Senior Project Administrator

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Camden, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $78K - $115K 💻 Other 🗓️ May 13th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Senior Project Administrator for the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at the Camden Campus. The role involves managing complex community-focused research and evaluation projects across Southern New Jersey, leading research teams, overseeing all phases of projects from proposal to dissemination, and maintaining relationships with research partners and funders. The position requires effective communication of research findings to diverse audiences and compliance with university and federal research regulations.

Highlights

Lead and coordinate large and small research projects related to social issues like opioids, food insecurity, and education.
Serve as Principal Investigator on grants and contracts; oversee project design, data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination.
Manage partnerships with foundations, state/local agencies, and community organizations.
Communicate research results to academic audiences, community members, policymakers, and practitioners through presentations and written reports.
Mentor and supervise student research assistants and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
Required knowledge of social science quantitative and qualitative methods, public speaking, project management, and community engagement.
Technical skills include statistical software (SPSS, Stata, SAS, R), qualitative analysis (NVivo), GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS), survey tools (Qualtrics), and collaboration platforms (Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Zoom).
Must hold a bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of relevant research leadership experience; advanced degree preferred.
Must have valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for fieldwork and public engagement across Southern New Jersey.
Starting salary ranges from $77,919 to $114,989, commensurate with qualifications; includes comprehensive benefits package.