Hybrid Part-Time Public Health Research Assistant

Temple University; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Temple University's Barnett College of Public Health seeks a part-time Research Assistant to support the Siminoff Research Group in healthcare decision making and communication studies. The role includes recruiting participants, administering surveys by phone, and organizing data with REDCap or Qualtrics, with a hybrid on-campus/remote arrangement possible.

A bachelor's degree in public health or related field and at least six months of relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor's degree in public health, social sciences, or health-related fields.
• Minimum six months of relevant work experience required; equivalent combinations considered.
• Undergraduate research experience may be considered; graduate experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting participants for social/behavioral study by mail, email, phone, and text messaging.
• Administering structured surveys by phone.
• Data entry using REDCap, Qualtrics, or similar data capture programs.
• Handling qualitative data, including audio and video files.
• Document editing and preparation.
• Assisting with manuscripts for publication.
• Administrative tasks.
• Maintaining study files.
• Possible qualitative coding and transcribing audio data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Social/behavioral studies

Recruiting hard-to-reach populations

Audio-recorded interviews

Sensitive data handling

Data entry

MS Office Suite

REDCap/Qualtrics

PubMed

Independent work

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Medical terminology

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Temple University's Barnett College of Public Health seeks a part-time Research Assistant to support the Siminoff Research Group in healthcare decision making and communication studies. The role includes recruiting participants, administering surveys by phone, and organizing data with REDCap or Qualtrics, with a hybrid on-campus/remote arrangement possible.

A bachelor's degree in public health or related field and at least six months of relevant experience are required.