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General Description
Senior Research Associate Position
LaGuardia Community College and the CUNY School of Public Health and Heath Policy
Study: PrEP Uptake among Black Women
LaGuardia Community College, in collaboration with the CUNY School of Public Health, is hiring a Research Associate with experience doing sexual health research with women of color.
Position Description: The Research Associate will be will be working for 9 months, on an interdisciplinary, qualitative research study, which aims to determine barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among black women. The Research Associate will 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. Part-time or full-time position available.
Other Duties
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the IRB approval process, as well as with any additional amendments;
- Implement the participant recruitment plan including community-based outreach;
- Screen and enroll participants;
- Facilitate focus groups (training will be provided);
- Review study transcripts for quality assurance;
- Perform tasks related to qualitative data collection;
- Code transcripts and participate in team meetings to ensure coding fidelity;
- 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;
- Maintain confidentiality as required by the project or as directed by supervisors;
- Assist in literature reviews for papers or presentations;
- Perform other duties as assigned;
Qualifications
- Doctoral candidate preferred, (minimum of a Master’s degree)
- 2 years of training and experience in behavioral research settings;
- Background/training in sexual health research with women of color;
- Proficiency in qualitative analysis using NVIVO;
- Proficiency with Qualtrics
- Extensive experience with Microsoft Office and Access database management.
Applicants must be self-starters, highly motivated, and have exemplarity abilities to multi-task.
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: Submit a cover letter outlining research experience and resume/CV 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
Part Time
Depends on Qualifications
Sep 27, 2017 (Or Until Filled)