The Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health is seeking a Research & Evaluation Officer. The Research & Evaluation Officer designs and implements research and evaluation activities for socio-behavioral change and health communication programs, with support from community-based Indigenous researchers. This position works collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams in Baltimore and with faculty and staff across Center sites to apply theories of communication and behavior change to program strategies, to promote normative change and achieve improvements in public health. The Research & Evaluation Officer, with guidance from program PIs and community-based experts will develop innovative research approaches and conduct state-of-the-art qualitative and quantitative research and statistical analysis, to meet the needs of donor-funded projects. This candidate coordinates the work, and builds the capacity of staff and community-based partners in effective evaluation approaches for communication programs. The Research & Evaluation Officer represents the Center and community-based stakeholders at national and international forums, develops and participates in data use and results sharing activities, and contributes to the development of health communication science through publications, professional meetings and technical reports. With guidance from the management team the Research & Evaluation Officer also assists in the preparation of grant proposals.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Serve as a Research & Evaluation Officer for the Center’s community-based research studies.
- Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to,
Theory, Frameworks & Models
- Demonstrates solid knowledge of public health, communication, sociological, anthropological and/or social psychological theories.
- Applies SBCC theory and models to RMEL studies, independently.
Research & Evaluation
Research Design
- Conceptualizes R&E study designs and IRB protocols w/Support.
- Leads the implementation of R&E studies and IRB protocols w/Support.
- Supervises the implementation of R&E studies and data quality w/Support.
Tools Development
- Conceptualizes and develops RMEL quantitative and qualitative data collection tools w/Support.
- Develops mobile and electronic data collection tools, independently.
Site Work
- Develops RFP for R&E data collection and reviews competitive proposals, independently.
- Develops and implements site-based training, independently.
- Manages and supervises R&E data collection and quality assurance at the community-based sites per approved IRB protocol w/Support.
Dissemination
- Contributes and/or leads the development of R&E reports and manuscripts (includes scientific writing) presentations, posters, blogs and other products, using writing that is accurate, clear with logical flow, and appropriate for different audiences, w/Support.
- Develops data visualization resources for reports and other products w/Support.
- Presents research findings at external and internal meetings and conferences w/Support.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
MEL Design
- Identify needs for MEL activities that fit the larger R&E program agenda w/Support.
MEL Data Analysis
- Oversees final MEL plans and data analysis and interpretation w/Support.
Statistics and Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
- Develops R&E analysis plans per research goals w/Support.
- Conducts and/or coordinates R&E data cleaning and data preparation for analysis w/Support.
- Performs quantitative analysis using statistical software (STATA, SPSS, R, SAS) and interpretation, independently.
Qualitative Analysis
- Develops R&E analysis plans per research goals, independently.
- Conducts and/or supervises R&E data preparation and codebook development for analysis w/Support
- Conducts qualitative analysis using software (Atlas.ti. Nvivo, Deddose and others) and interpretation, independently.
Business Development
- Contribute to proposal development (includes suggesting original ideas for theory, MEL, research and PMP) w/Support.
Leadership and Professional Development
- Participates in and contributes to internal CCP, R&E and MEL technical groups that includes diverse communication and public health project areas.
- Contributes ideas and participates in CCP's stakeholders and partners' meetings w/Support.
- Manages working groups, independently.
Collaboration and Communication
- Seeks input from team members to develop comprehensive R&E plans and documents w/Support.
- Contributes to open dialogue and candid discussions that motivates and fosters the growth of the team.
Additional Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of statistical software (STATA, SPSS, R, SAS).
Minimum Qualifications- Master's Degree (MPH, MSPH, MS) in communication, public health, or related behavioral science
- Six years relevant experience.
- Two - three years relevant international-experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Classified Title: Research & Evaluation Officer
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research & Evaluation Officer
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
Starting Salary Range: $87,400 - $152,900 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: 10001145-Center for Indigenous Health
Personnel area: School of Public Health
