What are the responsibilities and job description for the REDCap Survey Builder position at Research Foundation at City College of New York?
General Description
The New York City Ghanaian Mental Well-being Project team is seeking a skilled and motivated REDCap Survey Builder to join our research team. This position is ideal for graduate students pursuing degrees in Public Health, Psychology, Social Work, or related fields, who are passionate about community-based participatory research and addressing issues related to acculturation and mental health in African immigrant communities.
The New York City Ghanaian Mental Well-being Project seeks to understand the dynamic complexity underlying acculturative stress and mental well-being among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City.
The community-based participatory project is a partnership between researchers at National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH, City College, African Life Center, and the Immigrant Health Lab at Brooklyn College.
For this project, we seek a graduate student or recent graduate with qualitative research skills and experience building surveys in REDCap.
Location : Remote with occasional in-person meetings as necessary
Type : Part-time / Flexible Hours
Other Duties
- Design, build, and maintain user-friendly surveys and data collection tools using REDCap
- Create and maintain a codebook for all surveys
- Collaborate closely with the principal investigators and research team to ensure surveys align with validated instruments
- Follow research protocols to ensure accuracy, compliance, and integrity in survey design and implementation
- Handle and protect sensitive and confidential data with professionalism
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
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What We Offer :
If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the qualifications above, we encourage you to submit your resume and a brief cover letter.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals
About the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY's research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY's services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society's most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY's research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Americans with Disabilities Act / E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
