Research Assistant - Archives, Statistics & Research (ASTR)

Requirements

• Assists with human-subject research projects and mission-effectiveness evaluation of church programs, ministries, and organizations
• Provides assistance and support services for job-related tasks and different aspects of the Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research
• Performs various clerical duties including typing, answering phones, managing and responding to project-related correspondence, preparing and completing research applications, forms, minutes, lists of addresses, preparing and publishing the online Research Newsletter and social media
• Assists supervisor in research, data collection, data management, and/or data analysis
• Maintains research and evaluation records
• Assists supervisor in developing assessment and evaluation tools, questionnaires, and list of questions for focus groups or individual interviews
• Facilitates gathering of materials and data for various projects and reports; handles and protects confidential and sensitive data with integrity
• Performs various editorial duties; writes, reviews, edits, proofreads, and formats text and various materials for publications using MS Word, Adobe InDesign, and other publishing software available in ASTR
• Prepares materials for submission in reports or PowerPoint presentations including, but not limited to, tables, graphs, fact sheets, and abstracts/summaries of research results, findings for publication, literature or report reviews
• Assists in providing external research teams working on human-subject research projects with needed material
• Identifies previous records and reports on human-subject research, program assessment, and mission-effectiveness evaluation, using various platforms, software, and physical finding aids
• Assembles and organizes electronic and hard-copy records identified as above and reports on research findings and potential relevance, and summarizes them in bibliographic format, facilitating their presentation in research reports, publications, etc.
• Scans source materials to make them available for internal research or online for external researchers
• Provides assistance with event planning and conducting meetings and conferences
• Prepares progress reports for supervisor on research and evaluation projects
• Acts as recording secretary for the Future Plans Working Group
• Sometimes travels to ASTR-approved conferences for professional development and exhibits
• Must be a member in regular standing of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Must maintain a regular and reliable work schedule

Benefits

• health insurance
• paid time off
• retirement savings plans