Research Assistant Social Media and Community Outreach

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate project activities such as training, webinars, community collaboration calls, team meetings, and data collection.
• Assist with data collection, data entry, data management, and other related tasks.
• Coordinate training schedules across collaborators with supervisor and trainees; assist with standard office responsibilities (e.g. preparing materials, filing).
• Complete assessments during baseline, post, and follow-up sessions.
• Attend scheduled trainings and staff meetings.
• Utilize professional writing skills and a knowledge of standard research practices and data collection tools in performing work.
• Create and maintain a social media presence to share information about grants and activities, including recruiting provider agencies and state organizations for dissemination.
• Identify, connect with, and maintain connections with resources and community providers for individuals with disabilities.
• Organize resources and work with the information technology unit to input data into online databases.
• Assist with other grant or research related tasks and standard office responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.
• 2 years' experience with grant implementation, data management and analysis, program development, and public-facing training activities in a collaborative work environment.
• 1 year experience managing social media platforms.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Strong oral communication skills and professional writing skills.
• Knowledge of standard research practices and data collection tools.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs and/or Google Suite applications.

Nice to Have

• Master's degree.
• At minimum 1 year experience of training others in clinical or professional settings.
• Experience exhibiting understanding of scientific approaches to treatment such as Applied Behavior Analysis, particularly involving children.
• Experience conducting interventions or research with children with autism or related projects.
• Quick to learn new technologies.

Qualifications

• Educational background: Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Work experience: 2 years in grant implementation, data management, program development, and public-facing training; 1 year managing social media platforms.
• Additional experience in clinical or professional training, scientific treatment approaches, or autism research is preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health expense accounts with employer contributions.
• Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and voluntary insurance plans.
• Paid time off, including vacation and sick leave, accruing upon hire.
• Ten paid holidays and one paid discretionary day after six months.
• Paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave after 12 months.
• Retirement program with employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement options (457 or 403b).