Northern California HERC

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.

About Brandeis University

As a medium-sized private research university with global reach, we are dedicated to first-rate undergraduate education while making groundbreaking discoveries. Four major academic units with 3,600 undergraduates and 2,050 graduate students comprise the University: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the International Business School, and the Rabb School of Continuing Studies. In 1985, Brandeis was elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which represents the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Brandeis has been ranked among the top 35 national universities by U.S. News & World Report every year since the rankings’ inception. Our 235-acre campus is located in the suburbs of Boston, a global hub for higher education and innovation. Our faculty are leaders in their fields, as passionate about teaching and mentorship as they are about pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Our students are motivated, compassionate, curious and open to exploring new and challenging experiences. Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of th...e American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education. By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers and staff of every nationality, religion and orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural diversity, equal access to opportunity and freedom of expression.

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