Common Professional Services - SOAR Recompete- OD-245552

Common Professional Services -RECOMPETE- OD-245552- Executive Assistant (6/22/2027-6/21/2028): This position provides administrative and coordination support to the Director and Deputy Director of the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, functioning as a central point for sustaining efficient and scalable operations across a geographically distributed network of pediatric research institutions. Operating under the statutory authority of H.R. 4365 (Children's Health Act of 2000), the Public Health Service Act (S. 424), and the National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013 (H.R. 225), the role encompasses tasks critical to programmatic coordination, responsible stewardship of federal resources, and management of growing administrative demands. The tasks under this order include sustaining ongoing program operations, supporting federally authorized research activities, and maintaining the administrative and technical functions required for continuous project execution. The position also coordinates communication across ECHO clinical and consortium sites by scheduling multisite meetings, maintaining internal communication platforms, distributing program updates and policy guidance, assisting with investigator meetings, supporting committee meeting logistics, and coordinating working groups that encourage collaboration and sharing of scientific progress. This position serves as a key support implementation mechanism for Executive Order 14212, Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), by providing support with coordination efforts among research principal investigators, institutional staff members, and oversight agencies within the ECHO framework. The role provides comprehensive administrative and oversight support to ensure that researchers across all participating institutions remain in full compliance with human subjects' protection requirements under 45 CFR 46 (the Common Rule) and with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards. These responsibilities are carried out through rigorous tracking systems, precise documentation practices, and proactive coordination of regulatory compliance activities. As part of the Autism Data Science Initiative (ASDI), this role supports the ECHO Program's efforts to compile, harmonize, and analyze large-scale autism research data on children. Responsibilities include coordinating data submissions across multiple research sites, enforcing quality-assurance standards, and facilitating cross-institutional collaboration. The position also provides administrative support for managing protected health information (PHI) for thousands of children participating in ECHO studies, ensuring HIPAA compliance through documentation management, data-use agreement tracking, and support for secure data-access procedures.