Summary

The Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas is seeking a Research Administrative Associate to oversee all administrative and operational aspects of a research clinical center. In addition, this position will assist with managing large multi-site clinical trials and consortium's. The Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research program has innovative research protocols surrounding complications with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and endocrine disease. Our faculty works diligently in developing new treatments to support clinical and translational research programs. The role will be located at the Houston Medical Center Building (Travis Building).

This role is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Employees with CRA certification are eligible for certification pay.

Job Duties

Research Administration/Grants Management 40%

• Liaison between the Principal Investigator and BCM research administration.
• Handle contracts and invoices for the CRC and MRU units.
• Collaborate in the submission of grants, including pre and post award management.
• Participate in budgeting activities and maintain/track study supplies, orders, accounts and vendor contracts.
• Assist investigators to prepare federal contracts and subcontract submissions internally.
• Serve as liaison between PI and Research administration to correct applications and create/execute sub-award agreements.
• Gather and create documents necessary for grant submission including budgets, budget justification, other support, statement of work, and communicate time lines to investigator to ensure applications are submitted on time to central office for review and approval.
• Ensure investigators and applications are compliant with all guidelines.

Clinical Research 35%

• Ensure timely IRB submissions and maintain up-to-date approvals.
• Track study recruitment and participant visits at the different BCM locations where participant study visits are conducted and maintains clinical site schedules.
• Ensure Protocol implementation and reports protocol deviations.
• Collaborate with other project managers of the Data Coordinating Center of the consortium
• Provide guidance to research coordinators and staff to ensure study protocols are performed appropriately.
• Ensure daily operations are followed according to BCM’s policies.
• Provide training and guidance as needed.

Clinical Site Management 25%

• Responsible for organizing meeting schedules, agendas at a local and study-wide level of the consortium.
• Maintain clinical site schedules.
• Coordinate Texas Children's and BCM research Site operations/
• Manage database of study-wide participants.
• Participate in committee calls and works with PI and research staff to accomplish deliverables.
• Collaborate with study-wide leadership in all aspects of project management.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree. Certified Research Administrator certification through the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) may substitute for the degree requirement.
• Two years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a research administration setting working on federal award/grant management, clinical trial coordination and project management.
• Experience in multi-site clinical trials.
• Experience recruiting and retaining study participants.
• Must be a self-starter and must be competent in all aspects of research design, planning and implementation.
• Experience as a clinical research coordinator, preferably with a leadership role related to compliance, budgeting and research administration.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.