Positions at Rutgers (RA, Postdoc, Analyst/Program Eval)

06 Feb 2024    

We are also now hiring for a postbac research assistant position here at Rutgers—please spread the word!

 We also still have a postdoc and an evaluator/research analyst positions. All posted below.

Research Assistant

https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/219757

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Assistant for the the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP). The position will report to Drs. Emily Graybill and Erum Nadeem and will assist in monitoring and evaluating district wide MTSS implementation and related school mental health projects. The position will participate in a multiple state and site School Mental Health MTSS project funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) grant – Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education). The Project aims to build school district capacity for delivering comprehensive student mental health MTSS in collaboration with Rutgers University, school personnel, community-based providers of behavior health care services, community organizations, families, and youth. The project’s primary goals are to enhance school personnel MTSS implementation that maximizes the healthy social and emotional development of K-12 grader students and prevents youth violence in school districts. These positions are grant-funded positions that can begin immediately. The Research Assistant will be part of a highly supportive multidisciplinary research team focused on evaluating and studying the implementation and outcomes of MTSS school mental health components (e.g., screening, assessments, interventions and supports).

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Assist in the development of data collection measures and materials.
• Perform field-based data collection and evaluation support in school settings.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of all project databases.
• Coordinate and perform data entry, quality control, and analytics.
• Conduct literature searches and review empirically supported publications to assist with manuscript, journal article, and conference presentation preparation.
• Assist with administrative tasks, and submission of IRB materials .
• The position will have opportunities to engage in and contribute to publications, conference presentations, funding proposals, and professional development opportunities related to school and clinical psychology.

Postdoctoral Associate

https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/211365

The Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, seeks to hire five Post-Doctoral Fellow to participate in a multiple state and site School Mental Health MTSS project funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) grant – Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education). The Project aims to build school districts capacity for delivering comprehensive student mental health MTSS in collaboration with a research institution, school personnel, community-based providers of behavior health care services, community organizations, families, and youth. The project’s primary goals are to enhance school personnel MTSS implementation that maximizes the healthy social and emotional development of K-12 grader students and prevents youth violence in school districts. These positions are grant-funded positions that can begin immediately. Hires will be part of a highly supportive multidisciplinary research team focused on evaluating and studying the implementation and outcomes of MTSS school mental health components (e.g., screening, assessments, interventions and supports).

These positions will report to Drs. Emily Graybill, Erum Nadeem and Linda Reddy and will assist in monitoring and evaluating district wide MTSS implementation. Post doctoral fellows will receive supportive mentorship and career development on executing (a) successful project implementation and evaluation, (b) human subjects protection and confidentiality procedures, © data management and analysis, (d) authoring peer-reviewed journal articles, (e) conference presentations and (f) grant proposals. The position will be filled by persons with excellent communication, interpersonal skills, data management, organizational, and research related skills.

Research Analyst/Program Evaluator (Staff)

https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/214044 

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Research Analyst for the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP).

In collaboration with multiple school districts, Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) is currently implementing multiple Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA). The projects aim to build school districts’ capacity to implement a comprehensive multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) for student mental health in collaboration with school personnel, community-based providers of behavior health care services, community organizations, families and youth. The projects will promote the healthy social and emotional development of PreK-12 grade students.

Rutgers is building its implementation and data management team and is seeking to hire multiple Evaluation Researcher Analysts to lead the evaluation of the grants and coordinate the following tasks: (a) ensure human subjects protection and confidentiality procedures, (b) data administration, © data management and analysis, and (d) evaluation research over the course of 5 years. The positions will be filled by a person with excellent data management, communication, organizational, and evaluation research related skills.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Will have leadership roles as program evaluators that will coordinate the design and implementation of a comprehensive evaluation aligned with project goals and objectives. They will become familiar with the background, mechanics, and outcomes of multiple measures used in the design of the project and use their familiarity to facilitate project design and implementation.
• Coordinates across the school district and Rutgers teams.
• Participates in the design and implementation of technology tools to streamline data collection and analysis with district data sources.
• Ensures all procedures related to data entry and data quality control are followed. They will be responsible for designing and generating extant project databases from the AWARE projects to be used for overall project performance evaluation.
• Leads all evaluation, monitoring, and quality improvement activities for the grant. They will be responsible for quarterly and annual reporting to SAMSHA.
• Responsible for general administrative duties, conducting literature searches, and collecting scientifically and empirically supported relevant data to assist in evaluation reports, manuscript, and conference presentation preparation.
• Opportunities for grant writing are included.

 Please apply directly and send materials to erum.nadeem@rutgers.edu and emily.graybill@rutgers.edu