October 2, 2009

JOB POSTING

POSITION:	Assistant Research Scientist I Grade 14
	Salary: $38,433.00 + $3,026.00 Location Pay
DEPARTMENT:	HIV CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BEHAVIORAL STUDIES
DUTIES:	The assistant research scientist will work with a busy team of researchers involved in various studies related to HIV prevention. Job duties will include: providing assistance with scheduling study visits; confirming appointments; following up with missed appointments; handling all payments of incentives and expenses; cleaning, coding, and analysis of qualitative data collected from in-depth interviews; conducting literature reviews; and providing assistance with writing manuscripts. The assistant research scientist will also be responsible for a wide variety of administrative tasks as needed.
EDUCATION:	B.A. or B.S. in Psychology, Public Health, Social Sciences, or other appropriate field preferred.
TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:	We are looking for applicants with an interest in or experience with HIV/AIDS or human sexuality research.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:	Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Must be well organized, detail-oriented, and have excellent writing skills. Experience with qualitative data analysis software is a plus. Please send cover letter and CV to Tim Frasca
CONTACT:	Phone: 212-568-4283 Fax: 212-543-6070 Email: frascat@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Interested persons should respond, in writing, to the Research Foundation Personnel office, NYS Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive - Unit 33, New York, NY 10032. Telephone (212) 543-1414. The Research Foundation, an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits.
Posting ref.#: RF20090139/1006