Academic Research Assistant

Cynet Systems•Boston, MA

About The Position

The successful candidate will assist a faculty member with course and curriculum development efforts, scholarly research, and data collection initiatives. The candidate will contribute to research through writing and editing, data and information gathering, and designing qualitative and quantitative research. Responsibilities include gaining an understanding of the research subject matter, planning and conducting interviews, surveys, and literature reviews, as well as synthesizing findings and interpreting results. The candidate will also assist with the creation of presentations, summaries, and articles on research topics. The organization is looking for a candidate to assist with a manual data collection project, including downloading and organizing data in Excel.

Requirements

Writing and editing skills.
Data and information gathering skills.
Qualitative and quantitative research design skills.
Interviewing skills.
Survey design and administration skills.
Literature review skills.
Presentation creation skills.
Summary creation skills.
Article writing skills.
Manual data collection skills.
Excel proficiency.

Responsibilities

Assist a faculty member with course and curriculum development efforts.
Assist with scholarly research and data collection initiatives.
Contribute to research through writing and editing.
Contribute to research through data and information gathering.
Contribute to research through designing qualitative and quantitative research.
Gain an understanding of the research subject matter.
Plan and conduct interviews.
Plan and conduct surveys.
Plan and conduct literature reviews.
Synthesize findings and interpret results.
Assist with the creation of presentations, summaries, and articles on research topics.
Assist with a manual data collection project.
Download and organize data in Excel.