| The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks applicants to fill the position of Visiting Research Data Manager. The Visiting Research Data Manager will work closely with a team of investigators in a large scale, epidemiological, prospective, birth-cohort research study to manage all stages of the data process including data acquisition, digitization, storage, documentation, and sharing with a nation-wide consortium of researchers and research institutions. The position will require maintenance and, when appropriate, augmentation of systems and protocols for the acquisition, tracking, documentation, long-term storage and sharing of research participants’ health and behavioral data, and biological specimens. The position will also require organizing, mapping, extracting, and integrating data from a variety of sources—including paper records--, monitoring and improving data quality, preparing datasets with the accompanying documentation, producing summary statistics reports, and responding to data requests from the nation-wide research consortium and investigators within and outside our research team. The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu.EEO. Duties and Responsibilities: - Maintenance, augmentation, and documentation of data systems: (40%)
- Maintain existing and create new forms and datasets for sharing data with outside research partners
- Ensure existing databases are kept up to date and reliable
- Create and utilize software tools (programs, macros, templates and utilities) to check the reliability and validity of databases and datasets
- Build on features and functionality of existing databases to address data requests more effectively and efficiently
- Improve existing file structure for short and long-term data storage
- Improve platform and procedures for secure data sharing with outside research partners
- Develop data variable libraries and dictionaries
- Develop manuals for using databases and electronic forms
- Develop protocols for data entry, checking, cleaning, and storage
- Develop protocols for accessing and using stored data files, and for generating and sharing datasets and summary data reports
- Oversight and utilization of data systems and staff: (50%)
- Extract, integrate and manipulate data from a variety of databases to create datasets in response to requests and needs from the research team, outside researchers and
collaborators, funders, and various research partners - Perform validation and quality assurance and control procedures to ensure the integrity of data during collection, entry into electronic forms and databases, long-term storage and
the generation of datasets - Generate summary statistics reports and quality assurance/control reports as needed
- Effectively communicate data management procedures and policy, and describe the structure of databases, data libraries, and data storage system to researchers, funders and
various research partners - Train and supervise research staff performing data entry including task assignment, performance monitoring, and training in the confidential nature of the data, as well as other
foundational principles for working with sensitive, human-subject research data - Other duties related to data management and analyses will be assigned as needed (10%)
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