Recruitment/Posting Title Temporary Research Assistant, Multiple Vacancies Job Category Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-Psychiatry Research Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant for the department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The Temporary Research Assistant supports grant funded research and demonstration projects. 

Among the key duties of this position are the following: Project activities may include recruiting study participants, scheduling study visits, obtaining informed consents for study participation and maintaining necessary study documentation. Project activities may also include tracking progress, organizing evaluation protocols, managing paperwork, preparing materials for meetings.  Research activities may also include but are not limited to development and distribution of surveys and facilitating focus groups and/or interviews and may involve basic analysis of quantitative and qualitative data with guidance of PI and related faculty. Assistance with preparing publications and presentations may also be requested.  Regular communication with Principal Investigator and related faculty and staff on assigned projects is expected.  Coordinative assistance to PI and related faculty/staff by coordinating projects, programs, functions, and organizing project operations is expected. 

Position Status Part Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.  FLSA Nonexempt Grade 99H Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary 00.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 0.00 Annual Maximum Salary 0.00 Standard Hours 40.00 Union Description Hourly Employees Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.



Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility None