Project Coordinator-Departmental - Georgia Cancer Center

Job ID: 254754
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 9,000 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.

Location
Augusta University - Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

College/Department Information
The Georgia Cancer Center is on a mission for providing industry-leading cancer research and care that benefits patients locally and globally. Our ultimate goal is to eradicate cancer and we are proudly making progress every day. When we say patient care is a priority, we mean it. We assemble custom teams of field experts to address each individual's unique needs. The research and innovations developed at the Georgia Cancer Center ultimately influence the global network of cancer care. Our team fights for far more than just Georgians. The learnings achieved through the care of local patients has wide-reaching implications for creating tomorrow's standard of cancer care. Through facilitating first-in-the-nation trials and growing a depth of understanding only available through a multidisciplinary approach, the Georgia Cancer Center team is equipped to deliver treatment advancements that will be applied in facilities across the world. The team offers a proving ground that paves the way for patients in other areas to have access to new options.

Job Summary
This position is designed to perform advanced administrative and technical work in support of the Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR) studies within our NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP). This person is needed to assist with CCDR implementation and will participate in planning, implementation, data collection, data entry oversight, and will be responsible for careful and exact documentation within the grant and institutional guidelines.

Responsibilities
The duties include, but are not limited to: Coordinate and assist with all aspects of implementation of CCDR trials under the GA CaRes M/U NCORP Grant. Duties include but are not limited to screening for eligibility of potential research participants, consenting and accurately entering study data into case report forms (electronic and paper) according to study requirements, developing any new and needed seamless processes for all studies to be accurately implemented and to demonstrate leadership by providing guidance to the team members in a collaborative, professional, and effective manner. Coordinate data retrieval, respond to queries in a timely fashion including correcting data as directed by the sponsor, investigator, research operations manager, sponsor coordinators, and auditors. Develop CAPA plans when needed. Maintain protocols and associated documentation, ensuring regulatory integrity of each study/protocol/regulatory binder in accordance with federal and local regulations and AU Human Assurance guidelines. Prepare for local IRB and cooperative group audits. Attend staff training and research meetings. Participate in project planning and development of research protocols while insuring adherence to accepted scientific research principals. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study with a minimum of 3 years' experience managing projects of various sizes and complexity.

Preferred Qualifications
Project management experience in an academic or hospital/clinical setting;
Institutional knowledge or experience in higher education with the variety of types of projects that serve the educational, research, and service missions;
Project Management Professional certification (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM);
Experience with Waterfall project management methodology;
Experience in using Microsoft Project or another scheduling software;
Experience in human research setting, data entry, and collection.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Excellent customer service, interpersonal, multi-tasking, organizational and verbal/written communication skills;
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) and other computer software/databases.
Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines despite often interruptions, maintain confidentiality, keep accurate records and make independent decisions

Shift/Salary/Benefits

Shift: Days; Monday - Friday (Work outside of normal business hours may be required)

Pay Grade: 17

Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position

Recruitment Period: 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 candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University.

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 the course of 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 universitySelect University Faculty & Staff > Internal Applicants if you are a current university employee If you need further assistance, please contact us at 706-721-9365

To apply, visit https://careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=12000&JobOpeningId=254754&PostingSeq=1

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