Evidence Synthesis Coordinator

Evidence Synthesis Services, Coordinator

Health Sciences Library System (HSLS)

The HSLS Evidence Synthesis Services Coordinator will lead, manage, develop, and expand the HSLS Evidence Synthesis Service, to meet the increasing and evolving demand for comprehensive evidence synthesis projects across the health sciences. This position will build on HSLS's established expertise in systematic reviews and related methodologies, with a focus on enabling high-quality publishable evidence syntheses projects through scalable, efficient, and innovative service models, including the strategic use of emerging digital and AI-enabled tools.

This position may evolve to include additional leadership and supervisory responsibilities as the evidence synthesis program grows.

This position both performs and oversees evidence synthesis work. Responsibilities include managing the intake process, overseeing protocol review, librarian training, and data collection to inform ongoing program assessment and reporting. This position provides support, consultations, customized training, and educational sessions on evidence synthesis and literature review projects to faculty, staff, interns/residents, and students, and collaborates on systematic reviews and other multifaceted literature searches.

As a part of their responsibilities, they will also serve as the primary liaison to the University's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

This position reports to the Associate Director for Research Instruction and Clinical Information Services, works closely with HSLS leadership, the University's health sciences community, HSLS liaison librarians, and other HSLS departments to identify areas for improvement and apply innovative techniques to create a high-quality user experience.

This appointment-stream faculty position offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to an innovative library environment at a leading research institution. Pitt provides an outstanding benefits package, including comprehensive medical plans, tuition remission, life insurance, optional dental and vision coverage, a contributory retirement plan, and more, making it one of the best in the region.

Specific responsibilities include

Evidence Synthesis Service management

* Establish policies, procedures, and workflows to ensure consistent, efficient, and high-quality program operations.

* Manage the intake process for incoming evidence synthesis requests, triaging inquiries, determining service levels, and assigning projects to librarians as appropriate.

* Manage the protocol review process, maintaining best practices and identifying opportunities to refine workflows, improve efficiency, and enhance service quality.

* Develop tiered service models with defined levels of librarian involvement to balance research needs with service capacity.

* Lead program assessment efforts to determine success, impact, and future developments needed for the service by establishing and maintaining efficient monitoring, tracking, and reporting processes to evaluate impact, guide improvements, and support decision-making.

* Lead the advancement of HSLS Librarian searching competencies by providing mentoring and training, and establishing practices to improve and support consistent and reproducible academic and clinical searches.

* Maintain comprehensive knowledge and guide overall adherence to best practices to ensure all HSLS evidence synthesis work is rigorous and consistent.

* Maintain knowledge of and provide guidance on appropriate tool use (e.g., Distiller

SR, Covidence, etc.)

Evidence Synthesis projects

* Serve as the primary point of contact for Evidence Synthesis Service requests, consulting with requestors to clarify review type and service level, providing initial protocol review and feedback, taking on individual projects, and assigning to appropriate librarians.

* Maintain a robust individual workload supporting and conducting systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis projects, and literature reviews.

Evidence Synthesis educational outreach

* Lead planning and teaching efforts on evidence synthesis topics for the health science community by providing support,…