Research Assistant/Field Interviewer | Johns Hopkins University Job at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Baltimore, MD

Job Description

The Health Behavior & Society is seeking candidates to work as a Research Assistant/Field Interviewer , who will assist Field Supervisors with data collection for the SHOUT (Sustained Harm Reduction Outreach) study. The Field Interviewer will facilitate study visits (recruit, screen, consent and interview study participants) in several Baltimore communities on a mobile RV. Interviewers will assist Field Supervisors with stocking and organizing interview materials and cleaning the van at the end of shifts. They will provide in-office assistance as needed.


Job Description & General Duties

In partnership with SPARC, a women?s center in Baltimore, SHOUT aims to expand and evaluate SPARC?s mobile harm reduction outreach program. SHOUT will evaluate the impact of SPARC?s mobile outreach expansion on overdose and other substance use outcomes by recruiting N=400 women who use drugs and following them over 18 months.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities 

  • Joining a team on data collection shifts (~4-5 hours per shift, weekdays only) on a mobile data collection van.
  • Screening, consenting, and administering surveys to participants.
  • Assisting the field manager with administrative tasks (e.g., uploading survey data, tracking eligible participants in the spreadsheet).


Additional

  • Field interviewers are expected to work at least 3 shifts per month (more is preferred).
  • Data collection shifts are scheduled monthly and account for individuals? availability.
  • Data collection is ongoing, and the applicants are expected to begin as soon as possible in September.




Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
  • Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.




Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with harm reduction or working with vulnerable populations.
  • Prior experience and interest in interfacing with marginalized populations.
  • Obtain attributes including cultural competency, empath and compassion.
  • Ability to be flexible and eager to take on multiple tasks potentially across projects.
  • Experience conducting advanced epidemiological and statistical analyses (public health data) in Stata.
  • Ability to work with the team.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Prior community health work experience.

Classified Title: Research Assistant 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant/Field Interviewer   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Flexible: to be determined at the time of hire 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Public Health 
Department name: ???????HBS-Research Projects  
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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