Research Education Specialist

About the job

Inova Research Center is looking for a dedicated Research Education Specialist to join the Team. This hybrid, full-time role will be day-shift working Monday – Friday and is located in Fairfax, VA.

The Research Education Specialist coordinates assigned research education programs to ensure maximum effectiveness. Identifies trends applicable to the target population in order to better coordinate programs, establish priorities, and improve services. Develops, trains, organizes, schedules, implements, and evaluates the program.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day. ****
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans. ****
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost. ****
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities. ****

Research Education Specialist Responsibilities:

• Promotes the research training onboarding program and evaluates program goals in collaboration with Training Manager.

• Plans, coordinates, and schedules all research training events and services.

• Promotes research training program by marketing on InovaConnect and email distributions.

• Tracks, reports, and presents various data to include outcome data specific to the Training Manager and develops program improvement plans as necessary.

• Acts as a Liaison to the Inova research community.

• Ensures the education of research team members in various departments and maintains education records.

• Identifies national trends as they apply to the population served to coordinate programs and establish service priorities.

• Coordinates meetings to identify concerns and develop process improvement plans to improve service and ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines.

• Identifies needs and provides support, education, and guidance to program research team members.

• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's in health, education, social work, public administration or other related field (or 4 years of experience in lieu of degree)

• Experience: 2 years of experience in developing, implementing and coordinating programs or projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience in IRB regulatory or clinical research preferred.

• Experience in developing, implementing, and coordinating research training programs.

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Additional Information

• Job Identification: 692275
• Job Category: General Management
• Posting Date: 2026-11-15
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Salary Range: $25.61 - $41.74
• Pay Rate Frequency: HOURLY