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　　BSD SUR - OHNS: Thirty Million Words

　　About the Department

　　The TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University ofChicago develops, tests, and implements evidence-based interventions,tools, and technology designed to promote very young children\'scognitive and social-emotional development, with a priority placed onthat of children living in poverty. TMW interventions are designed to beoverlaid onto existing health, education, and social service systemsworking at scale in a given community in order to meet families wherethey already are. Our goal is to effect population-level change inchildren\'s academic and developmental outcomes.

　　Job Summary

　　The TMW Center seeks a Research Technician to support an array ofadministrative and operational duties that are essential to theeffectiveness of the Center\'s team. This candidate will work across theteam in a variety of functions, all of which are with the goal ofensuring our team operates in a nimble, effective, and compliant manner.This candidate will serve individuals ranging from the PrimaryInvestigator (PI) to study participants and will be expected to offer acourteous and efficient experience to everyone. Applicants withexperience working in customer-facing and detail-oriented positions areencouraged to consider this role.

　　Responsibilities

　　Research Operations Support:

　　Assists Sr. Manager of Research Operations with the execution ofroutine tasks and processes related to compliance and administrationof the research administration function of the Center.Issues payments and other incentives to study participants, ensuringall payments are issued correctly, tracked with fidelity, and incompliance with all University and funder obligations related tohuman subject payments and recordkeeping.Maintains records of employee, student and collaborator status andeligibility for various studies with the University\'s InstitutionalReview Board (IRB.)Submits regular updates to University Research Administrationregarding new and departing project members.Proactively identifies and communicates with staff, students, andcollaborators whose certifications or other requirements requireaction such as additional training to remain compliant and makingsure to update certification records accordingly.Ensuring ongoing and new research subjects are onboarded properlyand promptly.Coordinating the inventory, maintenance and shipping/receiving oflaptops, promotional or educational materials to partners, and otherIT devices to TMW Center partners around the country.General Administration Support:

　　Assists Operations Manager and Finance Director with the executionof routine administrative processes such as generating reports,conducting bank deposits, filing documents, and ordering supplies.Coordinates the flow of incoming and outgoing mail and parcels tothe Center\'s staff in collaboration with UCMC Supply Chaindepartment.Assists in inventorying project materials and replenishing officesupplies and materials as needed.Assists in the planning and execution of Center-wide meetings andevents.Calendar Logistics to Primary Investigator and other Executive Support:

　　Manages the Primary Investigator\'s electronic calendar every day,which includes scheduling/rescheduling and maintaining all internaland external meetings (except for the PI\'s clinical work.).Ensures the PI\'s calendar is meticulously maintained by applyingthorough attention to detail and offering timely updates andsolutions as requested during business hours.Communicates diplomatica ly with all external and internal meetingattendees, including providing context to meeting attendees asnecessary. Provide excellent customer service to all stakeholders.Proactively identifies potential scheduling conflicts andefficiencies and share these regularly with the PI and manager.Participant Outreach, Recruitment & Support:

　　Serves as Single Point of Contact for current and future researchstudy participants.Conducts targeted outreach and recruitment to future participants.Maintains all records of communication efforts with participants.Partners with TMW Center staff members to ensure current andupcoming studies have adequate amounts of participants.Provides technical assistance to individual participants using TMWCenter research devices.Maintains regular contact with participants, ensuring that theircontact information is updated on a routine basis.Regularly reports updates on participant recruitment, studyprogress, and study completion to relevant parties, includingstakeholders internal and external to TMW.Other:

　　Provides technical and administrative support for a research project.

　　Collects and enters data