Research Assistant - Flexible Hours, Root-Cause Focus

Johns Hopkins; Gary (IN); On-site; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching

Flexible hours

Benefits

Job summary

Johns Hopkins in Gary, IN is hiring a Research Assistant to help our team ship reliable results. You’ll run point on incidents until resolved, push back when shortcuts threaten quality, and keep momentum across the Gary site.

This role offers a salary range of $49,000 to $73,000, plus coaching, benefits, and flexible hours. We value clear writing and communication, collaborative problem solving, and a proactive, builder-led mindset.

Qualifications

• Clarity of thought demonstrated in tidy documentation.
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience thriving in a builder-led, deadline-driven setting like Johns Hopkins.

Responsibilities

• Run point on general incidents until they’re truly resolved.
• Push back, respectfully, when a Critical Thinking shortcut will cost us later.
• Keep Gary, IN momentum when the mid-level pipeline runs thin.
• Write the Self-Motivation runbook the next hire wishes they had.
• Keep mid-level expectations grounded in what the contract role can deliver.
• Keep Johns Hopkins’s Gary, IN site running while improvements ship underneath.
• Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly.
• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch.

Skills

Clarity of thought

Written communication

Verbal communication

Builder-led environment

Job description

Johns Hopkins in Gary, IN is hiring a Research Assistant to help our team ship reliable results. You’ll run point on incidents until resolved, push back when shortcuts threaten quality, and keep momentum across the Gary site.

This role offers a salary range of $49,000 to $73,000, plus coaching, benefits, and flexible hours. We value clear writing and communication, collaborative problem solving, and a proactive, builder-led mindset.