Community Outreach Worker (Health, Behavior and Society)

About the job

The Health Behavior and Society Department is seeking a Community Outreach Worker. The Community Outreach Worker provides entry-level administrative support for a research project. Will assist with tasks that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work. Collects and/or organizes data through implementation of research procedures and understanding of research goals.

The Community Outreach Worker will support community outreach activities for an innovative, low-barrier mobile overdose- and HIV-prevention intervention that provides mobile point-of-care drug checking, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), wound care, syringes and other safer drug use supplies, and other harm reduction services to people who use drugs in Baltimore and neighboring counties. As part of a team, the Community Outreach Worker will collect data related to service delivery and distribution of supplies/naloxone and assist with setting up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes. Other responsibilities may be required as project services evolve and/or expand.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist with collection and organization of data per study requirements, e.g. participant interviews, administer questionnaires; conduct background research, etc.
• Assist with setting up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes.
• Enter data into the database.
• Run routine queries of the data.
• Perform basic literature searches.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

• Build rapport with community members, including people who use drugs, through outreach.
• Engage in harm reduction-based street outreach.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
• Six months of work experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience conducting community outreach in syringe services or other harm reduction programs.
• Valid driver’s license and ability/willingness to drive large vehicles.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Analytical Skills - Awareness
• Data Entry - Awareness
• Electronic Office Tools - 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 Job Posting Title (Working Title): Community Outreach Worker (Health, Behavior and Society) Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CB Starting Salary Range: $15.80 - $23.85 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Location: School of Public Health Department name: HBS-Research Projects Personnel area: School of Public Health