Clinical Trial Participant Recruitment Coordinator

The USC Keck School of Medicine - Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI), located in San Diego, California is an academic institute comprised of scientific collaborators committed to advancing the development of new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease through innovative clinical trials.

The Clinical Trial Participant Recruitment Coordinator will work within the ATRI Recruitment, Engagement and Retention (RER) Section to support clinical trial sites in their participant recruitment and retention efforts for multi-site clinical trials. The incumbent will be responsible for a wide range of work assignments, must be well organized, and able to manage and lead several projects at the same time.

The ideal candidate will serve as the primary recruitment and retention specialist for one or more of the various studies conducted at ATRI under the oversight of the RER operations manager and the study RER faculty lead. The incumbent should have experience with participant recruitment and retention efforts for clinical research studies, including an understanding of those efforts at a site level as well as at a coordinating center level. The role will also frequently liaise with clinical trial sites.

Prior comparable experience that relates to the following position goals is highly desired:

• Oversight of the recruitment and retention efforts of clinical studies, working with several different partners, groups, and team members in their operation and implementation.
• Contribution to the inclusive recruitment of clinical trial participants who have traditionally been underrepresented in Alzheimer’s disease research.
• Development and interpretation of participant enrollment and retention data/technical reports to present to study teams and partners, and to assess needs for study site engagement.
• Communicate study and site enrollment goals to discuss specific population recruitment and retention activities, and more with multiple sites.
• Liaise with multiple vendors, overseeing scopes of work, budgets, and activity related to participant recruitment and retention efforts.
• Coordinate the design and development of clinical trial recruitment and educational and promotional items in collaboration with leadership, partners and vendors.
• Assist clinical research sites in brainstorming potential relationships with partner agencies, community-based organizations, and more to help with participant recruitment.
• Assist clinical research sites in researching, planning, and designing participant outreach and promotional activities to help reach the target population.
• Assist in maintaining statistics on outreach activities to help measure the return on investment of study-related activity.

Essential skills and abilities:

• Knowledge and capacity to work effectively with people from diverse professional, cultural and personal backgrounds
• Ability to provide oversight and guidance to junior RER section members, as applicable
• Attention to detail, self-starter, critical thinker, and effective problem solver and multitasker
• Excellent interpersonal, as well as verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment but also independently with input from leadership
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Zoom, Google Sheets/Docs, REDCap, and/or other similar programs

Preferred Education: Master’s degree

Preferred Experience: 5 years

Preferred Field of Expertise: Special education, licensing or certification requirements may exist for some positions based on program content and services.

Location: San Diego, CA. This is a hybrid position and will require working onsite at the ATRI offices located in San Diego at least 3 days each week.

The hourly rate range for this position is $34.52 - $43.15. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree Minimum Experience: 2 years Minimum Skills: Administrative or research experience. Knowledge of medical environment and terminology. Knowledge and understanding of federal, state, and institutional research regulations as well as Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and HIPPA regulations. Proficient with MS Office applications. Demonstrated effective communication and writing skills. Ability to multi-task. Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team as well as independently. Preferred Experience: 5 years Preferred Skills: Staff education and orientation experience. Knowledge of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems and Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS).