Visiting Research Program Manager - Mile Square Health Center

University of Illinois Chicago•Chicago, IL

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a Joint Commission-accredited tertiary care hospital and outpatient clinics, and the Mile Square Health Center network of federally qualified health centers. It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity. This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Requirements

Master's degree in Public Health, Health Services Research, Epidemiology, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Public Administration, Health Informatics, or a related field required.
Minimum of three years of experience coordinating research, implementation, evaluation, or quality improvement programs required.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and work independently.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience in implementation science, community-engaged research, or community-based participatory research preferred.
Background in cancer prevention and control, tobacco cessation, or environmental health preferred.
Experience within Federally Qualified Health Centers or primary care research settings preferred.
Proficiency with REDCap and/or Epic electronic medical records preferred.
Experience with grant-funded research and healthcare quality improvement preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages day-to-day operations of assigned research and implementation initiatives, including development and oversight of project work plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and reporting requirements.
Coordinates activities across investigators, project staff, clinical teams, community partners, consultants, and other stakeholders.
Coordinates research operations and ensures activities are conducted in accordance with approved protocols, institutional requirements, sponsor expectations, and applicable regulatory and human subjects protections.
Oversees development and maintenance of research documentation, protocols, standard operating procedures, regulatory submissions, participant tracking systems, and research databases.
Coordinate and supervise the work of research staff, students, trainees, or other project personnel.
Coordinates implementation and integration of research and program interventions within clinical and community settings.
Collaborates with research, clinical, and community partners and monitors implementation progress, adoption, and fidelity, and supports pilot testing, refinement, and continuous quality improvement.
Coordinates project evaluation and performance-monitoring activities, including quantitative and qualitative data collection, participant and stakeholder assessments, project databases and dashboards, and outcome and implementation measures.
Monitors project performance and prepares analyses, summaries, and reports to support program improvement, leadership decision-making, and sponsor reporting.
Coordinates engagement and activities with patients, community members, clinical partners, advisory groups, advocacy organizations, and other stakeholders in project planning and implementation.
Supports administrative and financial management of assigned projects, including monitoring expenditures, coordinating purchasing and consultant activities, processing project-related payments and incentives, maintaining project records, and supporting sponsor and institutional reporting requirements.
Supports dissemination of project findings and lessons learned through scientific, professional, clinical, and community channels.
Coordinates development of dissemination products and implementation resources and contributes to manuscripts, presentations, reports, and other scholarly products.
Supports sustainability and scale-up planning and assists investigators with the identification and development of future funding opportunities and grant applications.
Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.