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

About the job

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