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SuccessFactors Recruiting: Research Assistant - Chicago based (HPM - Center for Gun Violence Solutions) (121584)

The Johns Hopkins University

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field
  • Ability to work independently
  • Basic understanding of interviewing
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience

Responsibilities

  • Oversee data collection, data organization, and data management
  • Run routine and ad hoc reports using standard tools
  • Assist with data cleaning measures to ensure accuracy
  • Engage with community partners and the general public

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Internet Research
  • Report Writing
  • Communication
  • Organizational Skills
  • Detail Oriented
  • Analytical Skills

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The Johns Hopkins University

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We are America’s first research university, founded in 1876 on the principle that by pursuing big ideas and sharing what we learn, we can make the world a better place. For more than 140 years, our faculty and students have worked side by side in pursuit of discoveries that improve lives. Johns Hopkins enrolls more than 24,000 full- and part-time students throughout nine academic divisions. Our faculty and students study, teach, and learn across more than 260 programs in the arts and music, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions.The university has four campuses in Baltimore; one in Washington, D.C.; one in Montgomery County, Maryland; and facilities throughout the Baltimore-Washington region as well as in China and Italy. The university takes its name from 19th-century Maryland philanthropist Johns Hopkins, an entrepreneur who believed in improving public health and education in Baltimore and beyond.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryHigher Education
Company size10001

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We are seeking a Research Assistant-Chicago Based who willoversee data collection, data organization, and/or data management or similar functions/tasks for research study(ies) in support of a PI or a research team.

This will be a research data collection position based in Chicago, IL. We are looking for up to four Research Assistants to assist with data collection in four sites around Chicago. These positions will need to feel comfortable speaking directly with vulnerable populations at risk of gun violence.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Run routine and ad hoc reports.
  • Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
  • Assist with data cleaning measures to ensure accuracy of data and preparation of tables.
  • Lead basic activities such as data collection and data entry.
  • May lead specific tasks and develop processes to ensure study activities occur effectively and efficiently.
  • May conduct literature searches to support faculty in research efforts.
  • May design and format papers/publications.
  • May assist PIs in writing summaries of papers for release as policy briefs or other channels.
  • Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

  • Engage with community partners and the general public on a regular basis.
  • Travel independently to data collection sites.
  • Collect high-level data about sensitive topics related to gun violence.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Basic understanding of interviewing.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

  • Analytical Skills - Awareness
  • Attention to Detail - Awareness
  • Data Management and Analysis - Awareness
  • Formatting and Layout Proficiency - Awareness
  • Information Gathering - Awareness
  • Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
  • Organizational 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 Assistant 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant - Chicago based (HPM - Center for Gun Violence Solutions)   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Hours Vary: Up to 27 hours per week 
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Remote 
Department name: HPM-Center for Gun Violence   
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

 

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