Social Science/Humanities Research Associate IV - Site Coordinator

The University of Texas at Austin•Austin, UT
•Onsite

About The Position

This is a grant-funded position supporting two initiatives focused on adolescent and young adult mental health. The role involves serving as the Site Coordinator for the Early Psychosis Intervention Network in Texas (EPINET-TX), which aims to develop models for effective delivery of coordinated specialty care (CSC) services for early psychosis. In this capacity, the position will coordinate data submission from participating sites, conduct regular meetings with site leads to discuss data management and quality, and provide training in data collection and submission processes. Additionally, the position will offer data collection, analysis, and knowledge translation support for the NIDILRR Emerge Study, a longitudinal study of multidisciplinary mental health team services for young adults.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree with major coursework in Psychology, Social Work, or a related field with at least 6 years of related experience OR Master's Degree with major coursework in Psychology, Social Work, or a related field with at least 4 years of related experience.
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
  • Excellent customer services skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Ability to write for both academic and lay audiences.
  • Values the contributions of others in the work environment.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

  • Doctoral Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or related field with at least 2 years of related experience.
  • Clinical or research experience in the field of mental health.
  • Experience with community-based participatory research.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and manage project-related data submission, collection, and cleaning.
  • Establish and maintain strong, positive relationships with project partners to support collaborative research.
  • Provide training, facilitate workgroups, fidelity visits, focus groups, and interviews to support research projects.
  • Coordinate and support Principal Investigators (PIs) to monitor project milestones and progress to meet goals.
  • Assist and support in the development of research reports or data visualization for site feedback and project reporting.
  • Coordinate and support the development of publications and presentations to advance the research field.
  • Attend and participate in regular project meetings.
  • Additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) retirement plan eligibility (if position is at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length).
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