The Department of International Health is seeking a casual Research Assistant to support the project “Scaling Up Community-based Noncommunicable Disease Research into Practice in Pokhara Metropolitan City of Nepal (SCALE-NCD)”; a five-year implementation research study addressing hypertension, diabetes, and smoking by mobilizing Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) in Pokhara Metropolitan City of Nepal.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

The staff will support

• Activities during the start-up phase (e.g., IRB applications, Manual of Operation development, notetaking, and data collection tool development) A series of rapid literature review.

Quantitative data analysis.

• Rapid literature review will aim at identifying.
• Potential structured barriers that prevent CHW-based interventions from being integrated into health systems in Nepal.
• Implementation research studies addressing cardiovascular risk factors in Nepal and other counties with similar contexts, among others.
• Quantitative analysis will aim at understanding the socio-economic characteristics of FCHVs and community population, ultimately identifying the high-risk group who are in need of the intervention but may not have access due to their socio-economic and physical characteristics.
• This is a type 2 hybrid implementation research study, so your interest and understanding in implementation research science is a key.
• The study is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and Nepal Development Society (NeDS) and is funded by the NHLBI.

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

• Exposure to implementation research through coursework or applied experience, in the context of international health and/or NCDs (required).
• Exposure to general start-up activities in research studies, such as IRB applications, manual of operation development, and data collection tool development.
• Basic quantitative analysis skills, including data cleaning, table 1 development, multiple logistic regressions, and heatmap development.
• Prior experience conducting series of rapid literature reviews.
• Ability to work independently, is self-motivated, is detail-oriented, and has strong verbal/written skills.

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 ($23.50 HRLY targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9 am – 5 pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Remote 
Department name: 10001141-Health Systems 
Personnel area: School of Public Health