Research Support Assistant - New York State Psychiatry Institute

Job Title: Research Support Assistant

Grade: 13

Salary: $50,057 - $59,903

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Research Support Assistant to join the Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence (CECC) at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. This full-time position will provide support for evaluating suicide prevention programs in New York State that aim to provide culturally responsive community-based interventions for ethnoracially diverse and/or LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults. The CECC is seeking a Research Assistant to provide research and administrative support to the Center working under the direction of experienced faculty and staff.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct academic database searches, document reviews, and write background / literature reviews.
• Assist with developing and implementing evaluation designs and protocols for evaluating suicide prevention programs, including developing evaluation plans, interview guides, and surveys.
• Assist with the preparation and submissions of IRB protocols, annual reviews, and other quality assurance processes.
• Assist with participant recruitment and retention and work with diverse populations and community organizations to engage potential participants and maintain community partnerships.
• Schedule data collection activities and virtual or in-person meetings.
• Assist with travel and events logistics (e.g., making travel arrangements, scheduling meeting rooms, parking requests, arranging refreshments), preparing and processing participant compensation, staff reimbursements, pay orders, purchase requisitions, and ordering of supplies.
• Collect qualitative (e.g., conduct semi-structured interviews, focus groups) and quantitative data (e.g., administer surveys), and assist with processing of transcripts.
• Assist with developing and managing project databases (e.g., REDCap), perform data entry, and ensure adherence to protocols.
• Conduct analysis of qualitative (e.g., coding transcript, developing matrices) and quantitative (e.g., survey analysis) data, including transcript cleaning and using Atlas.ti and other software to facilitate analysis.
• Assist with tracking of project workplans (e.g., deliverables, activities, timelines).
• Support on-boarding, training, and coordination of volunteers.
• Draft reports, summaries, presentations, and other materials to communicate progress and findings to stakeholders and funders.
• Assist in responding to requests by the funder for information, reports, presentations, and recommendations.
• Attend trainings and project meetings to stay updated on policies, methodologies, and evaluation tools.
• Assist with other related duties as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, public health, public administration, sociology, social work, anthropology, or related field required.
• At least 1 year of evaluation / research experience in mental health services or health equity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in suicide prevention research/evaluation preferred.
• Experience preparing reports, research articles, and/or grant applications.
• Experience with engaging diverse communities in health equity research/evaluation.
• Experience with software such as EndNote, Zotero, REDCap, STATA, NVivo, ATLAS.Ti or other reference, participant tracking, quantitative, and qualitative data management software is preferred.
• Bi-lingual fluency in Spanish and English preferred.

Work Location: 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032

To Apply: Submit an application through our website at https://nyspi.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Please note only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.