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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.
• At least 2 years' experience with grant implementation, data management and analysis, program development, and public-facing training activities in a collaborative environment.
• At least 1 year of experience managing social media platforms.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent oral communication and professional writing skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs and/or Google Suite applications.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies.

Nice to Have

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Experience in grant activities, data management, program development, and social media management.

Benefits & Perks

• Paid jury duty, parental leave, holidays, and time off.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance starting on day one.
• Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance.
• Generous employer contributions to retirement plans (403b, 457).
• Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, bereavement, and a discretionary day after six months.
• Additional benefits related to health and well-being.