Partners for Parenting
5 Year Early Head Start-University Partnership
Two Research Assistant positions
Contacts: Dr. Lisa Berlin, University of Maryland School of Social Work; Brenda Jones Harden, University of Maryland, College Park- bjharden@umd.edu
Position Description: Seeking to hire two research assistants (RA’s) whose primary responsibilities will be to collect data in families’ homes and in community-based agencies. Data collection will include recruiting and screening participants for the study, interviewing parents and service providers, directly assessing children, observing and videotaping focus groups and parent-child interactions, and assisting mothers in collecting saliva samples from themselves and their children. The RA’s will also assist with data quality control, data entry and analysis, coding video-recorded data, writing reports and papers, and conducting other practice-related dissemination activities.
Qualifications:Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Child Development, or a related field, and fluency in Spanish. Experience in research and/or intervention with families living in high-risk environments is preferred. Candidates should be able to communicate and collaborate well with high-risk families, social service providers, and other research team members. Candidates must be well organized, work well independently, and be able to pay careful attention to sensitive and accurate data collection and to detail. Flexible scheduling – around families’ needs – also required. Competitive salary and full UM benefits included.
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