Project Assistant (Part-time)
About The Position
The USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is seeking a Project Assistant in the Department of Psychology. The Race, Disparities, and Intervention (RDI) Lab in the Psychology Department at USC focuses on reducing disparities in behavioral health by optimizing treatments for high-risk populations, particularly under-resourced ethnic minority youth. Our lab uses randomized trials, longitudinal methods, and meta-analysis to address important questions about treatment effects and mechanisms with (1) externalizing youth, (2) youth/adults in criminal justice settings, and (3) ethnic minorities with behavioral health concerns. With funding from the William T. Grant Foundation, we are currently evaluating the effects of peer coach training (PCT), a school-based intervention based on the counterintuitive notion that discipline-referred middle-school youth might benefit when trained to act as change agents for their peers. This bachelors-level project assistant position involves helping with management of research activities in the RDI Lab at USC. The position requires that employee perform a variety of research-related and administrative tasks.
Requirements
- High school or equivalent
- 1 year of experience involving data collection and data management
- Knowledge of data collection procedures
- some experience with proposal preparation and production of technical documents
Nice To Haves
- bachelor’s degree
Responsibilities
- Collecting and entering data
- coding
- recruiting participants
- conducting literature searches
- developing and updating study protocols
- preparing and editing documents
- managing grants
- assisting undergraduate and graduate students with research activities
- coordinating with community-based agencies
- managing websites
- assisting with class/course management
- scheduling meetings
- creating and organizing files
- performing routine office tasks
- handling other miscellaneous duties necessary to complete research projects
- performing other duties as assigned or requested
- learn and work with various survey, data management, and data analysis programs including: Comprehensive Meta-Analysis, Qualtrics, REDCap, and SPSS
Benefits
- Robust healthcare options
- Retirement plans with employer contributions
- Tuition benefits for employees and their dependents
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
