Job Title: Research Assistant
PVN ID: NC-2212-005297
Category: Research
Location: GUTTMAN C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Reporting to the Director of Data Analytics, the Research Assistant will be part of the Center for College Effectiveness team and provide analytic and administrative support for conducting focus groups and interviews.  Located in midtown Manhattan, the Stella and Charles Guttman Community College opened in 2012 with the goal of significantly improving student learning, retention rates, and graduation rates by rethinking community college education and practices.  The Center for College Effectiveness leads the College’s work related to institutional effectiveness, strategic planning, accreditation, institutional research and data analysis, data dashboards, and college-wide surveys.

Other Duties

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Performs various research/analytic activities from basic to more complex.
  • Organizes focus groups/interviews by developing of focus group/interview protocols, recruiting subjects, and scheduling sessions.
  • Conducts focus groups/interviews in accordance with protocol, data collection procedures, and documentation standards.
  • Transcribes recordings of focus groups/interviews.
  • Conducts qualitative analysis of focus group/interview transcripts.
  • Creates and formats tables, charts, and graphs.
  • Writes reports and summarizes findings.
  • Manages data files, including compiling, coding, and maintaining security of records.
  • Assists with preparing materials for focus groups/interviews, presentations, and meetings.

Qualifications

 

  • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
  • Experience conducting focus groups/interviews.
  • Experience analyzing qualitative data.
  • Ability to take direction, work collaboratively, and work independently, depending on the project.
  • Ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple assignments simultaneously, and be flexible in an environment with changing priorities.
  • Experience using NVivo or other qualitative software a plus.
  • General knowledge of and commitment to higher ed and/or urban education a plus.

  • Education:

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience.

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
The Center for College Effectiveness
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$28.00-$30.00
Hour(s) a week
15.00
Closing Date
Feb 19, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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