San Diego State University Research Foundation
Project Manager
🇺🇸 San Diego, CA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $21 - $28 per Hour
💻 Project Management
🗓️ August 1st, 2025
IRB
Edtech.com's Summary
San Diego State University Research Foundation is hiring a Project Manager for its Center for Tobacco and the Environment. The role involves coordinating and overseeing research projects, managing collaborations with investigators and community partners, supervising research assistants, and disseminating study findings to stakeholders and the public.
Highlights
- Coordinate research project infrastructure, planning, implementation, and communication among team members and community partners.
- Develop project plans, training materials, and protocols to support efficient data collection and management.
- Supervise undergraduate and graduate research assistants, assign tasks, and monitor progress toward project goals.
- Assist with reports to funding agencies, IRB submissions, manuscript preparation, and develop surveys and training protocols.
- Maintain project websites and social media channels to disseminate findings.
- Minimum education: Equivalent to graduation from a four-year university.
- Minimum experience: Two years in technical research or statistical work.
- Preferred skills include experience coordinating multiple research projects, grant administration, and working with community stakeholders.
- Must be a nonsmoker and non-user of tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and marijuana due to contamination risks in study samples.
- Salary range is $21.47 - $28.00 per hour, non-negotiable.
Project Manager Full Description
Overview:
The salary range for this position is $21.47 - $28.00 per hour depending upon qualifications and is non-negotiable.
San Diego State University’s Center for Tobacco and the Environment (CTE), co-directed by Georg E. Matt, PhD, and Thomas Novotny, MD, PhD, is an extramurally funded center established in 2022. CTE’s mission is to prevent, reduce, and eliminate tobacco’s toxic legacy of environmental pollution and harm to human health caused by decades of commercial tobacco sales and use through the creation of an open, community-engaged, inter- and transdisciplinary research center that serves the diverse communities affected by the environmental impacts of commercial tobacco sales and use. CTE provides an organizational platform for the next generation of research that seeks solutions to human exposure and environmental contamination resulting from decades of tobacco use, and contributes to California’s comprehensive policy initiatives to end commercial tobacco sales and use by 2035.
CTE is home to a well-established group of multi-disciplinary scholars from different colleges at SDSU, including Health and Human Services, Sciences, Arts & Letters, and Professional Studies & Fine Arts, whose work focuses on the environmental impacts of commercial tobacco use. Researchers at CTE conduct multiple extramurally funded research projects focused on tobacco and the indoor and outdoor environment, including the newly funded Tobacco Policy Research Center (TPRC) for Tobacco and the Environment. Funded by the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, the TPRC has two main policy goals: (1) reduce tobacco product waste to protect local environments, and (2) protect indoor and outdoor environments from the toxic pollutants caused by commercial tobacco.
**Please note that due to the potential for the contamination of study samples, the incumbent must be a nonsmoker and non-user of tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and marijuana, and must reside with nonsmokers/ nonusers.**
Responsibilities:
Under the general direction of CTE’s Center Coordinator and Center investigators, the Project Manager will be responsible for the coordination of identified research projects carried out by Center investigators. The incumbent will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day research projects, including planning, implementation, and dissemination. The incumbent will participate in strategic planning and development, help lead partnerships with community stakeholders, support the project teams, help prepare reports for the funding agency, and disseminate research findings to the public and stakeholder groups. The incumbent will also supervise small groups of undergraduate/graduate research assistants, monitoring the achievement of project goals, objectives, and milestones to ensure project results. The incumbent will interact with internal and external project stakeholders to support project aims.
Working under the general supervision of the Center Coordinator and investigators, the Project Manager is responsible for, but not limited to:
Project Management & Communication 40%
- Coordinates the processes required to build the infrastructure of research projects and communication among investigators, staff, and community partners.
- Develops project plan(s), including training and resources needed, in consultation with investigators and the Center Coordinator.
- Proactively works with the investigator(s) to monitor project status to ensure progress towards completion and that all milestones are achieved.
- Modifies project plans and coordinates changes with participants and staff as necessary.
- Coordinates project meetings and workshops.
- Assists with the dissemination of results, including scientific publications, reports, press releases, newsletters, etc.
- Develops, updates, and maintains project website and social media.
Development and Delivery of Project Content 20%
- Assists with the development of training materials and projects, and supports the Center Coordinator and investigators with overall project management.
- Coordinates processes and helps oversee data collection, data entry, and data management.
- Develops workflow processes, protocols, and trainings that increase the efficiency of processes and data collection in the field.
- Assists with aspects of budget monitoring and reporting.
- Initiates project team meetings (as needed) to ensure the development of effective data collection/entry and management strategies.
Original Content Development 20%
- Assists with reports for funding agencies, IRB forms and submissions, manuscript preparation, and resource development for stakeholders.
- Assists with the development of surveys (online and hard copy) as well as complex training protocols (online and hard copy).
- Provide project website and social media management.
Supervisory Duties 10%
- Assists the Center Coordinator in supervising undergraduate research assistants, graduate research assistants, and staff.
- Assigns tasks, monitors workload, and meets individually with research assistants as needed.
- Works closely with the Center Coordinator and investigators to oversee aspects of data collection efforts, communication with participants, and data entry.
Other Duties as Assigned by Center Coordinator 10%
Qualifications:
Minimum Education & Experience
- Equivalent to graduation from a four year university
- Two years of experience in technical research or statistical work experience
Preferred Qualifications & Special Skills
- Experience coordinating multiple research, evaluation, or service projects.
- Experience using web-based and social media communication channels.
- Experience working with community stakeholders.
- Experience with research grant and contract administration.
- Experience providing work direction of student and staff positions.
Additional Applicant Information
- Candidate must reside in California and live within a commutable distance from SDSU at time of hire.
- Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results (including a criminal record check).
- San Diego State University Research Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, SDSU Research Foundation provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin or any other categories protected by federal or state law.
- Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every employee has equal access to resources and support.
- SDSU Research Foundation complies with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), and other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws including grant or contract terms and conditions related to funded program activities. Further the SDSU Research Foundation maintains a Nondiscrimination Policy that prohibits discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all programs, policies, and practices.
- SDSU Research Foundation makes all employment decisions including, but not limited to, applicant screening, hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, benefits, disciplinary actions, and terminations on the basis of merit.
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