Job Description

We are seeking a  Research Program Assistant  who will assist with Photovoice activities held with youth in Baltimore. The Photovoice projects will train youth in using photography to research and document their perceptions of health, community, and housing conditions.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist the planning, coordination and facilitation of trainings and meetings held as part of Photovoice activities.
• Support analysis of photographs, writing reports and planning and coordinating photography exhibitions.
• Assist with literature reviews.
• Assist with report and manuscript writing.
• Support administrative duties (e.g., scheduling meetings, maintaining project-related correspondence, ordering supplies), as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or graduation equivalent, with some college courses preferred.
• Some related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Experience assisting activities as part of research or art projects are preferred, but not required.
  
• Basic photography skills.
• Good written and oral communication and organization.
• Ability to work on a deadline.
• Experience with Photovoice.
• Must have the ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks, work independently, work as part of a team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, ability to adapt to change, and work with diverse groups of people.

Classified Title: Research Program Assistant 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Program Assistant   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CB  
Starting Salary Range: $15.40 - $23.25 HRLY ($18,720 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Flexible to include working hours (i.e., 8:30 am -5 pm M-F) and evenings and weekends 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health 
Department name: ???????Mental Health Research Projects  
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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