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National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives · 1 day ago

Research Specialist IV, Research Support

Pleasanton, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

The National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives is seeking a Research Specialist IV to assist with research support by leading day-to-day operations of projects and coordinating resources for research studies. The role involves conducting data gathering activities, implementing protocols for data accuracy, and developing research materials while ensuring compliance with regulations and managing project documentation.

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Responsibilities

Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome

Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions

Contributes to the execution of research studies by: independently conducting research surveys, focus groups, qualitative interviews, or other data gathering activities for moderately complex projects while providing guidance to more junior personnel; developing training materials and resources for data collection and project support activities, under guidance, while ensuring effective knowledge transfer to team members; ensuring open-ended/qualitative data is adequately prepared for analysis and/or conducting basic statistics or qualitative analyses to assist investigators with data analysis; implementing data quality control and quality assurance measures in consultation with PI or project manager; implementing protocols and systems for recruitment, enrollment, consenting, and follow-up with participants; and responding to participants about issues escalated by project staff while suggesting improvements to investigators or project managers

Contributes to the development of research materials and procedures by: guiding and mentoring others on the development of study materials including surveys, flyers, brochures, and newsletters and implementing study protocols and/or operation manuals; and providing subject matter expertise to inform the implementation and/or design of research studies and/or study methodology connected to an investigators research agenda

Coordinates the documentation and reporting of research study activities by: developing tools, systems, and forms for project tracking and documentation in consultation with the PI and/or project manager; and monitoring the progress of study activities and escalating issues to project managers or investigators

Leads research support operations by: leading the day-to-day operations of projects; coordinating and allocating resources for research studies; contributing to the management of project budgets and/or ensuring projects remain within budgetary constraints; assisting investigators with the development and preparation of grant proposals and/or participating in discussions with leadership or funding agencies; drafting Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols, amendments, continuing reviews, and other documentation; drafting Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols, amendments, continuing reviews, and other documentation; and following and supporting the investigator/project manager in ensuring project team compliance with federal and local regulations, standard operating procedures, and IRB approved protocols and maintaining compliance for handling research data

Qualification

Research methodologyData analysisProject managementQualitative researchIRB protocolsTeam collaborationMentoringCommunication skills

Required

Assists with research support by leading day-to-day operations of projects

Coordinating and allocating resources for research studies

Following federal and local regulations, standard operating procedures, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved protocols

Independently conducting data gathering activities

Implementing protocols for reviewing data for accuracy and checking for inconsistencies in data

Implementing protocols for tasks related to the recruitment, enrollment, consenting, follow-up with participants, and answering participant questions

Contributing to the development of research materials and procedures by implementing study protocols

Guiding and mentoring others on the development of study materials (e.g., recruitment, data collection, retention) in a variety of formats including online

Coordinating the documentation and reporting of research study activities by developing tools, systems, and forms for project tracking and documentation

Monitoring study progress and escalating issues to project managers or investigators

Promoting learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members

Building relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers

Listening to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback

Proactively providing actionable feedback to others and to managers

Pursuing self-development; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses

Leading by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and providing options and recommendations

Adopting new responsibilities; adapting to and learning from change, challenges, and feedback

Demonstrating flexibility in approaches to work; championing change and helping others adapt to new tasks and processes

Facilitating team collaboration to support a business outcome

Completing work assignments autonomously and supporting business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions

Encouraging team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies

Collaborating cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions

Providing recommendations and solving complex problems

Escalating high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate

Monitoring progress and results

Supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines

Identifying resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines

Identifying, speaking up, and capitalizing on improvement opportunities across teams

Using influence to guide others and engaging stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions

Contributing to the execution of research studies by independently conducting research surveys, focus groups, qualitative interviews, or other data gathering activities for moderately complex projects while providing guidance to more junior personnel

Developing training materials and resources for data collection and project support activities, under guidance, while ensuring effective knowledge transfer to team members

Ensuring open-ended/qualitative data is adequately prepared for analysis and/or conducting basic statistics or qualitative analyses to assist investigators with data analysis

Implementing data quality control and quality assurance measures in consultation with PI or project manager

Implementing protocols and systems for recruitment, enrollment, consenting, and follow-up with participants

Responding to participants about issues escalated by project staff while suggesting improvements to investigators or project managers

Guiding and mentoring others on the development of study materials including surveys, flyers, brochures, and newsletters

Providing subject matter expertise to inform the implementation and/or design of research studies and/or study methodology connected to an investigators research agenda

Developing tools, systems, and forms for project tracking and documentation in consultation with the PI and/or project manager

Monitoring the progress of study activities and escalating issues to project managers or investigators

Leading the day-to-day operations of projects

Contributing to the management of project budgets and/or ensuring projects remain within budgetary constraints

Assisting investigators with the development and preparation of grant proposals and/or participating in discussions with leadership or funding agencies

Drafting Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols, amendments, continuing reviews, and other documentation

Following and supporting the investigator/project manager in ensuring project team compliance with federal and local regulations, standard operating procedures, and IRB approved protocols

Maintaining compliance for handling research data