Variable Hours Officer

Columbia University
United States, New York, New York
Nov 14, 2024
Job Type: Officer of Administration Bargaining Unit: Regular/Temporary: Temporary End Date if Temporary: Hours Per Week: 5 Standard Work Schedule: Building: MSPH -ARB Salary Range: $34.29-$34.29 The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Position Summary The data assistant for CAMINANDO Mental Health, an interdisciplinary mixed-methods research project funded by the National Institute of Health and led by Dr. Orjuela-Grimm in the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman SPH. The project is a longitudinal study examining examine how different types and levels of exposure to violence and hunger/food insecurity pre, during, and post-migration intersect with protective and risk factors to shape teen mental health. The data assistant will be co-supervised by Dr. Orjuela-Grimm, Lorena Reis and Silvia Bhatt-Carreno. The main duties and responsibilities include: assisting with the creation of a relational database for storing demographic and mental health data in Microsoft Access , assisting with the creation of a relational database for tracking data collection in Microsoft Access entering demographic and mental health data collected into the database, corresponding with data manager, PI and research team. Responsibilities * Assisting data manager in creating a new relational database (60%) * Enter quantitative data (30%) * Correspondence with research team (10%) Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent in experience and education Preferred Qualifications * Experience in relational database construction, specifically within Microsoft * Experience working in SQL, Python and SPSS Experience with Spanish-speaking adolescent populations and/or migrant populations Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates are preferred. Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.