This is a remote position.

The Research Coordinator at the Institute for Research Experiences & Education (IREE) works closely with IREE’s interdisciplinary research team on the workflows, logistics, and administrative components that are critical to social science and education research. This individual is the cohesive glue across education research projects, ensuring studies are completed as planned and communication is seamless across the team. With expertise in project management and experience in social science research, the Research Coordinator plays a key support role that is integral to the execution of research projects. As a core member of the team, this individual brings a spirit of curiosity and pragmatism to each project.

UL Research Institutes:

At UL Research Institutes (ULRI), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge.

Build a safer, more secure, and sustainable future with us. Join us and work with our Research Experiences & Education teams who conduct the research required to produce that knowledge and put into practice.

IREE:

The Institute for Research Experiences and Education (IREE) cultivates the next generation of safety scientists through a mix of unique educational programs, academic partnerships, and research and standards development experiences.

We translate the findings of our research institutes into compelling educational materials, bringing to life scientific concepts using contemporary best education practices to create learning opportunities for a wide variety of secondary through postgraduate students. Our academic collaborations and support for the next generation of safety scientists likewise reach across the educational spectrum, including partnerships that reach out to students who are underrepresented in STEM fields.

Through all of our programs, we aim to unlock the diverse perspectives that are essential for solving the world’s most pressing safety and sustainability issues.

What you’ll learn and achieve:

As the Research Coordinator, you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:

Develop and maintain systems to track and administer social science research, in the following key areas.

· Team communication

· Research compliance and ethics

· Project workflow and documentation

· Financial administration

· Logistics for research convenings, conferences, and publications