Job Description

The Center for Public Health and Human rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is currently seeking a Research Assistant to support the implementation of cross-sectional behavioral and biological surveys in West and Central Africa. Public health workers need methods to estimate population sizes of hidden high-risk groups to lobby for appropriate interventions that are large enough to meet the needs of the population and efficiently allocate resources. Available data on the absolute size of key populations are often not collected through rigorous study and lack technical quality. This study will assist the selected countries in strategizing, prioritizing, and defining investments for key populations services based on the population size and level of HIV risk behavior.

The research will focus on estimating the size of key populations, mapping HIV prevention services, and assessing the prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The project is supported by the Global Fund through the National AIDS Committees and other stakeholders in the region. We are providing the technical support for this project in partnership with a long-standing collaborator, ENDA Sant. More specifically, the research assistant will participate in a variety of activities including support regular data management and analysis, develop research team training materials, program study tools, develop reports and presentations. However, most importantly, the research assistant will engage with various partners from the government and civil society and participate in meetings while supporting the implementation of the work in the various countries.

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline.
• Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Fluency in French (written and spoken).
• Knowledge of REDCap and any statistical analysis software (STATA and R preferred).

Classified Title: Research Assistant 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Public Health - East Baltimore Campus 
Department name: 10001101-Epidemiology 
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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