Job Title: Research Assistant
PVN ID: NC-2212-005297
Category: Research
Location: GUTTMAN C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Reporting to the Director of Data Analytics, the Research Assistant will be part of the Center for College Effectiveness team and provide analytic and administrative support for conducting focus groups and interviews.  Located in midtown Manhattan, the Stella and Charles Guttman Community College opened in 2012 with the goal of significantly improving student learning, retention rates, and graduation rates by rethinking community college education and practices.  The Center for College Effectiveness leads the College’s work related to institutional effectiveness, strategic planning, accreditation, institutional research and data analysis, data dashboards, and college-wide surveys.

Other Duties

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Performs various research/analytic activities from basic to more complex.
  • Organizes focus groups/interviews by developing of focus group/interview protocols, recruiting subjects, and scheduling sessions.
  • Conducts focus groups/interviews in accordance with protocol, data collection procedures, and documentation standards.
  • Transcribes recordings of focus groups/interviews.
  • Conducts qualitative analysis of focus group/interview transcripts.
  • Creates and formats tables, charts, and graphs.
  • Writes reports and summarizes findings.
  • Manages data files, including compiling, coding, and maintaining security of records.
  • Assists with preparing materials for focus groups/interviews, presentations, and meetings.

Qualifications

 

  • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
  • Experience conducting focus groups/interviews.
  • Experience analyzing qualitative data.
  • Ability to take direction, work collaboratively, and work independently, depending on the project.
  • Ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple assignments simultaneously, and be flexible in an environment with changing priorities.
  • Experience using NVivo or other qualitative software a plus.
  • General knowledge of and commitment to higher ed and/or urban education a plus.

  • Education:

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About 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

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
The Center for College Effectiveness
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$28.00-$30.00
Hour(s) a week
15.00
Closing Date
Feb 19, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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