Research Assistant

Research Assistant

The Center for Health Equity Education and Research (CHEER) at Boston Medical Center is a world-class center for maternal child health advocacy training and research. Its mission is to bring about health equity by collaborating with community-based partners and providing technical assistance training evaluation and inspiration. CHEER focuses on underserved populations with a particular emphasis on maternal child health and nutrition.

The Research Assistant will participate in and oversee the administrative aspects of CHEER’s programs/grants and interact with program participants investigators students RAs and other research staff. Duties include: assisting with program recruitment scheduling meetings administering questionnaires creating and filing program documents entering and updating data maintaining databases running reports and performing other administrative tasks. The RA maintains contact with the participating sites to insure complete and timely data collection maintains sites files assists with documenting financial and budgetary needs of the grant and supporting the research team with the preparation of data and other reports.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the administrative aspects of CHEER’s programs including: managing program records and handling communication needs of the program.
• Provides assistance in the development of reports presentations and data analysis.
• Creates and edits multimedia content including short video clips training videos and other digital resources to support education outreach and program communications.
• Assists in the development scheduling and publication of social media content including managing the organization's social media content calendar creating graphics and copy and posting content across platforms
• Assists in data collection and provides feedback on progress.
• Schedules meetings with program participants conducts reminder communications.
• Reviews the data collection forms for programs checks work of junior staff performing data entry to ensure timely and accurate entry. Provides technical guidance to junior staff.
• Conducts literature searches. Assists Investigators with manuscript and presentation preparation and research.
• Participates in staff meetings/initiatives including appropriate quality improvement and education activities or if unable to attend non-mandatory activities accepts responsibility to review meeting minutes and becomes knowledgeable of issues discussed.
• Performs office-related duties such as answering phones managing email accounts picking up and delivering mail ordering and distributing office supplies handling faxes scanning filing photocopying collating materials maintaining the update of policy manuals etc.

Job Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree is required by time of hire. Major in a field related to the research highly preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of one to two years of experience in the public health field or an equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred.
• Knowledge and Skills: Experience with recruiting subjects with an understanding of the ethical and technical conduct of research. Excellent English communication skills (oral and written). Bilingual or multi-lingual skills in Spanish is preferred. Cultural sensitivity and comfort with a wide range of social racial and ethnic populations Organizational ability to perform multiple tasks efficiently and to prioritize duties. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word Excel and Access and PowerPoint. Experience with statistical analysis tools a plus. Ability to perform basic data management tasks (coding data entry data cleaning retrieval). Ability to perform basic data analysis and reporting (in words numbers and graphics). Experience creating and managing social media content including developing content calendars writing engaging copy and publishing content across multiple platforms. Proficiency with graphic design and multimedia tools (e.g. Canva or Adobe Creative Suite) and experience editing short-form videos and creating educational or training videos for digital audiences.

Job Benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Tuition reimbursement and tuition remission programs
• Highly subsidized medical dental and vision insurance options
• Career Advancement/Professional Development: Access a wealth of ongoing training and development opportunities that will not only enhance your skills but also expand your knowledge base especially for individuals pursuing careers in medicine or biomedical research.
• Pioneering Research: Engage in groundbreaking research projects that are driving the forefront of biomedical science.

Compensation Range: $16.35-$22.84

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans