Careers Job Description
General Description
The goal of the Relationship Health Research Team is to contribute to the national conversation about intimate relationships as a context for behavioral health, with a particular emphasis on populations at high risk for HIV infection. Our work includes formative studies document associations between relationship functioning and health outcomes (e.g., sexual HIV transmission risk, substance use, depression, and intimate partner violence) as well as intervention development and testing. All of these studies in some way seek to evaluate the premise that individual and relationship health are interconnected.
The Research Assistant will be responsible for working with the project staff to execute day-to-day tasks effectively and efficiently for federally funded research studies with a focus on sexual behavioral health, substance use and HIV/AIDS. We are looking for a motivated individual to become an integral part of our collaborative team and opportunities for career development and advancement exist. Responsibilities include:
- Screening and scheduling participants for in office or virtual appointments
- Interviewing and guiding participants through assessments
- Delivery of psychoeducation content related to substance use and HIV
- Collecting biological samples to test for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
- Collecting qualitative and quantitative data
- Data entry, quality assurance, and transcription
- Completing training for multiple studies and implementing protocols accurately
- Maintaining privacy and confidentiality of participants
- Assisting in literature reviews
Other Duties
Qualifications
- Research experience working directly with participants and sensitive data
- Experience working with vulnerable and/or marginalized populations including sexual, gender, racial, and ethnic minorities
- Background or interest in HIV/AIDS research, emerging adulthood research, or substance use research
- Ability to take direction and work as part of a team as well as independently
- Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors, other researchers, and team members
- Ability to communicate with participants in the study in a clear, compassionate and culturally humble manner
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Psychology
Part Time
$19.00
20.00
Nov 06, 2020 (Or Until Filled)