Index/Position No.:                             35020/595920                                     Level 10

Position Title:                                      (Research Services) Manager

Department:                                        Center for Nursing Research- College of Nursing

Expectations for All Employees

East Tennessee State University pursues its mission based upon core values.  An employee's job performance must support and exhibit the university's core values:

PEOPLE come first, are treated with dignity and respect, and are encouraged to achieve their full potential;

RELATIONSHIPS are built on honesty, integrity and trust;

DIVERSITY of people and thought is respected;

EXCELLENCE is achieved through teamwork, leadership, creativity, and a strong work ethic;

EFFICIENCY is achieved through wise use of human and financial resources; and

COMMITMENT to intellectual achievement is embraced.

Function of Position

This position reports to the Director for the Center for Nursing Research and is responsible for acting as the data resource person for researchers within the College of Nursing.  The positions is also responsible for consulting with researchers to determine research questions and hypotheses and helping find or develop data collection tools to best answer those questions; advising on research methodology and statistical testing based on the project and the type of data being collected; performing data collection, database creation, data entry, data analysis and manipulation, data interpretation, and report generation for funded as well as non-funded research and departmental projects; creating and maintaining a College of Nursing trend record regarding student, faculty, and scholarly activity of the college, using data obtained from collaborating offices; maintaining responsibility for management of raw data and project databases; providing statistical consultation for grants, proposals, presentations, and papers; editing papers and grant applications; performing Internet searches, literature searches and retrieval as needed by requesting faculty; serving on College Evaluation Committee and other committees as needed; supervising and training Graduate Assistants and student workers in research assistance duties; performing statistical instruction and education when needed and maintaining data bases in the Center for Nursing Research and other grants; supervising Center personnel and serving as office leader in absence of Director; and performing other related duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

-           Assists researchers in nursing and collaborating disciplines to plan research design and provides consultation and guidance on statistical methods.

-           Develops survey instruments, data collections and data entry processes for college and departmental projects.

-           Performs analysis of data for the purposes of both qualitative and quantitative research projects.

Performs data collection, management, and analysis for research projects.

-           Creates and maintains trend data for the college in collaboration with departments who provide the data.

Supervises research assistants.

-           Provides participation and leadership in fulfilling evaluation and data analysis for external grants.

Secondary Functions:

-           Provides supervision and leadership for the Center for Nursing Research in the absence of the Director.

-           Serves on college committees as assigned.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Abilities

-        Knowledge of general statistical analysis.

-        Ability to comprehend and prepare needed data analysis reports and presentations.

Supervision Given and Received

Performs under general supervision. Determines own methods of performing assigned work.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in appropriate field (math, statistics, or related area); specialized training in SPSS, Excel, and Access; minimum 3 years of experience.

June 2008