About this role
WE are seeking a Research Project Assistant II who will support the conduct of a research project. Collects and organizes data through study-specific procedures that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work. Provides general administrative support for meetings/events, communications, reporting, etc.
The Research Project Assistant II will work with the Lipitz Center team to support various health services research projects and health policy activities.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in developing operational plans to meet research goals.
- Set up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes.
- Collect and organize data per study requirements, e.g. participant interviews, administer questionnaires; conduct background research, laboratory processing, etc.
- Process data by organizing data records and study files.
- Run basic analyses and prepare routine reports.
- Perform literature searches, abstract data from literature searches and index gathered data.
- Other duties as assigned.
In addition to the duties described above
- Support qualitative data collection and analysis for health services research.
- Collecting Medicaid policies, assisting with data cleaning/checking a dataset of Medicaid policies, and conducting literature reviews of Medicaid HCBS policies.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
- One year of related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
- Administrative Skills - Awareness
- Analytical Skills - Awareness
- Data Entry - Awareness
- Data Management and Analysis - Awareness
- Information Gathering - Awareness
- Interpersonal Skills - Awareness
- Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
- Organizational Skills - Awareness
- Research and Analytical Skills - Awareness
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title: Research Project Assistant II
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC
Starting Salary Range: $16.10 - $26.90 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: Health Policy & Management -Lipitz
Personnel area: School of Public Health