REDCap Administrator 1

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Overview

The REDCap Administrator 1 is an entry-level role on Yale's REDCap program team, supporting the university's REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) platform across its research community. This is the foundational rung of Yale's REDCap admin career ladder — the role is deliberately broad rather than specialized, building the general REDCap administration skill that later work (management, infrastructure/EM development, or Part 11 validation) all grows out of.

The primary focus of this role is end-user support: helping researchers, study coordinators, and project teams use REDCap effectively, troubleshooting issues, and answering questions as they come in. Alongside that, the role is explicitly a learning position — the incumbent is expected to build REDCap expertise on the job, with structured onboarding and mentorship from senior team members, rather than arriving with deep REDCap experience already in hand.

End User Support (primary focus)

• Respond to and resolve end-user questions and support tickets related to REDCap functionality, project setup, and day-to-day use
• Troubleshoot common issues (survey distribution, data entry, user rights, branching logic, basic reporting) and escalate more complex cases to senior team members
• Staff REDCap office hours / help sessions for researchers and study teams
• Maintain clear, accurate documentation of common issues and their resolutions

Learning & REDCap Fundamentals

• Build working knowledge of REDCap project design and configuration (instruments, events, branching logic, data validation) — understanding how projects are built is what makes it possible to support them well
• Complete REDCap administrator training (formal training required within the first months on the job; prior REDCap experience is a plus but not required)
• Learn Yale's specific REDCap environment: the four production instances (RC1, RC2, Connect, P11), how they differ, and where to route requests that fall outside this role's scope

Supporting Training & Documentation

• Assist with delivering introductory REDCap training sessions and materials under guidance from senior staff
• Help keep end-user-facing documentation (FAQs, knowledge base articles) current and accurate

Operations Support

• Assist with routine REDCap administrative tasks under supervision (user account support, basic system checks)
• Learn the basics of Yale's Part 11–validated environment (P11) and why certain projects require additional rigor

Responsibilities most closely align with what is written above.

Required Skills and Abilities
1.Strong customer-service orientation and communication skills — comfortable explaining technical concepts to non-technical users.
2. Some experience providing end-user technical support in any IT context.
3. Comfortable learning new software systems independently, with support.
4. Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
5. Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a small team.

Preferred Skills and Abilities
1. Prior exposure to REDCap.
2. Familiarity with clinical research, human subjects research, or a healthcare/research environment.

3. Basic understanding of databases.
4. Awareness of HIPAA / human-subjects data-handling considerations.

5. Interest in eventually growing into a specialized REDCap path.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Contributes in the development of programs or systems of small to moderate size and complexity. 2. Provides informational input into decisions concerning the development and delivery of applications, programs, and systems. Clarifies requirements to meet the expectations of stakeholders and intended end users needs, scheduled timeline, and budgetary targets. 3. Contributes to the collaborative effort of the analysis and design of new systems and applications. Performs various coding, debugging and unit testing tasks in support of applications, programs, and systems. 4. Contributes to the project definition, and the gathering of the functional requirements. 5. Troubleshoots problems whether due to data or software and rapidly resolves any problems that do occur. Provides ongoing maintenance and support for applications and systems. 6. Prepares documentation and user manuals. Provides support for training of end users. 7. Applies and keeps current with existing and emerging technologies and methodologies. Provides ongoing input to the establishment of programming standards, procedures, and methodologies. 8. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Education and Experience Bachelor's Degree. One year programming experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Posting Date

09/28/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Administration & Operations

Compensation Grade Profile

Supervisor; Senior Associate (22)

Salary Range

$61,500.00 - $91,875.00

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff

Work Model

Remote

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.

Health Requirements

Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

Posting Disclaimer

Salary offers are determined by a candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education in relation to the position requirements, along with the role’s grade profile and current internal and external market conditions.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through  their hiring department.

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