Senior Research Assistant – Health Policy & Management

Job Description:
• Develop data collection tools based on understanding of underlying study design
• Participate in developing standard operating procedures for one or more studies
• Design and set up standard operating procedures
• Oversee data collection
• Analyze data under general oversight and make data-driven recommendations
• Oversee day-to-day activities and provide training for new staff on study
• Conduct literature searches to pull background material and identify information relevant and applicable to research interest
• Schedule appointments and make reminder/confirmation calls
• Complete phone and in-person survey interviews from one adult and one child in the family home
• Collect measures of participants height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, and a finger stick for diabetes, at the participants home

Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• Two years of related experience
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula
• Master’s Degree in a related field (Preferred)
• Previous experience working within a research setting, preferably with field experience or engaging and recruiting participants (Preferred)
• Previous experience engaging participants from diverse backgrounds (Preferred)
• An interest and experience in housing, neighborhood factors, and/or food policy (Preferred)

Benefits:
• Total Rewards Package that supports employees' health, life, career, and retirement

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