Assistant Research Scholar

Johns Hopkins University; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University invites applications for an events and publications support role within the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences: SNF Agora Institute. Responsibilities include event planning and execution, managing invitations, coordinating travel, reserving meeting spaces, and developing communications.

The role also provides basic research support: literature reviews, preparing figures and visuals, formatting manuscripts, and disseminating program outputs.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating events and travel arrangements.
• Ability to format manuscripts and prepare figures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage invitations for events.
• Coordinate travel arrangements for attendees.
• Reserve and book meeting and event spaces.
• Develop and distribute event communications.
• Conduct literature reviews and prepare figures/visual materials.
• Format manuscripts and provide publication support.
• Disseminate program outputs and materials for Polytunity Project and Multipolar Forum.
• Manage the lab’s Substack and related communications.

Skills

Event planning

Travel coordination

Communication

Research support

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first researchuniversity and home to nine world-class academic divisions workingtogether as one university.

Johns Hopkins University: Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts andSciences: SNF Agora Institute

Salary:

$55,000-$75,000

Description

Event planning and execution

• Manage invitations
• Coordinate travel arrangements
• Reserve meeting and event spaces
• Develop and distribute event communications

Basic research support

• Conduct literature reviews
• Prepare figures and visual materials
• Check citations and references
• Format manuscripts
• Provide general publication support

Program initiatives

• Support the Polytunity Project
• Support the Multipolar Forum
• Disseminate program outputs and materials
• Manage the lab’s Substack

Faculty visibility and communications

• Track talks, presentations, and media appearances
• Coordinate speaking engagements and related logistics
• Convert talks and media content into written materials forpublication and broader dissemination

Salary: $55,000-$75,000, with possible flexibility for 80%FTE

Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximumsalaries for this position and is based on Johns HopkinsUniversity's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not allcandidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range.The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may varyand will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may includethe successful candidate's geographic location, skills, workexperience, internal equity, market conditions, education/trainingand other factors, as reasonably determined by theUniversity.

Total Rewards

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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Background Checks

After receiving a conditional offer, the successful candidate(s)for this position will be subject to a pre-employment backgroundcheck including education verification. When deciding whether acandidate’s conviction history is job-disqualifying, the Universityconsiders the nature and gravity of the offense, the time that haspassed since the conviction, and the nature of the job beingsought.

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Vaccine Requirements

Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longerrequires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This changedoes not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must befully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proofof vaccination status. We still require all faculty, staff, andstudents to receive the seasonal flu vaccine .

Exceptions to the seasonal flu vaccine or COVID-19 vaccine (forSOM) requirement(s) may be provided to individuals with sincerelyheld religious beliefs or medical conditions that preclude themfrom receiving the vaccine. Requests for an exception must besubmitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additionalinformation, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional vaccine requirements may apply,depending upon your campus. Please contact the hiring departmentfor more information.

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