The Healthy Youths Program and the Community Outreach Intervention Projects at the University of Illinois at Chicago is seeking a part-time Data Manager for a federally-funded study to prevent HIV/AIDS among juvenile offenders. The study is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an innovative and uniquely tailored HIV/AIDS, mental health, and substance use program designed for 13-17 year old males and females on probation.
Data management responsibilities
Data management responsibilities
- Create research protocol using ACASI programming and maintain project databases using SPSS
- Create and maintain a database documenting recruitment, assessment, and follow-up activities
- Manage data verification and retrieval for the project
- Supervise the collection, entry, and verification of data
- Review files for missing data, clean and merge data, and ensure the integrity of data collection on and off site.
This will be an hourly position averaging 20 hours/week. Research will sometimes be conducted at sites in the community (probation centers, homes, libraries, and schools), and some program activities will occur in the evenings. Candidates must be willing to maintain a flexible schedule that includes evening hours. Salary is commensurate with experience.
For fullest consideration, please email a cover letter and CV/resume, by 11/1/12 to: Erin McCarville, emccar2@uic.edu. To ensure proper handling of your application, type “Data Manager Position” into the subject heading.
Qualifications:
Ideal candidates will have: •Bachelors degree required, advanced degree in a relevant area such as public health, psychology, biostatistics, or social work preferred •Strong interpersonal and computer skills and exceptional professionalism •Ability to work autonomously and complete job responsibilities independently •Experience in the collection, verification and management of data for a longitudinal study •Experience with Access, Excel, and SPSS required •Experience with ACASI development •Experience working with youth preferredQualifications:
For fullest consideration, please email a cover letter and CV/resume, by 11/1/12 to: Erin McCarville, emccar2@uic.edu. To ensure proper handling of your application, type “Data Manager Position” into the subject heading.
