Global Solutions Network (GSN), a federal government contracting firm, presents this full time, long-term position supporting GSN's customer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

If interested, please provide your most up-to-date resume.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop and execute community engagement and study recruitment plans/strategies. 
• Assist with the execution and day-to-day operations of assigned clinical trial participant recruitment programs. 
• Research and write materials targeted at various stakeholders. 
• Analyze and research public health and epidemiology data related to Vaccine Research Center (VRC) candidate vaccine pathogens, i.e. HIV, Chikungunya, Ebola, Marburg and Influenza.
• Author scientific documents necessary for VRC vaccine clinical trials conduct. 
• Participate in clinical trials planning and training for externally conducted trials of VRC products, including domestic and international trials. 
• Monitor and evaluate program metrics and management of program timelines. 
• Perform financial planning and budgetary management of advertisement campaigns. 
• Assist with procurement, vendor payments and invoices for advertisement campaigns and recruitment projects. 
• Assist with the contract and scope of work negotiations with advertisement and recruitment vendors. 
• Review vendor contracts and work to ensure execution of contracts to planned timelines. 
• Organize and liaison with community members to develop programs that will engage and educate communities to increase awareness of HIV vaccine research and vaccine research in general. 
• Serve as VRC's liaison to the Community Advisory Board (CAB); translate science to the CAB, present consent forms and marketing materials for community review, and report feedback to the principal investigator. 
• Develop and conduct protocol trainings, per clinical trial goals at VRC. 
• Serve as subject matter expert and provide technical assistance to other NIH departments around recruitment, health education, advertisement, outreach and retention. 
• Represent Recruitment, Retention and Outreach in the development of regulatory documents, including but not limited to multi-site manual of operations and IND annual reports. 
• Review enrollment feasibility of proposed studies and provide advice on improving suitability of inclusion and exclusion criteria for recruitment, efficacy, ease of conduct and costs. 
• Provide policy analysis to CAB on NIAID's procedural and regulatory recommendation s for community advisory boards. 
• Evaluate historical and ongoing recruitment, enrollment, and retention data and develop publications, presentations, and VRC clinical trials guidelines based on VRC data. 
• Assess published and public literature regarding best practices for recruitment, retention and outreach. 
• Conduct health services research by collecting, organizing and analyzing data used in reporting the cost-effectiveness, efficacy, and efficiency of recruitment programs and advertisement campaigns. 
• Develop and implement quality improvement tools and methodologies to ensure accuracy of clinical trial participant data. 
• Develop, optimize and improve VRC guidelines and SOP's to streamline workflow. 
• Develop, maintain, and update VRC data management and statistical analysis plans to maintain data integrity and to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements. 
• Conduct ad hoc data analysis in response to special purpose data requests. 
• Contribute to the analysis, design, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of clinical informatics applications and projects. 
• Participate in the implementation and adoption of health systems technology to support optimal clinical effectiveness and efficiency. 

Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in a related discipline. Two (2) years of specialized experience plus a BA/BS degree is equivalent to a Master’s degree. 
• Two (2) years of experience in clinical research or a related field. 
• Demonstrates strong experience with data collection. 
• Demonstrates experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.). 
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of research protocols and clinical, scientific and/or medical terminology. 
• Candidates for the position must be willing to learn a variety of skills related to recruiting, counseling and providing details about our research studies. 

Global Solutions Network, Inc. (GSN) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the GSN to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected US veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.