Research Projects Coordinator

Role summary

Duties and accountabilities

• Contribute to project and proposal budgets; monitor expenditures to ensure funds are used as planned and objectives are achieved.
• Provide budget and milestone updates and prepare written progress reports with the Leader or designate.
• Establish procedures for project, grant, and core-activity objectives; research project-management methods, tools, and techniques.
• Provide project direction and advice and participate in project research, design, planning, implementation, integration, evaluation, and ongoing monitoring.
• Identify barriers, resolve issues, facilitate collaboration across departments and stakeholders, and coordinate communication among task groups.
• Evaluate whether objectives and milestones are met, identify discrepancies, and recommend strategies and plans to improve efficiency.
• Provide work direction and performance feedback to study staff, students, trainees, and other staff; orient new staff.
• Liaise with grant and core agencies and collaborators on project objectives and scientific issues; refer strategic issues to the Leader.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in Science or Business Administration, plus at least three years of recent related project-management or research-development management experience, or Project Management Professional certification.
• Broad knowledge of project design, methodologies, strategy development, evaluation, monitoring, and managing interactions across multiple projects.
• Ability to manage multiple resource-intensive projects in a fast-paced environment; demonstrated organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to organize work, meet deadlines, work independently, and exercise initiative and independent judgment.
• Computer literacy with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.