Department:

Location:

Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Part time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R105768

Minimum Requirements:

Associate's Degree in a related field and two (2) years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. (Grade 3 Hourly)

Position Description:

This position is Part-Time (.50 Full-Time Equivalency)

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Position Description

The position of Research Assistant III will engage in research and practice of public health using justice, equity, and liberatory paradigms for the SPHIS community. Target areas include, but not limited to policy analysis, policy change, educational programming, and organizational transformation. The office’s focus on critical consciousness, community-based learning, and global citizenship education will, at times, engage the cultural liberator beyond SPHIS.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Education, training, and other development opportunities to inform critical consciousness and critical action

• Plan, implement and manage workgroups of students, employees, and community members

• Develop and maintain constructive working relationships with leaders, coalitions, organizations, and communities

• Assist with research and evaluation activities

• Handle confidential and sensitive data with integrity

• Prepare and lead presentations using various software tools

• Strategic planning

• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• The candidate should possess excellent organizational skills, work well under time pressure, manage multiple tasks and conflicting priorities, and maintain sensitive information with complete discretion.

• The candidate will have a strong desire to acquire new skills and become an integral member of the small team that makes up the Office for Culture & Liberation.

• 90 college credit hours

• 4 years of experience in the Public Health field

• Experience with curriculum-building

• Organizing and mobilizing groups and committees.

Desired Competencies

• Project Management - organized, task oriented, ability to delegate and follow up.

• Proactive - anticipates and plans for problems before they arise.

• Analytical- evaluating data and other information with the ability to choose the best solution and make recommendations.

• Flexible – ability to change directions as needed for the good of the department or organization.

• Service Excellence – responsive, informs constituents of process, pleasant to work with, educates and provides timely, accurate information.

• Organized – manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized.

• Critical Thinking – ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options.

• Work Ethic – motivated, diligent, industrious and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency.

• Interpersonal – can build effective, strong working relationships with employees, colleagues, management and vendors through trust, communication, and credibility.

• Teamwork – ability to work with others, serve others, help others, lead others, mentor others, take directions from others in the interest of moving process and programs forward to the desired outcome.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard torace, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team atemployment@louisville.eduor 502.852.6258.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email atemployment@louisville.eduor by phone 502-852-6258.