Project Associate- Urban Labs, Health Lab

Department UL Operations Sub Group About the Department Health Lab’s mission is to partner with civic and community leaders to identify, rigorously evaluate and help scale programs and policies that improve health outcomes, particularly for low-income and disadvantaged urban residents. To accomplish our mission, we seek to identify and engage vulnerable people so they can access services and opportunities that will improve their safety, health and vitality. We work closely with partners, including persons with lived experiences, to learn directly from them about their challenges. We evaluate interventions that seek to address these challenges and advise our partners using data-driven results. We are deeply committed to understanding the impacts of policies, programs and interventions. Like the needs of those we seek to serve, our partnerships are vast. While these partners represent many communities and community-based organizations, they also include medical and social service providers, emergency service providers, members of the corrections, policing and other law enforcement communities. Our primary goal is to generate high-quality evidence about interventions that can sustainably improve urban health and be widely scaled. For more information about Health Lab, go to urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/labs/health. Job Summary The University of Chicago Health Lab is seeking a Project Associate with strong organizational and research skills. The position performs routine assignments related to scientific research projects and central Lab coordination, management, and strategic planning activities. This individual will also ensure compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates as well as with philanthropic partners. Lab-wide support will include assisting with planning, directing, coordinating and managing the daily operations of the Health Lab. Research project work will allow for the opportunity to contribute to research design and evaluation of projects in the health disparities space. Responsibilities may include screening and interviewing study participants, facilitating communication between Health Lab and external stakeholders, assisting with the project’s data collection process, providing updates and feedback on study progress to internal and external partners, and assisting with high level administrative tasks. The ideal candidate will be a strong writer, organized, and able to execute multiple project workstreams, including setting project timelines and meeting key milestones. The grant supported position offers the opportunity to work directly with leading social policy researchers at the University of Chicago, partnering research, governmental agencies, community-based organizations, and advocates, as well as a team of administrative staff, project managers, and student research assistants.

Responsibilities

Supports Director of Operations in the development, organization, and implementation of professional development and training opportunities for staff and students. Supports Director of Operations in budgeting, expense tracking, and financial coordination for projects and lab-wide activities, including monitoring shared costs and assisting with projections. Develops, maintains, and updates policies, processes, and training materials for administrative policies. Working with research teams and student interns, coordinate internal and external communications, including website updates, newsletters, branding efforts, and maintenance of knowledge management platforms. Provides confidential and high-level administrative support for senior leaders. Stays informed of activities relating to University programs and initiatives, apprising leaders of issues when deemed necessary. Relieves leaders of administrative responsibilities. Utilizes a high level of judgment and creativity to provide high-level administrative and strategic support to leadership, including managing complex scheduling, coordinating meetings and events, triaging communications, and advancing partnership opportunities. Triages emails and telephone calls for action. Resolves routine and complex inquiries. May act as liaison to Health Lab leadership. Coordinates with faculty, researchers and staff to lead special projects and initiatives to support coordination and knowledge management efforts. Assists with the coordination of research activities, communications with partner agencies, vendors, and stakeholders, and managing project deliverables. Provides project support with subcontracts and other contracting activities. Conducts thorough reviews of relevant literature and performs related research activities. General knowledge of and interest in qualitative and quantitative research methods is a plus. Assists in preparing IRB proposals, grant proposals and grant progress reports. Assists with development of research protocols, data collection tools, and survey/interview protocols. Assists with qualitative and quantitative data collection and management. Prepares research summaries for memos, spreadsheets, and presentations targeting Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project. Maintains recruiting and scheduling research subjects; assisting with developing or amending study protocols; assisting with developing data collection tools; assisting with building databases; and providing general administrative support. Has general awareness in research techniques or methods, regulatory policies and procedures, and relevant scientific field Performs other related work as needed Minimum Qualifications Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field. Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through Apply tot his job Apply To this Job