Research Associate

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.

Job Description

Research Associate

Research Assistant/Diabetes Health Coach Job Description

Experience Needed:
*    2+ years of clinical experience with diabetes prevention and self-management
*    Bi-lingual Vietnamese & English
*    Strong written and verbal communication skills
*    Good problem solver
*    A bachelor degree, preferably in nursing or allied health (public health, nutrition, etc).

Typical work duties:

*    Assist with the development and design of project/study related intervention materials
*    Assist with development of manual of operations for the project/study
*    Assist with development of website associated with the project/study
*    Assist with marketing materials for the project/study
*    Oversee updates of manual of operations, data collection forms, and websites associated with the project/study
*    Serve as a liaison between study/project and the Vietnamese-American community
*    Support project/study related English-Vietnamese translation/back translation.
*    Assists with recruitment and enrollment of project/study participants
*    Serve as an educational interventionist for the project/study
*    Perform data collection for project/study
*    Track project/study participants across the intervention, and trouble-shoot problems they arise.
*    Assure compliance with ethical standards for research project/study
*    Train, supervise, and assign work with support staff 

Project/Study Timeframe: April 2024 - June 2025
Hours per week: 14

Requirements

Closing Statement

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/diversity .

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