Research Coordinator I - School of Public Health

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Full-Time Research Coordinator I position with the UTHealth School of Public Health.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

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• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Assists with the day-to-day administrative project management and may provide scientific direction for research projects of considerable scope and complexity.

Position Key Accountabilities:

1. Under the supervision of the Project Principle Investigator, the field supervisor will oversee the field activities during the NHBS-MSM2023 data collection cycle.

2. Will ensure that all aspects of the project protocol and operational procedures are strictly adhered to by data collectors including venue sampling, informed consent, documentation, the questionnaire, and HIV testing.

3. Train data collectors/interviewers for all project activities.

4. Evaluate data collectors/interviewers for all project activities.

5. Organize and maintain project data and complete enrollment reports for weekly HHD and CDC submission.

6. Will enter and maintain HIV test results and HCV test results.

7. Assist with providing HIV and HCV test results to participants.

8. Package, document, and ship participant DBS cards to the CDC laboratory every week.

9. Will be directly responsible for the supervision of: data collectors, ordering and maintaining project supplies, transportation of project supplies (including tablets for data collection), and HIV test kits to and from our data collection events, transportation of all data to and from data collection events, and field operations on a day-to-day basis.

10. Will supervise staffing for data collection events, scheduling hours of operations, and creating a monthly venue event calendar to meet the required sample size for specific NHBS cycles.

11. Will complete the Cardea Course: Texas HIV testing and counseling online certification training.

12. Will complete the Cardea Course: Trauma-informed care

13. Will also participate in required National CDC calls, HHD calls, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.

14. Will have other duties as assigned.