Req #: 242214 Department: PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Job Location Detail: Montlake, BB tower, Hybrid Eligible. Posting Date: 12/31/2024 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: 50% of $5,713 - $8,000 per month Shift: First Shift Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701\_a11y.pdf) As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 330 full-time faculty members, 460 courtesy faculty members, and over 350 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $67 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development. Psychiatry is the third largest department in the School of Medicine and the largest non-divisioned department. The overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million. **The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for a 50% FTE Research Consultant.** Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and housed in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the UW ALACRITY Center (https://www.uwalacrity.org/) is seeking a part-time Research Consultant with experience in survey programming (e.g., REDCap, Qualtrics), data management, and basic quantitative and qualitative data analytic skills. The ALACRITY Center is focused on redesigning mental and behavioral health supports in accessible, community-based settings (e.g., schools, primary care). This position serves as the ALACRITY Center’s Data Manager. The Research Consultant will be self-driven with strong skills in online longitudinal survey development, development of participant tracking systems, data management, data harmonization, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and interpersonal communication. The opportunity will involve applying these skills to multiple Center projects; the integrity of corresponding datasets is directly related to the success of the Center’s research and related goals and purpose (i.e., improving behavioral health care by increasing the knowledge base about redesign of clinical interventions and implementation strategies to make them more usable and appropriate). Because ALACRITY’s team science approach is highly cooperative, this position offers both independence and collaboration with established researchers. As part of the ALACRITY Center’s Methods Core, the position will have the responsibility of establishing and maintaining effective, professional relationships with a wide range of collaborators, including faculty, staff, and community partners. The position requires strong communication skills to work in this team science environment. Research consultants are expected to be able to clearly communicate with project managers, research assistants, research team members, and Principal Investigators about data management, timelines, and data collection-related tasks. Position supports: There will be ample opportunities for professional development, including training/resources in quantitative and qualitative methods, data management best practices, team science, and scientific communication. The person in this role is expected to operate fairly independently with weekly and as-needed supervision and guidance from the Methods Core Director. They will have access to multidisciplinary experts for consultation and an abundance of resources to ensure fulfilment of role expectations and training goals/professional development. This role ensures the integrity of datasets across 8 to10 study teams and is central to the success of the Center’s research and related goals and purpose (i.e., improving behavioral health care by increasing the knowledge base about redesign of clinical interventions and implementation strategies to make them more usable and appropriate). The position is sometimes required to work evening and/or weekend hours as necessary to meet study demands. Position is sometimes required to travel locally/regionally to meet with community research partners and is occasionally required to travel nationally or internationally to attend relevant study meetings. **DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** Data analysis and technical assistance for project teams and Center collaborators (35%) + Ensure projects understand the structure of their databases and consult with projects to improve program online surveys and analysis processes. + Report updates to Center at regular meetings and as needed. + Create reports and generate tables, graphs, and data visualizations to support Center deliverables, presentations, and scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. + Participate as a co-author in the preparation and presentation of written reports and other presentations that summarize the analysis of Center data. + The Research Consultant will also contribute, as needed, to other duties that support Center research activities and Center functions.Data Management (30%) + Generate data reports using REDCap or other data management or statistical software. + Ensure the integrity of data used in analysis by performing data quality checking and cleaning. + Identify potential problems and inconsistencies in datasets and develop effective methods for their resolution. + Serve as a liaison between the project team and Center to communicate data needs and facilitate data delivery. + Create and maintain detailed, high-quality records of data management and analytic activities. + Harmonize and submit data to open science dataset repositories and assist in coordinating regulatory approvals such as data use agreements, as necessary.Data collection (20%) + Collecting program online surveys. + Support data collection from multiple projects (both qualitative and quantitative data). + Assist, as needed, with human subject's review and maintain knowledge on data collection practices in relation to IRB and human subjects' regulations. + Ensure timely data collection at each research phase.Workflow documentation/review/update (15%) + Participate in process re-design and workflow reviews. + Document processes of changes to data templates and administration of measures for replication by other projects.Lead Responsibilities + Database development and management. + Report generation and analysis. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** + Master's Degree in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, public health, economics, psychology, or other social science or relevant field, AND a minimum of one year of work-related experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. **Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.** **ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS** + Proficiency with statistical analysis programs (SPSS, SAS, and/or R preferred). + Proficiency with programming online data collection applications such as REDCap or Qualtrics. + Experience with data management, scoring, analysis, and reporting. + Demonstrated attention to detail and creative problem-solving skills. + Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively both as a team member and independently with minimal supervision and ability to interact positively with a wide variety of people. + Ability to prioritize work appropriately, juggling short-term and long-term deadlines. + Fluent English in verbal and written communication skills. + Proficiency with and Microsoft Office products, including Teams, Excel, and Word. **DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS** + 2-3 years of work-related experience. + Experience with or willingness to learn processes for submitting data to repositories (e.g., National Data Archive), and curation of reports to funders (e.g., NIH/PCORI enrollment reports, CONSORT diagrams). + Experience in and/or interest in learning models and methods from the fields of human-centered design and/or implementation science. **Application Process:** The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed. University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.