Administrative Skills, Budget Management, Communication Skills, Community and Social Services, Computer Skills, Conference Management, Consulting, Data Collection, Data Entry, Expense Tracking, Financial Projections, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Meeting Minutes, Microsoft Access Database, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Organizational Skills, People Management, Photocopy, Plan Meetings, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Project/Program Management, Proposal Development, Reporting Skills, Social Sciences, Spreadsheets, Word Processing
What We Provide
Referral bonus opportunities
Generous paid time off (PTO), starting at 20 days of paid time off and 9 company holidays
Health insurance plan for you and your loved ones, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability
Employer-matched 401k retirement saving program
Personal and financial wellness programs
Pre-tax flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care and commuter transit program
Generous tuition reimbursement for qualifying degrees
Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement and CEU credits
What You Will Do
- Conducts literature searches (including computerized searches), retrieves articles, reviews for appropriateness/relevancy of content, and prepares literature review summary, as directed.
- Assists researcher in the development of primary data collection instruments (e.g., interview protocols, patient questionnaires) by reviewing instruments used in related studies, identifying standardized and validated questions, organizing questions into logical groups, etc.
- Contacts subjects to solicit cooperation by providing information and answering questions about protocol process
- Collects data through subject interviews (including in-person, telephone and e-mail interviews) using standardized questionnaires/other tools, through abstracting data from records or through published sources, as directed. Enters data into appropriate databases.
- Prepares tables, charts and graphs for inclusion in reports.
- Prepares reference lists of the literature reviewed over the course of a project for inclusion in reports, papers and other documents describing the project and its results.
- Tracks project budget expenditures (e.g., expenditures on books, expert panel travel costs, consultant fees) under the direction of the project manager.
- Performs general office duties (i.e., filing, photocopying, taking minutes of meetings, coordinating conference/meeting logistics).
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in health care, social service, social sciences or related discipline preferred
Work Experience:
Excellent oral communication and organizational skills required
Proficient with personal computers, including word processing, spreadsheet/chart/graph/database preparation. (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) required
Minimum of one year of related experience in a health or policy research setting preferred
Some experience conducting in-person and telephone interviews, and/or focus groups preferred
Pay Range:
USD $17.49 - USD $21.80 /Hr.