Soc/Clin Research Specialist

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

17h

About The Position

The Project Manager will oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of a grant-funded oral history project in partnership with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF). Reporting to the Lead Principal Investigator, this position is responsible for managing all phases of the project, including coordinating interviews with LDF veterans, scheduling travel, recruiting and processing independent contractors, maintaining communication with the project sponsor, managing invoices and reimbursements, overseeing the transfer of digital materials, and coordinating transcript creation, review, and revisions. This role serves as the primary point of coordination among internal and external stakeholders, ensuring project activities are completed on time and in accordance with project goals. The Project Manager will develop and implement work plans, coordinate multiple concurrent activities, assess project needs and resources, recommend process improvements, assign and review work, and collaborate with project partners to meet established objectives and deadlines while preserving the historical legacy of LDF’s civil rights advocacy.

Requirements

Project management experience.
Experience coordinating interviews.
Experience scheduling travel.
Experience recruiting and processing independent contractors.
Experience managing invoices and reimbursements.
Experience overseeing the transfer of digital materials.
Experience coordinating transcript creation, review, and revisions.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to develop and implement work plans.
Ability to coordinate multiple concurrent activities.
Ability to assess project needs and resources.
Ability to recommend process improvements.
Ability to assign and review work.
Ability to collaborate with project partners.

Nice To Haves

Experience with oral history projects.
Partnership with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF).
Preserving the historical legacy of LDF’s civil rights advocacy.

Responsibilities

Oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of a grant-funded oral history project.
Coordinate interviews with LDF veterans.
Schedule travel.
Recruit and process independent contractors.
Maintain communication with the project sponsor.
Manage invoices and reimbursements.
Oversee the transfer of digital materials.
Coordinate transcript creation, review, and revisions.
Serve as the primary point of coordination among internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure project activities are completed on time and in accordance with project goals.
Develop and implement work plans.
Coordinate multiple concurrent activities.
Assess project needs and resources.
Recommend process improvements.
Assign and review work.
Collaborate with project partners to meet established objectives and deadlines.