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YAAH Research Coordinator (7397U), Berkeley Public Health - 73940
About Berkeley
At the University of California, Berkeley, we are committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome and included. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff.
The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world's leading institutions of higher education, distinguished by its combination of internationally recognized academic and research excellence; the transformative opportunity it provides to a large and diverse student body; its public mission and commitment to equity and social justice; and its roots in the California experience, animated by such values as innovation, questioning the status quo, and respect for the environment and nature. Since its founding in 1868, Berkeley has fueled a perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and social value in California, the United States and the world.
We are looking for equity-minded applicants who represent the full diversity of California and who demonstrate a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds present in our community. When you join the team at Berkeley, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice that requires broad collaboration among faculty, staff, students and community partners.
Departmental Overview
Berkeley Public Health (BPH) aims to improve population health, especially for the most vulnerable populations, through interdisciplinary collaborations, preeminent education, and transformational research. Established in 1943, BPH is a professional school on the UC Berkeley campus that comprises six academic divisions and nearly 30 research centers and programs. Our department's values include social justice, health as a right, challenging conventional thought, embracing diversity, and creating meaningful impact. Learn more at : publichealth.berkeley.edu
Innovations for Youth (i4Y) (i4Y.berkeley.edu) is a cross-disciplinary, innovative research hub addressing issues of youth equity through collaborative research, training, and community engagement. Youth and Allies Against Homelessness (YAAH) (YAAH.berkeley.edu) is a research lab within i4Y comprised of youth from the community with lived experience of homelessness as well as undergraduate and graduate students who have either experienced homelessness or who have demonstrated a commitment to ending homelessness.
Position Summary
The YAAH Lab Coordinator / Project Policy Analyst (PPA) is a core member of Youth and Allies Against Homelessness. YAAH is a youth-partnered research group focused on describing and addressing the social determinants of health of youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) led by Professor Auerswald.
The incumbent will be responsible for supporting multiple research projects for the YAAH lab, in collaboration with Professor Auerswald, the Principal Investigator, as well as post-doctoral scholars, graduate students, and undergraduates. The projects include the mixed-method evaluation of state funding for YEH under the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) youth set-aside funds; a collaborative project with Covenant House International, the largest provider for youth experiencing homelessness in North America, to expand knowledge regarding the prevention of youth homelessness in historically marginalized populations and internships to train youth exiting homelessness in community-engaged, youth-partnered research.
Responsibilities
- Supports administrative tasks associated with managing the research lab, including coordinating internal and external communications and meetings, ensuring maintenance of IRB approvals and amendments, and facilitating and maintaining research partnerships.
- Contributes to coordinating quantitative research activities, including survey development, collecting administrative and survey data from community partners, coding surveys in Qualtrics (training can be provided if necessary), and managing data transmission and storage.
- Contributes to coordinating qualitative research activities, including recruiting and scheduling research participants for focus groups, providing administrative support during the facilitation of focus groups, managing data storage, and coordinating research participant compensation.
- Provides support for the coordination and management of community interns, including assisting in the development of research training curriculum, facilitating the recruitment and onboarding of community interns, providing administrative support during intern training sessions, and supporting intern evaluation efforts.
- Collaborates on the preparation of documents including research reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
- Supports the development of grants, proposals, and contracts.
- Participates in workshops, trainings, and other professional development activities.
- Other responsibilities that may be assigned.
Required Qualifications
Education / Training :
Preferred Qualifications
Salary & Benefits
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.
The budgeted hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $32.50 - $37.50. The full pay scale for this classification is $29.31 - $50.38.
How to Apply
Salary : $33 - $38
