Student Assistant

Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Student Assistant
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	The Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies
Overview	The Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies (formerly Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies) is undergoing dynamic and transformative growth. The Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies is one of the nation’s leading tobacco focused research centers and its faculty have received over $50 million in extramural funding over the past two decades. The Institute’s efforts are focused on their mission of reducing and ultimately eliminating, tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. Five Centers or Programs currently operate at the Institute including a Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science, the Center of Excellence for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco, the Tobacco Dependence Program, a Tobacco Industry Marketing Program, and a Tobacco Control Law & Policy Resource Center.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Student Assistant for the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), located in New Brunswick, NJ. Under direction of the Assistant Professor, the Student Assistant will perform tasks for various research studies in the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies. Provides administrative and program support to the Project Director, Principal Investigator, faculty, and other professional staff. There is opportunity to co-author publications. Research projects include examining the influence of tobacco marketing and tobacco policies on perceptions and intentions of using tobacco products. Duties to include: Assist in developing codebook for content analysis. Appliy codebook in content analysis with survey text entries. Conduct thematic analysis of the coded data. Support survey data analysis and reporting
Position Status	Part Time
Hours Per Week	approximately 15-20 hours per week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Nonexempt
Grade	99H
Position Salary	$18-20 hr depending on experience
Annual Minimum Salary
Annual Mid Range Salary
Annual Maximum Salary
Standard Hours	35.00
Union Description	Non-Union
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview .
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly
Position Pension Eligibility

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Must be a student enrolled at Rutgers University with a focus on public health sciences or social sciences.
Preferred Qualifications	Preference for graduate student 1-2 years of experience with conducting public health-related research work.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	24ST0659
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Downtown New Brunswick
City	New Brunswick
State	NJ
Location Details

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