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Role Description
- NICHQ is currently recruiting a detail-oriented Research Assistant with at least 1-2 years of research project experience to collaborate with multiple team members to support the activities and deliverables of clinical research and applied research and evaluation projects.
- Works closely with the project lead, a senior member of the Applied Research and Evaluation Department.
- Coordinates research-related activities, including contacting study participants for consenting, facilitating questionnaire completion, and scheduling for study visits.
- Records meeting notes, documents key decisions, and supports follow-up.
- Supports development, management and dissemination of key documents, including protocols, reports and presentations.
- With oversight from senior team members, supports implementation of research activities, including literature reviews, creation and dissemination of surveys, data cleaning, data quality and analysis.
- Assists in the development and management of project plans (e.g., schedule, deliverables, project status reports) and tracks deliverables.
- Creates and updates workflows as needed.
- Utilizes and maintains online data collection platforms, including REDCap.
- Other duties, as assigned.
- Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (i.e. public health, social sciences, health sciences, statistics)
- 1-2 years previous work experience in health services, social science, or clinical research setting
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to communicate in a culturally sensitive manner with empathetic engagement
- Experience with statistical software (e.g., SAS, R, SPSS, Stata)
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- High level of comfort learning and using software and technology
- Strong problem-solving skills with ability to generate solutions to issues as they arise.
- Highly organized and skilled at managing numerous details/tasks for more than one project
- Ability to manage time effectively and work autonomously in a remote work environment
- Works well in a team environment
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with REDCap
- Experience with survey tools (i.e. Alchemer, Qualtrics)
- Experience with Asana
- Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Remote work
- Paid time off including vacation, sick and holidays
- Insurance including medical, dental, vision, disability and life
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance programs
- Paid parental leave
- Professional development benefits
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