Temporary Research Assistants

Brandeis seeks to hire six temporary research assistants. This assignment is approximately six months, up to 10 hours a week.

Hourly Rate:

$30/hour Job Duties include: Community researcher to participate in a training program to learn to conduct interviews and collect data for a large research project Support research programming in communities of interest, including but not limited to recruitment activities, data collection (e.g., qualitative interviews, surveys, drug checking, etc.), and analyses Assist in relationship building and networking with communities Provide guidance on coordination and logistics towards operationalizing the study in given communities (e.g., refine, tailor, and adapt materials and procedures) Attend meetings and regularly communicate with the study team as part of the study leadership (as requested) Assist with the preparation of study presentations, dissemination materials, and writing and communications (as requested) Provide training, health educational instruction, and other duties as assigned Required High school diploma/GED or higher. Work experience can be substituted for education. Experience working in harm reduction or community engagement with people who use drugs or with vulnerable groups required.