Jobs UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Renée Crown Wellness Institute is a research institute committed to promoting the mental health and wellness of children, youth and the families and educators who support them.

Research Coordination and Implementation

• Collaborate with investigators and study teams on planning, implementation, and logistics across multiple studies.
• Support Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions, amendments, and continuing reviews.
• Schedule and document team meetings; manage study logistics, materials, and purchasing.
• Recruit, consent, and communicate with research participants; distribute study materials and manage follow-up.

Data Collection and Management

• Program and test study surveys, randomization protocols, and follow-up schedules (e.g., REDCap).
• Track survey completion, send reminders, and oversee data entry, audits, and quality control.
• Manage participant incentives to ensure timely and accurate distribution.
• Organize and maintain secure study datasets; support qualitative and quantitative data cleaning and preliminary analysis.

Analysis and Dissemination

• Conduct literature reviews, manage citations, and contribute to the creation of tables, figures, and manuscript sections.
• Assist with the interpretation of study data and preparation of reports, presentations, and publications.

Mentorship and Institutional Engagement

• Train undergraduate research assistants or interns.
• Participate in Institute-wide activities, including meetings, database updates, and collaborative events; contribute to a culture of inclusion and innovation.

Digital Content and Media Development

• Assist in developing and organizing a teen-facing website and mental health tools.
• Track progress on content development and support usability testing.
• Oversee digital media tasks, including video/screen recording, editing, archiving, and integration of data collection systems (e.g., REDCap feedback tools).

Community Engagement Research Tasks

• Facilitate peer-led groups aimed at providing resilience-building strategies to youth as part of research protocols.

• This is a hybrid position, and the successful candidate will be required to be in office at least one day a week.
• This position is a one-year limited term and not expected to continue past June 30, 2026.

The salary for this 50% appointment is $21,060 annually.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 2 years of relevant experience.

• Excellence in integrity, responsibility and ethics in administrative duties and professional relationships, including but not limited to attention to detail with regard to compliance with ethical and professional standards and guidelines and handling of confidential and sensitive matters; excellent judgment and skills to identify problems and to develop solutions effectively and efficiently; excellent time management skills, with capacity to flexibly meet challenges as they arise, prioritize tasks and set deadlines, and excellent follow through on commitments and deadlines; takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and failures.
• Commitment to inclusive excellence including being oriented to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, as evidenced by actively welcoming and encouraging participation of all members of Institute teams and communities, accepting, and honoring diverse perspectives, and continually building skills to identify and help mitigate personal and institutional biases and barriers to inclusion.
• Commitment to innovation, including the ability to think critically and creatively to solve problems or try new approaches; engages in continuous learning to promote personal and Institute growth; adapts to change.
• Excellent collaboration skills, including the ability to identify clearly how the employee’s work supports the mission of the team, Institute, and the University; works collaboratively as needed with diverse groups of students, peers, faculty, staff, community members, to value and incorporate diverse perspectives; and to remove barriers to solving problems; Fosters a welcoming, inclusive sense of community in the Institute; Understands direct feedback and implements it into goal setting.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written communication; ability to adjust communication style for setting and audience; attentive listening and consistent expression of respect for others’ unique backgrounds and perspectives; ability to encourage and support expression of diverse viewpoints; ability to engage in candid and constructive dialogue on difficult topics.
• Alignment with the Institute vision and mission: Broad understanding of the importance of mental health, community-engaged, and academic research environments; strong commitment to the overall vision and mission.
• Organizational skills: Excellent organizational and planning skills; high attention to detail, including ability to input information accurately, communicate accurately in writing and verbally, prepare and maintain detailed records, files, and reports on an ongoing basis; quickly learns and develops mastery in new software packages and other technologies to support research project or Institute organization; ability to learn new computer programs quickly; excellent budget and database management skills.
• Time management skills: ability to skillfully adapt to changing responsibilities in the position; excellent time management skills, with capacity to prioritize tasks and set deadlines, to attend to routine tasks and to be responsive and flexible to emerging needs and priorities; ability to thrive in a busy work environment that requires coordination of multiple activities and the judgment and flexibility to reprioritize to accommodate urgent needs; flexibility and the willingness to work with Institute members to shape and prioritize duties, share responsibilities, and take on new challenges as the position evolves and develops.
• Leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills: strong leadership skills, ability to work autonomously and to seek support and direction as appropriate; excellent ability to train and oversee staff, and to motivate and maintain cohesive teams, which may include multiple stakeholders (community members, multidisciplinary academic researchers, etc.); excellent ability to embody and model a high degree of professionalism and integrity in relationships and to handle sensitive and confidential issues; excellent verbal communication skills and capacity to communicate with poise with both Institute personnel and external audiences; excellent written communication skills, mastery of business English, spelling, punctuation and grammar and capacity to communicate with accuracy with both Institute personnel and external audiences.

• Bachelor’s degree in a social science, preferably psychology or a related field.
• At least two years of relevant research experience or a combination of relevant research and administrative experience, including working with human subjects.
• Fluency in oral and written English.
• Proficiency with computers and common programs (email, Zoom, online data tracking systems).
• Excellent interpersonal communication, organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to problem-solve.
• Experience assisting with IRB processes.
• Proficiency in literature review, manuscript preparation, and citation management tools (e.g., Zotero, EndNote).
• Experience with digital media production (video editing, screen recording, archiving) is a plus.
• Excellent openness to feedback, eagerness to learn, and commitment to the aims of the research project.
• Flexibility with work hours.
• Knowledge of statistics and ability to analyze basic statistics in SPSS or R
• REDCap experience.
• Ability to prioritize and work independently as well as collaboratively with local and remote collaborators.
• Adaptability, ability to set and track realistic goals, and capacity to hold multiple responsibilities and competing demands.