
Research Assistant - Part Time
Part-timeNew York, NYPart-time$22.03–30/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Under direction, the Research Assistant provides research, data analysis, and operational support to principal investigators and research coordinators for clinical research studies. The role supports participant recruitment and enrollment, study data management and analysis, literature reviews, regulatory submissions, and grant preparation. It is part-time, with 20 weekly hours, and is based on the Upper East Side.
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Full job description
Title: Research Assistant - Part Time
Location: Upper East Side
Org Unit: Erica Phillips Research
Work Days:
Weekly Hours: 20.00
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
Salary Range: $22.03 - $30.00
*As required under NYC Human Rights Law Int 1208-2018 - Salary range for this role when Hired for NYC Offices
Position Summary
Under direction, provides research, data analysis and operational support to principal investigators and research coordinators for clinical research studies
Job Responsibilities
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Coordinates the recruitment and enrollment of study participants. Assesses patient eligibility for inclusion in clinical trials. Ensures proper consent protocols have been followed for study participation.
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Assists with departmental mailings, including patient medical records. Ensures accuracy of recipient contact information and location for correct delivery.
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Conducts literature reviews and gains expert familiarity with protocols that will be used as templates.
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Assists in creation of study database.
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Manages and enters collected data into study database.
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Conducts qualitative coding and thematic analysis of study data.
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May perform statistical analysis of research data.
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Assists in the preparation of materials, submissions and renewals to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) or IACUC.
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Assists faculty in the preparation of grant submissions and associated documentation, which may include just-in-time documents, progress reports, routing forms, abstracts and manuscripts.
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Performs other related duties as directed.
Education
- High School Diploma
Experience
Bachelor's degree is preferred.
Approximately one year of related experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Statistical and database management experience, including proficiency in SPSS and/or RedCap.
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Previous clinical research experience is helpful.
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Knowledge of medical terminology is helpful.
Licenses and Certifications
Working Conditions/Physical Demands
Standard office work
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How this job compares
Set against the 675 open Research Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$22.03–30/hr
- New York median$17–20/hr58 hourly ranges
- US median$18–25/hr283 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26.02/hr, is 39% above the New York median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the top quarter of Research Assistant hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 86 open Research Assistant jobs in New York and 675 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- SUNY Upstate Medical University28 open
- University of Rochester9 open
- City of New York7 open
- Experience
- Research Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (149 postings).
- Education
- 183 of the 675 open Research Assistant jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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