Research Program Specialist - School of Social Work

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL, USA

Posted on Aug 30, 2026
Duties Responsibilities Develop, Implement, and Manage Evaluation Plans • Develops materials for evaluating violence prevention programs. • Conducts annual reviews of evidence-based violence prevention programs. • Collaborates with team members to develop dissemination reports or presentations of annual reviews of evidence-based violence prevention plans. • Develops and monitors project timelines for meeting deliverables. Data Collection, Review, and Analysis • Uses REDCap or a similar data collection management system to manage and track data collection among violence prevention program providers. • Facilitate data collection efforts (e.g., focus groups, interviews) with violence prevention program providers. • Reviews and interprets data analysis results and communicates data findings to a variety of target audiences. • Forms mutually beneficial partnerships with funders and state-level administrators around issues related to data collection, interpretation, and utilization of findings. • Manages Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols for research projects related to violence prevention evaluation or prevention planning efforts. Provide Technical Assistance and Training • Forms mutually beneficial partnerships with violence prevention providers around the issues related to evaluation design, data collection, and interpretation and utilization of evaluation findings. • Develops documentation and manuals for using REDCap or other data collection management systems. • Ongoing contact with violence prevention providers to provide technical assistance on data collection and evaluation activities. • Develops and delivers adult professional development activities to promote practical collection and use of data collection and evaluation materials using adult education and theories underlying instructional design. Collaboration with Team Members • Collaborates with team members to meet research goals, including supervising research assistants and interns. • Works collaboratively with other team members. • Partners with team members to achieve project goals and objectives. • Other duties and responsibilities as appropriate.