Part-Time Research Assistant - Closed

Make A Difference In Your Community ~ Come Join Friends of the Children!

Friends of the Children - Portland, is an exceptional early intervention/prevention program focusing on our community’s most vulnerable children and providing them with professionally trained, paid mentors.

The part-time Research Assistant will work with researchers at the Oregon Social Learning Center to coordinate Friends of the Children participants in a Longitudinal Study. Responsibilities also include providing administrative support for the Program Manager and Program Leadership Team.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities • Assist in the coordination of Longitudinal Study participants, including coordination of study timelines, tracking and scheduling participants, and assistance in data collection. • Partner with the Oregon Social Learning Center in tracking the whereabouts of research participants over time, and in scheduling baseline and subsequent interviews. Gather information and documentation from schools and teachers. • Work with mentors to complete monthly tracking forms for all participating research children. Assist in the recruitment of mentors into the study and the completion of mentor interviews. • Assist in the conduct of mentor-child videotaped observations. • Work to connect families and youth with appropriate social services. • Provide administrative assistance to the Program Director and Leadership Team. Including meeting agendas, minutes and monthly calendars. • Provide administrative support to organization as needed.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required: • Excellent customer service skills and a positive, customer-oriented attitude demonstrated consistently, with all contacts. • Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills. Must be detail oriented and have demonstrated ability to draft/produce accurate correspondence and reports. • Take initiative, look ahead, and solve or prevent problems. • Work in diverse environments, and communicate effectively with a wide variety of constituencies. • Consistently demonstrate good judgment, tact and problem solving skills, and maintain confidentiality. • Manage several issues/tasks concurrently, meet deadlines, and communicate status effectively. • Excellent computer skills; Microsoft Office skills strongly preferred (Outlook/Word/Excel). Ability to operate standard office equipment, and organize and maintain an effective filing system.