The School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology is seeking a Research Assistant to support the work of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health. This position reports to the Academic Program Administrator in conjunction with the Associate Director for Academic Training and the Director. This position works closely with the academic team and has administrative responsibility for coordination of complex academic program elements requiring collaboration with staff, students, faculty, and other departments and programs.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Support faculty research by providing administrative assistance with preparation of research manuscripts, including formatting table and figures, organizing references, copy editing.
• Coordinate across a large team of internal and external researchers to track research progress and collate feedback and necessary documents to support preparation of research manuscripts.
• Conduct literature reviews to support research projects across multiple aging-related health topics.
• Provides administrative support for Cochlear Center sponsored academic activities and trainee research opportunities (Seminars, Research-in-Progress meetings, Journal Clubs, etc.) to include facilitating in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings, reserving event space, securing AV support, ordering and helping set up and clean up catering, sending calendar invitations and reminders.
• Provides administrative support for larger annual activities such as Cochlear Center Research Day.
  

• Calendar management for the Director and the Associate Director for Academic Training. Manage a complex calendar including responding to meeting requests in a timely manner. Ability to understand work and priorities for calendar availability.
  

• Works closely with Communication Associate and Communication Student Intern on Center communications.
  

• Assists with orientation of new trainees to the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health.
• Establishes and maintains a positive and supportive environment to ensure that the educational and professional needs of trainees are met.
  

• Assists Cochlear Center faculty with administrative duties, including reimbursements and scheduling.
  

• May provide support to student groups.
  

• May independently manage specific program activities.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work independently and use reference manuals to develop proficiency with software or computer systems.
• Good organizational, written and verbal communication skills in the preparation and presentation of results.
  
• Good interpersonal skills in dealing with investigators and a “team-oriented” approach.
  
• Able to effectively prioritize and work on multiple tasks with concurrent deadlines and demonstrate excellent time management skills and efficiency.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
• Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Research Assistant 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Hybrid: On-site 1-2 days a week 
Department name: 10001101-Epidemiology 
Personnel area: School of Public Health