, conducts technology test calls with stakeholders and other community partners joining stakeholder meetings.

• Assist with preparation of presentation materials for meetings.

• Carefully document and follow up on important actions and decisions from meetings.

• Send post-stakeholder meeting surveys to members of Stakeholder Collaborative

Stakeholder Surveys National Dissemination: The goal of this project is to gather information from stakeholders across the country via multiple modalities. The Project Coordinator will assist with:

• Scheduling 1:1 stakeholder interviews viaphone or videoconference

• Assisting with dissemination of surveys via multiple modalities to ensure maximum participation, including:

  • Social media: posting on all relevant social media sites multiple times including facebook, twitter, LinkedIN

  • Email list serves: contacting local provider organizations, parent support groups, etc. to request permission to disseminate the survey via their contact lists.

  • Parent support groups: Contacting parent support groups via phone, email, and facebook to request permission to disseminate information to parents.

  • Provider organizations: Contact provider organizations via phone, email to request permission to disseminate information.

Qualifications

• Skilled at creating newsletters via constant contact software or similar software program that aligns with BCI’s professionalism standards.

• Models essential skills related to BCI’s core values:

• Adaptability: working effectively in the faces of stress, ambiguity, difficult situations and shifting priorities.

• Collaboration: Building effective working relationships and collaborating as a team player.

• Problem Solving: Identifying and resolving problems in a timely manner while balancing the interest of the business and the employees.

• Compliance: Performing job duties while acting in accordance with all company policies and procedures, all applicable federal and state regulations and all regulatory agencies' standards and requirements.

• Support and Encouragement of Others: Informally sharing expertise and guiding others to improve their skills; supporting a feeling of personal commitment that encourages others to excel.

• Establishment of Trust and Credibility: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through principled leadership and sound business ethics.

• Innovation: Challenges the status quo thinking to generate new ideas; takes an open-minded approach to situations.

• Strong organizational and multitasking skills

• Excellent attention to detail

• Time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines

• Possess excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills

• Exceptional collaboration skills with colleagues, families, and community partners

• Technologically adept and enthusiastic

• Ability to properly interpret, and implement policies, procedures, and regulations.

• Adept at using with Microsoft Office and Google Suite Applications

• Adept at creating email campaigns/newsletters via Constant Contact or similar software

• Experience working with and training families; demonstrates an understanding and empathy of family stressors

Additional Information

We take great pride in our professional team and therefore we provide competitive pay and ongoing opportunities for professional development and advancement!