Overview
Position Summary:
Under direction of the Research Program Manager, assists with the coordination, implementation, and management of the project, “Effectiveness testing of a bilingual videogame intervention to decrease contraception non-use among sexually active Black and Hispanic adolescents: A randomized trial.”
Job Responsibilities:
· Assists with the recruitment and enrollment of study participants in coordination with community partners throughout the five boroughs
· Assesses participant prescreening data for study eligibility inclusion criteria
· Facilitates the informed consent process with study participants and ensures proper consent protocols are followed
· Coordinates study visits with community partner sites and maintains communication with partner sites
· Ensures intervention is implemented as designed
· Regularly attends all in-person study visits with community partners and coordinates participants’ in-person attendance at community partner study visits as scheduled
· Conducts participant follow-ups
· Assists with database management and weekly report generation
· Assists Research Program Manager with data analysis for semi-annual reports to funding agency
· Performs other related duties as assigned
Education/Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree is preferred
· At least 2-3 years of experience in an administrative support role, ideally in a clinical, academic, or research setting
· Fluent Spanish-speaking is required
Additional Experience/Interest:
· Working/volunteering with teens
· Comfortable discussing sexual and reproductive health topics
· Willingness to travel to all boroughs in New York City
· Ability to work occasional late afternoon/evening/weekend hours if deemed essential by community partners for recruitment and study visits (daily hours to be flexed as to not exceed a defined work week of 37.5 hours)
· Experience or general interest in educational video game design