Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Business Consultant (Program Manager), Per Diem
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	RWJ-Medicine-Gastroenterology-Meb
Overview	New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a per diem Business Consultant for the department of Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Rutgers, The State University is seeking a Program Manager to oversee a coordinated clinical and laboratory-based NIH funded research program on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in diverse populations. The primary purpose of the Program Manager is to administer the research program, oversee research personnel as well as take part in performing the recruitment and the laboratory research duties.  Dr. Steven Brant, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has a clinical and laboratory based coordinated research program to identify the causes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). He requires a Program Manager to oversee as well as actively carry out this research program.  Among the key duties of this position are the following: Manage recruitment objectives including identifying study subjects with IBD and matched controls for recruitment for genetic studies from patients seen in the clinics and hospitals affiliated with Rutgers University and from other hospitals in New Jersey. Manage recruitment objectives of healthy controls from varied ethnic populations for epigenetic studies. Manage and complete Investigational Review Board (IRB) protocol compliance, annual reports, and assist and oversee new protocol applications.  Communicate with other aligned or funded recruitment centers for IBD genetics research. Collect biospecimens from study subjects and oversee junior research personnel that will also obtain these specimens under your direction.  Manage and organize study files.
Position Status	Per Diem
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement	This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.
FLSA	Nonexempt
Grade	99H
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary
Annual Mid Range Salary
Annual Maximum Salary
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	Non-Union
Payroll Designation	Banner
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Masters degree in science.   At least 2 years of post-graduate research experience in molecular biology, immunology or genetics. Experience in IRB compliance and recruitment of human research subjects for biological studies. An appropriate doctorate may be substituted for two (2) years of supervisory experience.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Preferred Qualifications	Ph.D. in molecular biology, genetics or immunology, or alternatively M.D. degree with post-graduate dedicated research experience Clinical research experience and especially experience in IBD research a major plus Understanding of molecular genetics
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	Physical Demands: Reading, standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing. Lifting up to 25 lbs. laboratory environment; exposure to study subjects in a clinical environment and exposure to research animal models.  Work  Environment: Office environment with moderate noise. Must follow all safety precautions in laboratory, as required.
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST2761
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Downtown New Brunswick
City	New Brunswick
State	NJ
Location Details

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