Research Program Manager

We are excited to announce the search for a committed and strategic Research Program Manager to guide the coordination and advancement of two pioneering research groups: the Community Science and Innovation for Environmental Justice (CSI EJ) Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Environmental Health Microbiology and Immunology Laboratory (EHMIL). This role involves steering cutting-edge, community-driven research and supporting field and laboratory initiatives that address environmental justice, advance scientific understanding, and foster educational growth.

Faculty Research Program

Specific Duties Responsibilities

• Oversees the program's objectives and maintains alignment with the missions of CSI EJ and EHMIL to support fence line communities and advance public health research.
• Manages timelines and deliverables, ensuring that team members meet crucial deadlines and objectives with accountability and efficiency.
• Facilitates the coordination and scheduling of meetings across the CSI EJ and EHMIL teams, enhancing cross-collaboration and integration of research efforts.
• Develops and oversee program budgets, ensuring effective allocation of resources and financial reporting.
• Participates in community outreach, nurturing active engagement in research initiatives.
• Works closely with the principal investigator and research teams domestically and internationally, as well as graduate students in the overall planning for research studies being performed in diverse field settings.
• Upholds and ensures adherence to institutional policies and industry best practices within all research activities.
• Drafts human subjects research study protocols for submission to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and management of ongoing study protocols including preparation of annual reports and protocol amendments.
• Makes strategic recommendations/decisions to meet project goals across multiple, diverse research program collaborations including sample collection, processing optimization, sample nomenclature, data organization, field collection best-practices, sample testing strategies/timing and personnel / staffing requirements to do so.
• Cultivates an environment of continuous improvement, innovation, and growth within the program, keeping abreast of scientific advancements and community needs.
• Prioritizes and coordinates multiple tasks across a diverse research program that includes laboratory, field, and community-based collaborators across diverse scientific disciplines.
• Works well and communicates effectively with faculty, staff, students, and collaborators both internal and external to JHU.
• Has strong organizational and leadership skills and works well both independently and as part of a team.
• Has strong attention to detail and an ability to work with a diverse team of researchers and with diverse community-based partner organizations and research participant populations.
• Possesses working knowledge of PC operations and software applications such as MS Windows, Excel, Word, and Access.
• Ability to learn new database and software statistical programming applications such as Stata and R.
• Ability to implement and train others to follow multiple, detailed directions using various protocols and standard operating procedures.
• Facilitates discussions for, and creates laboratory, logistical, record-keeping processes and new systems specifically tailored to each study collaborator to ensure high level of operation and successful implementation of the data collection procedures.
• Maintaining multi-partnerships with Familiarizing himself with the Curtis Bay community organizers to assimilate into their objectives for community protections.
• Participates in scientific discussions with PI and community partners across diverse community science and innovation for environmental justice research projects in North Carolina, DelMarVa and South Baltimore / Curtis Bay to assist in clarifying, delegating and executing research goals.
• Facilitates communication between research teams, community and organizational partners, and sponsoring agencies.
• Maintains knowledge of the study protocols and reporting requirements.
• Generates reports for project deliverables.
• Participates in planning, analysis, and interpretation of data.
• Participates in preparing data for analysis, including data cleaning and quality control activities.
• Synthesizes and edits research findings and technical data.
• Reviews the statistical output and writes summaries of the output to integrate into the results section of each report/scientific manuscript.
• Works in coordination with diverse project research teams to ensure accuracy, proper organization and advanced preparation of sponsored projects applications and reports.
• Identifies personnel who are behind in their projects and helps when personnel are sick or on leave.
• Supervises research staff and assists graduate students with technical direction and logistical knowledge.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline. Related Master's preferred.
• Five years related experience, including demonstrated supervisory or lead responsibilities.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Research Program Manager
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD
Starting Salary Range: Min $55,200 - Max $96,600 Annually ($75,990 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm
Exempt Status:Exempt
Location:School of Public Health
Department name: Environmental Health and Engineering
Personnel area: School of Public Health

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here:

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

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