The Center for Social Medicine is seeking a Staff Research Assistant to serve as the coordinator of multiple research projects on inner-city poverty, social inequality, incarceration, and overdose/infectious disease prevention/outreach/treatment for structurally vulnerable populations. You will assist The PI, Professor of Medical Anthropology and Social Medicine in email and computer software management, data analysis, manuscript preparation and proposal writing in a hybrid arrangement. This is initially a limited position at 45% effort with a flexible hybrid schedule. Duties include: * Maintaining and updating codes of qualitative field notes and interview transcriptions using nVivo, Zotero, Endnote, and Dragon Naturally Speaking * Review and correct transcriptions of ethnographic interviews and prepare transcription guides * Manage and organize hard-copy files, books, manuscripts, and archival qualitative databases. * Provide computer maintenance trouble-shooting on multi-platform software * Provide typing, editing, and style formatting assistance in grant preparation and progress reporting * Provide support to The PI such as email, scheduling, reimbursement tracking, and maintaining a list of outstanding tasks and obligations. Pay Range is $24.88 - $29.67 hourly.
* Experience in office management and health delivery and access to services research is a plus. * Facility with computers on a Windows platform, fast typing and ability to learn new computer software as needed. * Proficiency in the following programs highly desirable: audio-visual coding software, TeamViewer, Zotero, Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, NVivo, Dragon Naturally Speaking, PowerPoint, Firefox, Chrome. * Excellent English language skills. Knowledge of French and Spanish desirable to assist with coding data, taking dictation and editing transcribed interviews and research databases. * Understanding of medical/public health literature and exposure to social science and humanities theory desirable. * Flexibility to work non-standard and varying hours. Ability to work efficiently under time-pressure and against deadlines and coordinate collegially with other staff and colleagues.
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