Research Project Assistant (Research Administration) - #Staff
Part-timeRemote · USPart-time / Per Diem$15.8–23.85/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Johns Hopkins University seeks a Research Project Assistant to provide entry-level administrative support for a research project. The assistant helps collect and organize data, supports study procedures, enters data, runs routine queries, and performs literature searches. Work may also include community outreach, sample collection, laboratory work, or field work. The role is in Research Administration at the School of Nursing.
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Full job description
We are seeking a Research Project Assistant who will provide entry-level administrative support for a research project. Will assist with tasks that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work. Collects and/or organizes data through implementation of research procedures and understanding of research goals.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
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Assist with collection and organization of data per study requirements, e.g. participant interviews, administer questionnaires; conduct background research, etc.
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Assist with setting up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes.
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Enter data into the database.
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Run routine queries of the data.
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Perform basic literature searches.
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Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
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High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
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Six months of work experience.
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Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
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Analytical Skills Awareness
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Data Entry - Awareness
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Electronic Office Tools - Awareness
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Information Gathering - Awareness
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Interpersonal Skills - Awareness
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Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
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Organizational Skills - Awareness
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Research and Analytical Skills - Awareness
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title : Research Project Assistant
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CB
Starting Salary Range : $15.80 - $23.85 HRLY ($19,542 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Casual / On Call
Schedule : Monday - Friday (up to 5 hours per week)
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location : Remote
Department name: Research Administration
Personnel area: School of Nursing
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 686 open Research Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$15.8–23.85/hr
- Maryland median$17–30/hr32 hourly ranges
- US median$18–25/hr280 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $19.83/hr, is 17% below the Maryland median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Research Assistant hourly ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Research Assistant jobs in Maryland and 686 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
- Johns Hopkins University (this employer)34 open
- University of Maryland, Baltimore7 open
- Kennedy Krieger Institute4 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 (153 postings).
- Education
- 187 of the 686 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 10, 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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