[Hiring] Research Project Assistant II @Johns Hopkins University

Role Description

We are seeking a Research Project Assistant II who will support the conduct of a research project. The role includes:

• Collecting and organizing data through study-specific procedures that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work.
• Providing general administrative support for meetings/events, communications, reporting, etc.
• Working 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.
• Support qualitative data collection and analysis for health services research.
• Collect Medicaid policies, assist with data cleaning/checking a dataset of Medicaid policies, and conduct literature reviews of Medicaid HCBS policies.
• Other duties as assigned.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (preferred).
• 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.

Benefits

• 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