Research Specialist Intermediate
- Employer
- University of Virginia
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Department of Public Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia (UVA) is seeking a motivated public health professional to support a growing portfolio of program evaluation and implementation science research. The position is affiliated with the Department's Health Evaluation & Outcomes Science and Health Intervention & Implementation Science programs, which partner with health systems, community organizations, and state and federal agencies to evaluate the real-world implementation and impact of health programs and policies.
The research specialist will work across a developing evaluation portfolio that spans both quantitative and qualitative methods. This work typically combines analysis of health data with primary data collection via REDCap-based surveys and assessments, and qualitative data collection and analysis with patients, clinicians, and community stakeholders. Current and anticipated projects evaluate community- and clinic-based health interventions, including nutrition, chronic disease management, and care coordination programs, often in partnership with rural and underserved communities across Virginia.
Responsibilities
- Coordinating data collection activities across study sites, including REDCap survey administration and qualitative interviews or focus groups
- Supporting IRB submissions, continuing review, and data use agreements with partner organizations
- Conducting literature searches and assisting in the development of qualitative research plans, study protocols, and semi-structured interview guides
- Applying community-engaged research principles to build and maintain relationships with clinical and community partners
- Screening, recruiting, and retaining study participants, including managing participant compensation
- Conducting qualitative data collection, transcription oversight, and thematic coding and analysis using software such as ATLAS.ti or Dedoose
- Supporting quantitative data management and basic statistical analyses
- Monitoring project timelines and deliverables across active studies
- Assisting in the preparation of community briefs, progress reports, grant proposals, and manuscripts. The research specialist may also provide day-to-day guidance to research assistants, interns, or student staff.
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: At least 3 years of relevant experience. Master's degree will be considered in lieu of experience.
- A Master's degree in public health, social science, health sciences, or related field
- Knowledge of research methods, including an understanding of qualitative and/or mixed-methods approaches
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills and the ability to follow instructions
- Strong communication skills, including with diverse audiences for recruitment and participant management efforts
- Proficiency with computer software, including Microsoft Office Suite
- Valid driver's license
- Experience supervising research staff, coordinators, and/or student workers
- Experience overseeing project budgets and the financial and administrative aspects of grant-funded research
- Experience with community-engaged research, health disparities, and clinical-community partnerships
- Experience designing and conducting qualitative data collection, including semi-structured interview guides and focus group protocols
- Proficiency with qualitative analysis software (e.g., ATLAS.ti, Dedoose, NVivo)
- Experience managing REDCap databases and ensuring compliance with HIPAA, data management plans, and institutional policies
- Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
Position Type and Work Location
- This is an exempt-level, benefited position. Learn more about UVA benefits.
- This is a restricted position, which is dependent on funding and is contingent upon funding availability.
- This position is based in Charlottesville, VA. Activities may require occasional travel to partner sites across Virginia, which could occasionally require overnight stays.
- Background checks and health screenings will be conducted on all new hires.
- This position will not consider candidates who require immigration sponsorship now or in the future.
Please apply online, by searching for requisition number R0088874. Complete an application with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- For questions about the application process, please contact Melanie Sponaugle, unw5dq@virginia.edu.
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
Organization
In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.
What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.
Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).
As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES
As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.
Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.
NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM
UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.
Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.
The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.
INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING
The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.
One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation: UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.
Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards. Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.
LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries. No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.
In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others. Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses. The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers.
The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Telephone
- 434-985-4532
- Location
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2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States
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