Job Title: Research Assistant
PVN ID: GS-2409-006437
Category: Research
Location: The GRADUATE CENTER

Job Description

General Description

Project Background:

Bridges to Academic Success (Bridges) is a program that provides educational services and advocates for newcomer students who enter U.S. schools with limited academic skills, including low levels of literacy in their home languages. Bridges supports schools, teachers, and students by helping to accelerate language, literacy, and content area learning through special school programming, curricula, and professional development for educators.

Bridges is part of the Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE), a group of researchers and practitioners who conduct basic and applied research concerned with improving and upgrading the quality of education in urban areas. In addition, we work and collaborate with linguistic researchers from the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS).

General Description: Under the supervision of the Assistant Director of Research and Evaluation and the support of the Senior Project Director/PI, the Research Assistant will support on-site  data collection. Responsibilities will include qualitative and quantitative data collection, interfacing with lab site teachers and administrative staff, conducting interviews and focus groups, observing teacher professional development meetings, observing classes in Project schools. The specialty of the Research Assistant will be in language and literacy, preferably in the field of education, educational psychology and/or linguistics.

Time Commitment: Part-time, 7-10 hours per week  through June 30, 2025. With time mostly focused on school sites (field data collection) in the 2024-2025 school year. Travel will be required to schools throughout the year for data collection purposes.

Compensation: $20-22 per /hour, commensurate with experience

To Apply: Please submit a cover letter and resume. Should you have any questions, please email Wanda Tejada at wanda@bridges-sifeproject.com

Other Duties

  • Observe lab site classes in project schools as needed (take field notes/ use curriculum specific observation protocol).
  • Conduct focus groups with students as permitted by IRB.
  • Conduct interviews with teachers.
  • Interface with Bridges staff and evaluation partners as needed.
  • Participate in research meetings (biweekly) and occasional staff meetings
  • Travel to school site(s) as needed, approximately twice per month.
  • Assist in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and report writing
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Graduate student in a research related field
  • Some research experience and/or methods courses
  • Experience working with youth and teachers
  • Bilingual (Spanish and English)
  • Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Google applications (Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google docs etc.)
  • Technologically adept and comfortable with a variety of apps and online platforms
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Experience working on a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to be flexible, and work independently
  • Ability or willingness to learn R and Dedoose

Preferred Qualifications

    • PhD candidate
    • Knowledge of or willingness to learn qualitative research skills, including the use of Dedoose.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Bridges to Academic Success
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$20.00-$22.00
Hour(s) a week
7.00-10.00
Closing Date
Nov 04, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
Yes

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