Posted: 20-Aug-23

Location: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

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Internal Number: 8075

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

RESEARCH INTERVIEWER POSITIONS FOR EVALUATION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT EFFECTS ON HEALTH
Experience working with diverse populations and under-resourced communities is essential.
Fluency in Spanish preferred.
We are recruiting part-time, temporary research interviewers to work on the NIH-funded study, Targeting Health Disparities through Housing Redevelopment: A Natural Experiment of Housing Quality, Stability, and Economic Integration. The positions start immediately and will continue through April, 2023, with the possibility of renewal. In this multi-methods project, research interviewers will collect data through face-to-face surveys, hair sampling, and air monitoring with adult and youth residents of a Boston public housing development located in South Boston. Data collection will be conducted in residents' homes or a community building.
We are seeking individuals to serve as interviewers. The following skills are essential:
Experience and comfort working in a public housing community.
Excellent communication and rapport-building skills.
Ability to pass background check and complete research ethics training.
Capacity to use technology (RedCAP survey system and air monitoring system)
with training provided by the study team.
Highest commitment to confidentiality and the ethical conduct of research.
Self motivated, with strong ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Ability to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends as well as
daytime hours in South Boston.
Fluency in Spanish, training in interviewing, and an Associates degree or higher
are preferred but not required.
Researcher interviewers will be part of a diverse, multidisciplinary team of investigators,
postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and research interviewers collaborating on this
five-year project. Key work tasks will include:
Identifying, contacting, and recruiting adult and youth residents of a public
housing community to participate in the study.
Explaining and acquiring informed consent from participants.
Conducting face-to-face interviews (using the RedCAP system on an iPad),
setting up air monitoring equipment, and collecting hair samples from participants
in their homes or a community building.
Maintaining complete and accurate records and high data quality.
Maintaining confidentiality and following all ethical guidelines for research.
Attending weekly meetings with study team.
Work will take place in South Boston under the direct supervision of Drs. Rebekah
Levine Coley and Samantha Teixeira of Boston College. This is a non-benefit eligible
position, with wages based on experience. Continued training and professional
opportunities are possible.

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process. Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/offices/diversity .

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .