Research Manager - MCG Academic Affairs
Job ID: 283939
Location: Augusta University
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary:
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About Us
Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://www.augusta.edu/about/mission.php make Augusta University an institution like no other.
Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.
The University System of Georgia https://www.usg.edu/hr/orientation/welcome_to_the_board_of_regents_university_system_office is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
Location
Augusta University
Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912
Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904
College/Department Information
The Medical College of Georgia is one of the nation's largest medical schools by class size, with 260 students per class. The educational experience is anchored by the main campus in Augusta, regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students across the state and a second four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. MCG's expanding partnerships with physicians and hospitals across Georgia currently provides about 350 sites where students can experience the full spectrum of medicine, from complex care hospitals to small-town solo practices. MCG and its teaching hospitals also provide postgraduate education to more than 500 residents and fellows in 50 different Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved programs. Our researchers and clinicians focus on what most impacts the health of Georgia's and America's children and adults, including cardiovascular biology and disease, cancer, neurosciences and behavioral sciences, public and preventive health, regenerative and reparative medicine, personalized medicine and genomics. Our physician faculty also share their expertise with physicians and patients at about 100 clinics and hospitals statewide.
Job Summary
This is an advanced professional, technical and supervisory level in the coordination of related research protocols and the administrative supervision of research staff in support of research initiatives. Work includes responsibility for ensuring compliance to Federal and state research guidelines, allocation of fiscal and physical resources and the timely completion of research projects. Employees in this class have total responsibility for project management, which may include the design of research methodology, funding proposals, selection of study subjects, and presenting of professional papers. Incumbents will serve as the representative of the PI and the Medical College of Georgia, which may include travel to off-site clinical centers for diagnosis of problems and resolution of conflicts that may endanger the research goals. Work reviewed principally by observation of results obtained and through conferences.
Responsibilities
The duties include, but are not limited to:
Provides planning for research projects
Provides planning, management, coordination, oversight and review of proposed and ongoing research projects in an assigned laboratory or research unit.
Maintain liaison for administrative and analytical staff
Maintains liaison between administrative and analytical staff.
Monitor research methods to insure compliance
Monitors research methods to insure compliance with Federal regulations and other pertinent organizations to include use of radioactive materials, bio-hazardous materials and experimental animals.
Develops and manages a Quality Assurance
Develops and manages a Quality Assurance monitoring system for all related protocols.
Provides technical assistance
Provides specialized technical assistance to professional and technical personnel in gathering, recording, analyzing, interpreting and presenting of statistical and other research data within FDA regulations and ethical standards established by the research institute.
Supervises all non-technical and technical research support
Supervises all non-technical and technical research support staff related to the research project. Trains staff in mandated techniques for research projects.
Perform complex scientific data
Performs complex scientific data reductions requiring use of independent judgment based on relevant technical experience.
Develops complex computer programs
Develops complex computer programs involving scientific and mathematical problems and appropriate statistical data analysis procedures and methodology to solve research problems.
Coordinates library and computer searches
Coordinates library and computer searches for research and other technical data.
Coordinates the data in compliance with FDA regulations
Coordinates the collection, coding, computer analysis and documentation of data in compliance with FDA regulations.
Makes all administrative and technical arrangements
Makes all administrative and technical arrangements for major research experiments or projects including the recruitment of study subjects; maintains records of the different phases of these projects and experiments and associated finances insuring completion of project(s) on schedule.
Prepares professional papers
Prepares professional papers on research results and presents them at scientific meetings.
Develops project-funding proposals
Develops project-funding proposals using budget estimates and recommendations for personnel, equipment, and operating supplies. May work with public and private agencies to obtain research grants.
Coordinates the maintenance of research facilities
Coordinates the maintenance of research facilities, machinery, and equipment and the purchase of supplies and equipment. Maintains inventory of supplies; orders replacement and new reagents as needed.
Performs other duties as needed
Performs related work as required.
Required Qualifications
Ph.D. from an accredited college or university with a minimum of one year directly applicable experience; previous supervisory experience.
OR
Master's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of five years' progressive grant management, resources management and quality assurance program development experience; or major coursework completed on a Ph.D. in a related scientific field with two years of progressive grant management, resources management and quality assurance program development experience.
OR
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of eight years' progressive grant management, resources management and quality assurance program development experience.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Detail-oriented
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases
Shift/Salary/Benefits
Shift: Days/M-F (work outside of the normal business hours will likely be required of an employee in an exempt level position)
Pay Band: 12
Salary Minimum: $63,200.00/Annually
Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position
Recruitment Period: 4/2/25 ' Until Filled
Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.
Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.
Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!
Conditions of Employment
All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University.
If applicable for the specific position based on the duties: the candidate will also need to have a credit check completed for Positions of Trust and or approved departmental Purchase Card usage.
Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that are required to drive an Augusta University vehicle.
For Faculty Hires: Final candidates will be required to provide proof of completed academic degree(s) as well as post-secondary coursework in the form of original transcript(s). Those candidates trained by a foreign institution will also be required to provide an educational/credential evaluation.
All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive [patient, student, employee, financial, business, etc.] information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond.
Other Information
This position is also responsible for promoting a customer-friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient-and family-centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success."
Augusta University is a tobacco-free environment, and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
How To Apply
Consider applying with us today!
https://www.augusta.edu/hr/jobs/
Select University Faculty & Staff > External Applicants if you are a candidate from outside the university
Select University Faculty & Staff > Internal Applicants if you are a current university employee
If you need further assistance, please contact us at 706-721-9365
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