Research Project Associate

Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine is searching for a Research Project Associate!

Salary Grade: T23

Salary Range: $40,000 – $50,000

A variety of important factors are reviewed by HR when considering salary, including job duties, the applicant’s education and experience, all relevant internal equity considerations, department budget, and funding source.

Become a part of the Temple family and you will have access to the following:

A hybrid work schedule

Full medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

9 Federally Observed Paid Holidays

3 Personal Days

Tuition remission – eligible employees and their dependents can obtain a degree TUITION FREE

A generous retirement plan and so much more!

position Summary:

Responsible for providing project/program support for research studies and community health programs executed at center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. The Project Associate will provide support related to project coordination with both external and internal collaborators, and among study team; deliver research intervention activities including community-based outreach, community health education workshops, scheduling appointments, administering surveys/data collection, and entering data. Additional activities include partnership development with faith-based and community-based organizations for community outreach, education, and cancer and health screening related to research project.

Works under the supervision of the study Principal Investigator and Study Manager.

Required Education and Experience:

* Bachelor’s degree in public health, sociology, nursing, psychology, or similar field, with at least three years of experience in health/public health, community engagement, program development and coordination

Preferred Education and Experience:

* Master’s in Public Health or relevant fields

* Experience with program development and implementation coordination, community health education, providing training, and/or technical assistance

Required Skills and Abilities:

* Effective Oral, written communication, and interpersonal skills. fluency in English; Fluency in a South Asian language, spoken and written.

* Experience working with diverse stakeholders and medically underserved communities preferred.

* Self-starter, highly organized, ability to prioritize, multi-task, work within deadlines, and pay attention to detail. Strong time management skills and ability to work well under pressure.

* Strong time-management and organizational skills and ability to work well under pressure.

* Strong office technology knowledge/skills required (eg. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Zoom or online meeting platforms).

Essential Duties:

* Project Support – Provides project/program support to a supervisor that includes but is not limited to: assisting with project planning and implementation; participant recruitment; managing the logistics of and coordinating study activities; assisting with project data collection activities; and translations as needed.

* Reports – Receives, classifies, reconciles and consolidates data. Compiles and prepares progress tracking and reports, verify information, determines report format, identifies discrepancies and make corrections. Research problems, issues and concerns and responds to requests for information and summarizes data based on information compiled from various sources.

* Scheduling and Coordinating – Schedules appointments, preparing for study filed activities (checking the logistics, preparing on-site materials, participant and collaborators gift cards management, ordering and setting up food, etc., as needed) and other related duties.

* Completion of all required trainings for participating in human subjects research (e.g., CITI training).

* Participate in research literature searching and review, provide support for conference abstract and presentation preparation, research manuscript development.

* Conduct outreach activities to recruit potential participants for research projects.

* Assists in the creation/translation of culturally specific hand-outs, flyers and other materials for the South Asian community.

* Outreach to community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, cultural groups, schools and other community spaces for the project.

* Conduct culturally tailored health education workshops at community and faith-based organizations.

* Participate in special projects and perform other duties as required.

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