Research Coordinator

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Research Coordinator will manage projects for large multi-institutional clinical trials. This is a time-limited position with an estimated duration of 1 year. The role involves planning, organizing, implementing, and managing study processes, overseeing day-to-day operations, facilitating meetings, coordinating study start-up activities, and tracking program progress. The position requires adaptability, a broad skill set, and the ability to address operational challenges, potentially interacting with multiple state and federal entities. It also involves ensuring timely updates and formatting consistency for reports and websites, maintaining quality assurance, tracking and reporting barriers, ensuring project protocol deliverables are met across various sites, vendors, and institutions, and ensuring all research adheres to FDA Code of Federal Regulations, ‘Good Clinical Practices’, and IRB regulations for human subject protection. Critical communication skills are needed to manage stakeholders, and the coordinator will collaborate with senior leadership on implementation and operational streamlining.

Requirements

Adaptive in nature
Broad skill set
Ability to quickly address operational opportunities and weaknesses
Ability to interact with multiple state and federal entities
Strong communication skills
Knowledge of FDA Code of Federal Regulations, ‘Good Clinical Practices’, and IRB regulations for the protection of human subjects

Responsibilities

Manage projects for large multi-institutional clinical trials
Plan, organize, implement, and manage study processes
Oversee day-to-day operations and coordination of projects
Facilitate meetings
Coordinate study start-up activities
Track program progress
Address operational opportunities and weaknesses
Ensure timely updates and formatting consistency to relevant reports and websites
Ensure compliance for quality assurance to include identifying, tracking, and reporting any barriers to hinder a successful outcome
Ensure deliverables for project protocols across various participating sites, vendors, and institutions are met
Ensure all research is in adherence with the FDA Code of Federal Regulations, ‘Good Clinical Practices’, and IRB regulations for the protection of human subjects
Manage communication with various levels of stakeholders to ensure accuracy and conclusiveness
Work closely with senior leadership to determine necessary implementation and streamlined processes for expansion and operations