Program Coordinator Research Careers, Mentoring and Education

Nemours - Wilmington, DE

Full-time

Wilmington, DE

Hospitals

About the position

The Research Program Coordinator for Careers, Mentoring and Education at Nemours is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and management support to small to medium-sized research programs and centers. This role involves organizing meetings, maintaining schedules, and ensuring effective communication among team members and stakeholders. The coordinator will also implement operational improvements, support grant-related activities, and maintain documentation and online presence for the research center.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative management support for the scientific leader or center director, including coordination of activities across all relevant Nemours sites and prepare quarterly and annual reports as required by grant funding agencies, Nemours, or other regulatory requirements.
• Serve as a liaison to the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) in preparing grant budgets, renewal processes and progress reports. Work with OSP to assure prompt and accurate accounting related to funded projects.
• Identify potential grant opportunities and support development of proposals.
• Provide regulatory oversight for all Center research activities and support center personnel in facilitating research.
• Serve as a liaison on designated committees and teams.
• Develop administrative/operational systems to streamline project development and administration and work to ensure the growth of the Center.
• Lead staff recruitment, training and supervision, and assist with faculty recruitment and training as needed.
• Maintain current bio sketches, CVs, and other support documents for all faculty and staff in the center/lab.
• Maintain the center or lab website and social media presence, including regular updates and enhancements and assure that the Center's technology remains current, evaluating programs and platforms and monitoring appropriateness and use.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business/management/operations or health-related field, such as nursing, psychology, social work, public health or science related.
• Minimum of 2 years research related experience.
• Administrative experience with federal research grants preferred.