Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.

The Research Project Coordinator is responsible for coordinating administrative functions of research projects, including monitoring data submission and progress on project activities. In addition, the research project coordinator assists with facilitating meetings/trainings and communicating with staff, advisory board members, and other departments. Other responsibilities include, completing institutional review board (IRB) paperwork, developing work plans to monitor project timelines and supporting the development of research project materials for dissemination. This position will report to the Director of Research and Analytics.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:

• Coordinate Brightpoint internal communications regarding study announcements and staff orientation and training. 
• Serve as the point of contact for advisory board members, program staff, and any private providers, to answer questions on program activities, implementation, and expectations.
• Coordinate with the Brightpoint communications team on dissemination plans and timelines and assists in the development of written products to publicize the study and disseminate findings. 
• Assist project director and research team to solve problems and address other implementation and evaluation issues as needed.
• Coordinate logistics for meetings of research and/or program staff, advisory board meetings/orientation and staff trainings.
• Send invitations and materials, take attendance, take accurate minutes, make copies, and provide other support for project meetings, including meetings of research and/or program staff, advisory board meetings and orientation, staff training, and meetings with outside agencies.
• Create PowerPoints, charts, graphs, and other materials from information supplied by Director and research staff.
• Coordinate with agency staff to set up registration and add training materials to staff training system or creates a system for registration and attendance If necessary.
• Monitor attendance at trainings and orientations and creates and distributes reports on training/orientation completion.
• Distribute training/orientation evaluations and reviews, summarizes, and creates reports of feedback.
• Complete forms, obtains signatures, assembles other materials, and submits complete applications to institutional review boards (IRBs) by deadlines, as directed.
• Attend and participate in training related to research activities, including obtaining consent, data collection, and data analysis procedures that ensure all study activities are performed according to ethical guidelines for the conduct of research with human subjects. 
• Monitor submission of data and other activities and provides reports to director to ensure that study timetable is met.

Job details:

• Compensation: Range starts at $54,000
• Benefits:Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3 weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here)
• Location:Must be within reasonable driving distance to Chicago and available to work from home office at200 West Monroe Street(downtown Chicago loop) 2x/week.
• Schedule:Full-time, salaried. Regular business hours w/ some Hybrid flexibility. .
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency forPublic Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Where you work matters.

We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.

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Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action.All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.