Research Project Coordinator

The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The Research Project Coordinator coordinates research project operations within NDC, with primary responsibility for the Deafverse Career Connections study. The position supports site engagement, participant coordination, data collection, implementation, documentation, and consistent research processes.

The coordinator works with participating research sites, partners, participants, research staff, and GRAs to support accessible and protocol-consistent study activities. The role also contributes to participatory research and stakeholder engagement, development of research and intervention materials, project management systems, and broader NDC research team activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social science, rehabilitation, psychology, public health, research administration, program coordination, or a related field; relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• Three or more years of experience coordinating research studies, educational programs, intervention projects, or other complex multi-site activities.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating participants, sites, partners, or data collection activities.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables simultaneously.
• Experience working with deaf people and deaf communities.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary research team.
• Proficiency in American Sign Language.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or advanced graduate studies.
• Five or more years of experience coordinating research studies, intervention development projects, or other complex research or program activities.
• Experience with human subjects research, participant recruitment, consent and assent procedures, data collection, or implementation research.
• Experience working with schools, vocational rehabilitation programs, transition programs, or youth-serving organizations.
• Familiarity with participatory research, co-design, mixed-methods research, implementation science, or intervention development.
• Experience coordinating accessible research activities with deaf youth.
• Familiarity with career development, transition, or employment-related programming.
• Experience working on a federally funded research project.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate participating research sites and partners, including relationship management, communication, scheduling, site readiness, and ongoing implementation support.
• Facilitate participant recruitment and study logistics, including enrollment, consent and assent processes, scheduling, participant communications, incentives, accessibility needs, and related activities.
• Coordinate data collection with research staff and GRAs to ensure it is timely, accessible, complete, and consistent with approved research protocols.
• Support intervention and research implementation across sites, including facilitator preparation, implementation schedules, participation and dosage tracking, fidelity documentation, troubleshooting, and communication with project leadership.
• Support participatory research and stakeholder engagement, including co-design sessions, youth and stakeholder advisory activities, cognitive interviews, usability testing, and approaches that incorporate deaf participants’ and community perspectives.
• Develop and refine research, intervention, and implementation materials, including facilitator resources, protocols, site guidance, and data collection tools.
• Maintain project management and research documentation systems, including work plans, timelines, milestone tracking, site records, study documentation, procedures, and team follow-up.
• Identify operational risks and support consistent research workflows across NDC projects.
• Contribute to NDC research planning, documentation, accessibility, reporting, presentations, dissemination, and other project coordination needs as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level