Clinical Research Assistant

RFCUNY Research Foundation of the City University of New York; United States; Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

RFCUNY Research Foundation of the City University of New York seeks a Clinical Research Assistant to support the Relationship Health Research Team at Hunter College. This hybrid role combines direct intervention delivery with data collection and study coordination to advance behavioral health and HIV-related research.

You will conduct risk assessments, assist with participant recruitment, consent, scheduling, and data entry, while receiving supervision to support licensure.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling (completed or in progress).
• Experience delivering motivational interviewing based interventions.
• Interest or background in HIV/AIDS, emerging adulthood or substance use research.
• Health disparities affecting sexual and gender minorities.
• Experience working in an office environment.
• Able to follow directions and work independently or as part of a team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver behavioral health interventions addressing substance use and sexual risk.
• Conduct behavioral risk assessments and data collection.
• Complete trainings and implement study protocols accurately.
• Support recruitment, consenting, and scheduling of participants.
• Data entry and quality assurance monitoring.

Skills

Motivational interviewing

HIV/AIDS research

Health disparities

Office experience

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Master's degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling

Job description

Thank you for considering a career with the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY). The team at RFCUNY is made up of dedicated, talented professionals committed to providing the services that allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries. We are pleased that you are interested in exploring opportunities to join RFCUNY.

Primary Location: HUNTER COLLEGE Bargaining Unit: No

Who we are:

The Relationship Health Research Team, led by Drs. Starks and Cain, examines intimate relationships as a context for behavioral health, with a particular emphasis on populations at high risk for HIV acquisition. Our work includes formative studies that document associations between relationship functioning and health outcomes (e.g., sexual HIV transmission risk, substance use, depression, and intimate partner violence) as well as intervention development and testing. All of these studies seek to evaluate among sexual and gender minorities the premise that individual and relationship health are interconnected. A list of active projects and recent publications is available here: https://www.hunterrhrt.org/

Expectations:

The Clinical Research Assistant is a hybrid position that combines intervention delivery and data collection tasks.

• Delivery of behavioral health interventions addressing substance use and sexual risk taking to individuals and couples.
• Conducting behavioral risk assessments
• Completing trainings for multiple studies and implementing protocols accurately

Dr. Starks is licensed in NY State, and supervision in support of licensure is therefore available.

Data Collection Tasks:

• Supporting recruitment activities
• Consenting participants and completing routine study assessments
• Participant tracking and scheduling
• Data entry and quality assurance monitoring
• Other tasks may be assigned as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completed or in process masters in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling
• Exposure to or prior experience delivering motivational interviewing based interventions
• Background or interest in HIV/AIDS research, emerging adulthood research, or substance use research
• Health disparities that impact sexual and gender minority people
• Experience working in an office environment
• Ability to take direction and work as part of a team as well as independently
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Start Date:

Review of applications will begin November 1st with a target start date of November 30th.

Pay Range:

$22.50 to $22.50 per hour

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY's research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY's services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society's most pressing challenges. RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY's research and sponsored programs.

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer.

It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.