Sp - Research Associate 1

2 weeks ago

Farmington, United States University of Connecticut Full time

**Special Payroll: Research Associate I**

Temporary, Part-Time

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**ABOUT THE HEALTH DISPARITIES INSTITUTE**

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Established in 2011, The Health Disparities Institute (HDI) seeks to establish UConn Health as a leader in health equity by creating a collaborative environment that brings together different perspectives to look at root causes and potential solutions to health disparities. HDI's mission is to advance systemic change by tackling root causes of health inequities and implementing sustainable solutions through interdisciplinary community-based participatory research partnerships, data-driven community action, and workforce development efforts with communities disproportionately impacted by inequities. HDI's work (initiatives, projects, events, etc.) falls within the following areas: (1) Training and workforce development; (2) Participatory research and evaluation; and (3) Program planning and policy advocacy.

**ABOUT THE POSITION**

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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members who share these same values. HDI is looking to add a part-time, temporary, grant-funded Research Associate I with expertise in data collection and project planning to our team. If you have a background in research, education, community engagement, and planning and are interested in being part of a team focused on advancing health equity, we want to hear from you

The Research Associate I will work closest with HDI's Director and Projects Director to fulfill deliverables and further project progress across several grant-funded and internally funded initiatives housed at HDI, as well as contribute to identifying new opportunities to expand HDI's scope and partnerships across the state of Connecticut. The primary responsibilities of this position will be supporting a variety of health equity research and planning projects across the center of all phases of the research project process, including assisting with grant writing and development, data collection, data analysis and dissemination. As a member of the HDI core staff team, the Research Associate I will also have the opportunity to contribute to the Institute's strategic and organizational planning efforts.

**Examples of Duties**:
- Support multiple externally community engaged, and participatory funded grants and contracts focused on health equity.- Conduct outreach to partners and support partnership development for health equity projects.- Recruit and engage with participants for research and planning projects focused on health equity.- Assist in the design and development of complex NIH an other federal agencies, state and foundation grants and contracts focused on health equity and the social determination of health- Prepare and monitor Institutional Review Boar protocols and processes.- Contribute to the preparation of scholarly manuscripts and reports for grant progress reporting and dissemination purposes.- Prepare policy briefs, infographics and presentations for broad dissemination.- Conduct qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.- Perform literature reviews and landscape analysis focused on health equity and the social determinants of health.- Engage in group facilitation and consensus building.- Perform other duties related to research and dissemination as assigned

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**

**Knowledge, Skill, and Ability**:
- Expertise in scholarly writing.- Considerable knowledge of health** **disparities and the social determinants of health.- Knowledge of research methods specifically qualitative design and the ability to conduct univariate as well as bivariate analysis.- Excellent oral and written communication skills- Ability to work independently attend to detail and problem solve- Project management experience- Ability to supervise** **graduate students

**General Experience**:
A Master's Degree or PhD in a relevant discipline (such as Social work, Public Health or Psychology), plus two (2) years of work experience in health research.

**Substitutions Allowed**:
Bachelor's Degree and three (3) years of appropriate research experience, preferably in a health science/health care setting.

**Special Requirements**:
- Incumbents in this class may be required to undergo periodic tests or immunizations for communicable diseases.- Must have demonstrable work experience in health disparities, health equity, services utilization, and/or experience in community-engaged/participatory research, or planning and survey research.- Experience working with marginalized populations, such as Black, Indigenous and people of color.- Experience with psychoeducational interventions and curriculum design and development.- Extensive experience and expertise with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.).- Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods.- Submission of a research man

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