Aging & Dementia Outreach Research Assistant

University of Southern California; Los Angeles (CA); In loco; USD 37.000 - 38.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

University of Southern California (USC) Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging seeks a Project Assistant to support the Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core (ORE Core) of the ADRC.

You will coordinate outreach, recruit and retain participants, manage data systems, and help prepare reports and grant-related materials. This full-time, grant-funded role requires daily office presence, strong organizational skills, and experience working with diverse populations, including multilingual

Competenze

• High School or equivalent with 1 year minimum experience in data collection or related tasks.
• Bachelor's degree preferred or combined experience/education for minimum education.
• Experience working with diverse communities including limited English-speakers is valued.

Mansioni

• Conduct innovative outreach and education activities to share knowledge on memory/brain health, cognitive aging, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias;
• Conduct engagement and recruitment activities to promote USC ADRC studies, and recruit and retain study participants;
• Establish and maintain close partnerships with diverse community and participant stakeholders including a Community Advisory Board to meet ORE Core goals and objectives;
• Conduct participant follow-up activities to ensure continuity of study referrals and problem-solving of potential study participation barriers;
• Manage Microsoft Office programs, data management systems (REDCap), and citation/referencing applications (EndNote), among others, to monitor the reach and yield of outreach strategies, events, referrals, etc.;
• Create and implement new and diverse formats, methods, and tools to identify and meet outreach and education needs and preferences for scientific information and study participation opportunities;
• Assist with cultural and linguistic adaptations to public-facing materials and activities;
• Contribute to—and manage website and social media postings on behalf of ORE Core goals and objectives;
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Conoscenze

Community outreach

Recruitment

Coordination

Public health communication

Formazione

High School or equivalent

Bachelor's degree preferred

Strumenti

REDCap

EndNote

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

University of Southern California (USC) Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging seeks a Project Assistant to support the Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core (ORE Core) of the ADRC.

You will coordinate outreach, recruit and retain participants, manage data systems, and help prepare reports and grant-related materials. This full-time, grant-funded role requires daily office presence, strong organizational skills, and experience working with diverse populations, including multilingual