Tra CS Institute-429801

Research Professionals

10/24/2024

11/07/2024

No

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Research Project Manager

EHRA Non-Faculty

20039523

NF0008610

Full-Time Permanent

1

40

Dependent upon Qualifications and Experience

12/02/2024

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Flexible work arrangements, including virtual/hybrid work locations, are an integral part of the School of Medicine’s Working Forward initiative. As such, this position’s work location is designated as virtual. Please note that the designated work location is subject to change based on the unit’s business needs.

The UNC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (Tra CS) serves as the academic home for the University’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA), a funded NIH grant. The vision of the Tra CS Institute is to transform how clinical and translational science is being performed, here at UNC, throughout the State and out into the CTSA national community.

This position will serve as a team member in the Tra CS Informatics and Data Science (IDSci) Service, which supports investigators in obtaining and using clinical data in support of their research. IDSci fulfills hundreds of data requests of varying complexity each year; supports and develops new informatics tools; and educates researchers on clinical data and informatics concepts.

The Project Manager is expected to manage day-to-day operations of projects with considerable independence, especially in the areas of decision-making, problem-solving, and milestone management. The Project Manager will be responsible for co-managing the request intake and assignment process, including consulting with study teams, liaising with data analysts, and shuttling requests through the approval process. The Project Manager will also manage a variety of internal and externally funded informatics development projects and will provide user support for our self-service tools. These responsibilities will require the Project Manager to develop an in-depth understanding of institutional policies on the use of clinical data for research. Additionally, with the support of the IDSci analyst team, the Project Manager will be expected to develop and maintain general knowledge about the availability and quality of UNC’s clinical data.

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.

Minimum of one year project management experience required. Working knowledge of HIPAA and IRB regulatory requirements; experience working with faculty in an academic environment.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience coordinating and managing a project plan, including progress tracking and working with project team to meet milestones. Must excel in working with teams composed of individuals with different professional expertise (e.g., faculty, programmers). Strong business communication skills (email, phone, etc.) are a must.

Project management experience in clinical informatics and research is preferred.