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William James College Hiring for Research Assistant at Boston, MA Full Time
Position Summary
Provide support to evaluation and research activities necessary to programs at
William James College. Support the Director, Program Development, Monitoring, and Evaluation and the rest of the team through participation
in program-specific and departmental meetings, liaising with project directors, aiding social/behavioral science research endeavors, and
fulfilling data-related requirements including management, cleaning, and analysis. Work alongside graduate student research assistants to
support the Office of PDM&E. Provide support to the IRB (Institutional Review Board) serving as a Human Protections Administrator by
completing IRB processing tasks.
This is a dynamic role. The research assistant interacts with administration and faculty across
departments and programs. The daily/weekly tasks follow a semi-predictable fluctuation as certain parts of the year involve different tasks.
For example, during certain periods, the whole PDM&E team is focused on report writing, while during others, the team is more focused on
data collection and regular consultative tasks.
Attention: All applicants will be expected to complete a skills assessment or a test
and will be expected to explain how they completed their task – before they are invited to an interview.
Essential
Functions:
- Implement routine data collection procedures.
- Conduct routine data management
tasks. - Perform basic quantitative and qualitative data analyses.
- Complete routine IRB administrative tasks.
- Maintain project records and reports as required.
- Schedule team meetings as indicated by Director of PDM&E.
- Attend
administrative meetings as required. - Conduct systematic literature reviews.
- Work with Co-op data analyst consultants for
Time2Track reporting and other complex data needs and analysis. - Professionally correspond with team members and project personnel
as needed. - Perform other duties as required/directed.
- Participate in all planned Mandatory workshops, trainings, and other
PDM&E related activities.
Research Activities and Projects:
Data Entry,
Clean up, and Analysis
- Responsible for data downloads, cleaning, and processing to get data ready for analysis by
senior team members and Co-op data analyst consultants. - Help organize and manage data storage processes.
- Conduct basic
analyses using Excel (required) and/or R, and/or SPSS (not required but preferred). - Craft accessible data visualizations.
- Problem-solve with data-analytics and database-management consultants to manage data transfer process.
- Contribute to database
development and management. - Responsible for transcription of Qualitative data.
Report Writing and
Editing
- Work with graduate students and department staff on the design, drafting, and completion of evaluation reports
as needed.
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- This position reports to and works closely
with the PDM&E Research Associate and ultimately to the IRB chair, Brian Ott, PhD. - Serve as a Human Protections Administrator
of the IRB in evaluating research ethics. - Reviews incoming and ongoing faculty/doctoral research endeavors and provide the IRB
Chairman with provisional assessment(s).
Requirements:
- Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in
Applied Social Science Research, Data Science, or Public Health with at least 2 years of experience after the completion of a
Bachelor’s program. - Work experience requirements: with data downloads; cleaning and processing of data; preferred experience
with qualitative and quantitative analysis. - Coursework: research methods (required); statistics (required); program evaluation or
related approaches (preferred). - Experiences in roles requiring diligence, detail orientation, and the practice of analytical
knowledge, skills, and abilities. - Experience designing topic guides for qualitative data collection.
- Knowledge and/or
experience designing complex matrixed surveys, preferably with Qualtrics. - Mandatory mastery-level proficiency in Office Suite.
- Professional/academic writing abilities.
- Understanding of social/behavioral science research methods, principles, and
ethics. - Knowledge and/or education in program monitoring and evaluation, health and human services, and/or public health
systems. - Basic capabilities in computational data analyses via Excel (required); R, Python, and/or SPSS (preferred).
- Familiarity with qualitative data tools and frameworks like NVivo and ethnography, respectively.
- Familiarity with effective
organizational and team-management methodologies. - Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Grant writing exposure
or experience with preparing data to support grant proposals. - Experience with evaluating academic programs or experience working as
a research assistant in an academic setting. - The ability to work independently, and accept critical feedback, as well as respond
constructively to feedback and ask questions that contribute to the team’s objectives. - Applicant must be able to assume
employment in the U.S. without College sponsorship.
Benefits
Our benefits package includes generous
health, vision, and dental insurance; eligibility for both College funded 401(a) retirement plan and Employer sponsored 403(b) plan; company
paid life and long-term disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; generous paid time off (PTO); and professional development
opportunities.
William James College is a not-for-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Employment at William James College may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. (For more information, please visit Public
Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)).
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