Research Program Administrator – Center for Research and Reform in Education
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Research Program Administrator directing complex educational research programs at Johns Hopkins University. Managing studies, grants, budgets, data analysis, compliance, and research staff.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and direct operations of a complex research program involving multiple studies, external partners, internal collaborators, and/or national and international networks
- Provide leadership, team building, strategic planning, process improvement, regulatory compliance, fiscal planning, and management
- Coordinate complex and/or multiple studies on behalf of the principal investigators
- Participate in scientific discussions and make independent decisions about research aims and study design
- Collaborate with principal investigators and guide research staff on protocol development and study design
- Track activities of internal and external research team members and collaborators
- Develop, prepare, and submit grant and contract proposals
- Facilitate efficient study activities with investigators, collaborators, and staff
- Oversee study budgets, costs, expenditures, and project expenditure tracking
- Develop and implement monitoring, reporting, and quality assurance systems
- Ensure program quality, research fidelity, and adherence to goals and timelines
- Perform or oversee statistical analysis for reports, manuscripts, and quality assurance reports
- Plan data acquisition, collection, and analysis strategies
- Establish data collection and analysis systems and ensure compliance with study-specific procedures
- Resolve study or data management issues to ensure research validity
- Design and maintain activity tracking systems
- Supervise and support research staff
- Prepare reports to funders, manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, and presentations for internal and professional meetings
- Prepare detailed client reports summarizing findings and recommending program improvements, policies, and follow-up research
- Report to principal investigators and collaborate with investigators and the research team
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field
- Eight years of related research experience
- Supervisory or lead experience
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, subject to the JHU equivalency formula
- Preferred Master's Degree in a related field
- Applied statistics commonly used in educational research, particularly hierarchical linear modeling and multivariate analyses
- Technical and scholarly writing, particularly in educational contexts
- Experience using statistical software such as Stata, R, SAS, or SPSS
- Experience managing and leading multiple projects simultaneously
- Preferred PhD in education or a related field
- Advanced proficiency in data management and analysis, financial project management, oral and written communications, process improvement, program management, regulatory compliance, report writing, research design, and strategic program management
- Successful candidate subject to a pre-employment background check
- Faculty, staff, and students are required to receive the seasonal flu vaccine, subject to stated exceptions
Benefits:
- Johns Hopkins total rewards package supporting health, life, career, and retirement
- Seasonal flu vaccine required by the university, with religious or medical exceptions
- Required vaccinations for applicable positions provided at no cost through Occupational Health
- Employment accommodations and accessibility support
- Equal employment opportunity protections
- Monday–Friday schedule, 8:30 am–5:00 pm
- Remote work arrangement
- Pre-employment background check process with individualized consideration of prior criminal history
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