Careers Job Description
General Description
The CUNY Institute for Implementation Science and Population Health (ISPH) is hiring a full-time Research Assistant (RA) with experience in the areas of HIV Prevention with Men who have sex with men.
Position Description: Seeking a full-time (preferred) or part-time RA. The Research Assistant will be will be working on a large US national study of gay and bisexual men who are enrolled via electronic recruitment methods and who complete at-home self-administered HIV testing as well as at-home online surveys. RAs perform simple to moderately complex research and analytic activities as part of a research team or working individually, that is, the work occurs under various degrees of supervision.
Responsibilities:
• Assist in gathering of information for research and reports;
• Conduct interviews & assessments of research participants/subjects (performs tasks related to qualitative and quantitative data collection);
• Follow study protocols and accurately document research findings for gathering qualitative and quantitative data;
• Keep accurate, well-organized records;
• Ability to handle multiple tasks at a given time;
• Coding data, as well as data entry;
• Maintain confidentiality as required by the project or as directed by supervisors;
• Assist other research staff in coordinating projects;
• Assist in literature reviews for papers or presentations;
• Assist in training new employees in routine processes and procedures.
Other Duties
• Perform other duties as assigned;
Qualifications
• Fundamental understanding of research methodology, design, and measures;
• Background in HIV/AIDS research, LGBT Health, and alcohol/drug use issues;
• Ability to use SPSS;
• Strong communication (written, oral) skills, friendly demeanor, and ability to communicate with research staff and research participants;
• Familiarity with Qualtrics and Access Database management
• Bilingual applicants (Spanish and English) strongly encouraged to apply.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Benefits: Full-time employees have access to range of benefits including health, vision, dental, retirement, paid sick leave and paid vacation. Part-time employees accrue benefits including paid sick leave and vacation.
To apply: Please submit a cover letter and resume when applying to this posting. CUNY is an equal opportunity employer.
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
ISPH
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Sep 30, 2017 (Or Until Filled)