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Research Coordinator, SLP

University of Arizona

life insurance, vision insurance, sick time

United States, Arizona, Tucson

Nov 05, 2025

Research Coordinator, SLP
Posting Number	req24354
Department	Speech Language & Hearing Sci
Department Website Link	https://palslab.arizona.edu/
Location	Main Campus
Address	Tucson, AZ USA
Position Highlights	The University of Arizona's Speech Language & Hearing Science invites you to apply to the role of Research Coordinator. The primary purpose of the Communication PALS Lab Research Speech-Language Pathology Coordinator is to support research in speech, language, respiratory, and communicative participation domains. This role entails significant involvement in developing, facilitating, and administering research protocols, providing oversight of research protocols in different sites, directing participant research activities, facilitating and evaluating data management procedures, coordinating research assistants, and disseminating research findings. The Research SLPC will operate with a high degree of autonomy, providing leadership to research assistant team members and contributing to innovation in research methodology and lab operations for adolescents with developmental disabilities. This position will ask for flexibility in schedule to accommodate participant visits and protocol demands. This may include working weekends and non-traditional hours. Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more! The University of Arizona has been recognized for our innovative work-life programs. For more information about working at the University of Arizona and relocations services, please click here.
Duties & Responsibilities	Direct participant research activities Apply clinical speech-language expertise and knowledge of communication sciences to monitor participant engagement, safety, and protocol adherence during study procedures. Act as liaison as a subject matter expert to lab director and research assistant staff, ensuring integration of research and clinical priorities, and escalating concerns appropriately. Monitor literature on communicative participation for adolescents with developmental disabilities to propose enhancements in project research approaches to improve participant engagement and experience. Collaborate with investigators and other clinical team members to design and refine research activities and data protocol workflows. Design and maintain communicative participation data systems, databases, and tracking tools to ensure data integrity, consistency, and accessibility. Utilize in-depth knowledge to generate reports and data visualizations to monitor study progress at different data collection sites. Oversee data collection workflows at different data collection sites without oversight. Ensure proper data collection and processing of cognitive-linguistic data. Represent the UA Communication PALS Lab in the community by creating and delivering communicative participation educational materials, training sessions, and protocol briefings for participants, caregivers, and research personnel to support understanding of research project goals and research participation and engagement. Train and manage student research assistants. Support pilot testing, calibration, validation, and iteration of experimental tasks for understanding communicative participation - including speech, language, and respiration tasks for adolescents with developmental disabilities. This job posting reflects the general nature and level of work expected of the selected candidate(s). It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The institution reserves the right to amend or update this description as organizational priorities and institutional needs evolve.
Minimum Qualifications	SLPA license Bachelor's degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Preferred Qualifications	Demonstrated specialized clinical expertise in working with adolescents with developmental disabilities.
FLSA	Exempt
Full Time/Part Time	Part Time
Number of Hours Worked per Week	20
Job FTE	.50
Work Calendar	Fiscal
Job Category	Research
Benefits Eligible	Yes - Full Benefits
Rate of Pay	$65,687-$85,393
Compensation Type	salary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE)
Grade	9
Compensation Guidance	The Rate of Pay Field represents the University of Arizona's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. The University considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity. The Grade Range represent a full range of career compensation growth over time. The university offers compensation growth opportunities within its career architecture. To learn more about compensation, please review our Applicant Compensation Guide and our Total Rewards Calculator.
Career Stream and Level	PC4
Job Family	Clinical Research
Job Function	Research
Type of criminal background check required:	Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)
Number of Vacancies	1
Target Hire Date	11/24/2025
Expected End Date
Contact Information for Candidates	Meghan Darling-White darlingwhite@arizona.edu
Open Date	11/4/2025
Open Until Filled	Yes
Documents Needed to Apply	Resume and Cover Letter
Special Instructions to Applicant
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