Research Project Assistant — Rural Maternal Health (PT)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, NH is seeking a part-time Research Assistant to support the GRACE Consortium, a multi-state initiative focused on rural maternity care in the United States. The role spans data collection, management, analysis, visualization, and manuscript preparation with the Principal Investigator and a multi-site team.

This position offers a path for a graduate student to deepen mixed-methods skills in maternal health, implementation science, and clinical trials while

Qualifications

• High school graduate required.

Responsibilities

• Develops and refines codebooks for qualitative data (interviews, focus groups)
• Conducts qualitative coding using Dedoose
• Assists with thematic and framework analysis of stakeholder perspectives on elective induction practices
• Assists with thematic and framework analysis of feedback on a shared decision-making tool
• Supports participatory data interpretation across study teams
• Creates clear, publication-quality charts, graphs, and tables to communicate findings
• Assists with data collection procedures for the stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial
• Manages and cleans quantitative datasets, ensuring data integrity and proper documentation
• Performs statistical analyses appropriate to stepped-wedge and clustered designs
• Maintains organized, reproducible data management practices (data dictionaries, version control, secure storage) suitable for a multi-site trial
• Creates clear, publication-quality charts, graphs, and tables to communicate findings, including stepped-wedge design/rollout visualizations
• Assists in drafting manuscript sections (methods, results, literature review)
• Leads manuscript development as interested/appropriate
• Helps prepare figures, tables, and supplementary materials for submission
• Supports development of visual summaries for presentations, manuscripts, and Consortium partner updates
• Assists with responding to reviewer feedback and revision processes
• Supports preparation of conference abstracts and presentations
• Presents posters and give talks as interested/appropriate
• Maintains organized project files and documentation
• Attends and contributes to research team meetings
• Supports IRB/ethics documentation and compliance as needed
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Skills

Qualitative coding

Data management

Manuscript preparation

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, NH is seeking a part-time Research Assistant to support the GRACE Consortium, a multi-state initiative focused on rural maternity care in the United States. The role spans data collection, management, analysis, visualization, and manuscript preparation with the Principal Investigator and a multi-site team.

This position offers a path for a graduate student to deepen mixed-methods skills in maternal health, implementation science, and clinical trials while