Student Assistant

**Position Details**:

- Position Information**Recruitment/Posting Title**
- Student Assistant - CAPS**Job Category**
- Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)**Department**
- SPH-Epidemiology**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 six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, 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 including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, 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 School of Public Health is looking for a Student Assistant for its Firefighter Cancer Assessment & Prevention Study (CAPS) located in Piscataway, NJ. This position will be responsible for data collection, database management, cleaning, and analysis. This position will also assist with the preparation of reports, presentations, and manuscripts related to study findings.
Duties include:

- Assist with ongoing data collection (both quantitative and qualitative) and coordination for CAPS.
- Attend weekly research team meetings.
- Assist with data cleaning and database management.
- Help facilitate study activities in the field.
- Review selected literature relevant to study activities.

**Position Status**
- Part Time**Hours Per Week**

**Daily Work Shift**
- Day**Work Arrangement**

**FLSA**
- Nonexempt**Grade**
- 99H**Position Salary**
- $17-$23/hour**Annual Minimum Salary**

**Annual Mid Range Salary**

**Annual Maximum Salary**

**Standard Hours**
- 35.00**Union Description**
- Non-Union**Payroll Designation**
- PeopleSoft**Benefits**

**Seniority Unit**

**Terms of Appointment**
- Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly**Position Pension Eligibility**
- Qualifications**Minimum Education and Experience**

**Certifications/Licenses**

**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Must be a current Rutgers student.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and statistical computing software (SAS).
- Strong communication and analytical skills.
- Must possess ability to pay close attention to detail and collaborate with research team.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Currently enrolled as a graduate student at Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), or successfully completed MPH graduate program, preferred.

**Equipment Utilized**

**Physical Demands and Work Environment**

**Special Conditions**
- Posting Details**Posting Number**
- 24ST0962**Posting Open Date**

**Special Instructions to Applicants**

**Regional Campus**
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)**Home Location Campus**
- Piscataway (RBHS)**City**
- Piscataway**State**
- NJ**Location Details**
- Piscataway, NJ- Pre-employment Screenings- All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.- Immunization Requirements