Research Project Assistant II (Health Policy & Management (Lipitz Center))

WE are seeking a Research Project Assistant II who will support the conduct of a research project. Collects and organizes data through study-specific procedures that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work. Provides general administrative support for meetings/events, communications, reporting, etc.

The Research Project Assistant II will work 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.

- Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

- Support qualitative data collection and analysis for health services research.

- Collecting Medicaid policies, assisting with data cleaning/checking a dataset of Medicaid policies, and conducting literature reviews of Medicaid HCBS policies.

Minimum 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.

Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.

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.

Classified Title: Research Project Assistant II
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC

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

Originally posted on Himalayas