Project Coordinator

NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of the nation's top-ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health, the Grossman School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go tomed.nyu.edu, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, XandInstagram.Position Summary:We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Project Coordinator. The Center for Healthful Behavior Change (CHBC), within the Institute for Excellence in Health Equity (IEHE) is seeking a Project Coordinator to support our NIH-funded community-based research focused on improving cardiovascular health through partnerships with barbershops and other community stakeholders. The Project Coordinator will support the implementation of the Community-to-Clinic Implementation Program to Control Hypertension in Barbershops (CLIP HTN). The candidate will work closely with study investigators, research staff, barbershop owners and barbers, community partners, and study teams. The Project Coordinator will coordinate community engagement, participant outreach and recruitment, retention activities, field operations, study implementation, communications, and day-to-day program activities. The position requires strong interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability to build relationships with community stakeholders while managing multiple program priorities. Reports to a Manager or Director; works under general supervision.Job Responsibilities: * Develop and maintain strong working relationships with participatingbarbershop owners, barbers, community organizations, research participants, and other community stakeholders. * Conduct community-based outreach and engage prospective participants to increase awareness of the research studies and support participant recruitment, enrollment, and retention. * UseIRB-approved promotional, educational, digital, and recruitment materialsto communicate study opportunities clearly and effectively to prospective participants and community partners. * Develop and implement strategic outreach and engagement approaches, in collaboration with the study team, toincrease study visibility, maximize eligible participant recruitment, and promote continued participant engagement and retention. * Assist with planning and coordinating community events, recruitment activities, screening events, presentations, and other participant- and stakeholder-facing activities. * Support participant screening, scheduling, enrollment, informed consent, and follow-up activities in accordance with approved research protocols and appropriate training. * Serve as a primary point of contact for participating barbershops and assist with site communications, scheduling, relationship management, and resolution of day-to-day operational issues. * Coordinate field-based program and study activities, including site visits, research visits, screening activities, equipment, materials, supplies, and staff schedules. * Maintain recruitment, enrollment, retention, participant follow-up, and community-site tracking systems and provide regular progress updates to the study team. * Assist with collection, entry, organization, and maintenance of study data and program documentation using approved research systems. * Support implementation of blood pressure, cardiovascular health, and vision-health screening activities and participant linkages to appropriate cl