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Peer Specialist (Health, Behavior, and Society)
The Health Behavior and Society Department is seeking a Peer Specialist. The Peer Specialist supports the conduct of a research project. Collects and organizes data through study-specific procedures that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work.
Provides general administrative support for meetings/events, communications, reporting, etc.
The Peer Specialist will also support both drop-in services and mobile outreach programming at the SPARC center. SPARC is a harm reduction–focused drop-in center and mobile outreach program serving women and gender-marginalized people in Baltimore, MD.
SPARC provides a wide range of clinical services, social supports, and essential supplies to improve participants' health, safety, and well-being. Clinical and supportive services include reproductive healthcare; HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, treatment, and care; addiction management; wound care; case management; counseling; and overdose response training with naloxone distribution.
In addition to these services, SPARC distributes harm reduction and basic needs supplies such as safer drug use kits, fentanyl and xylazine testing supplies, safer sex supplies, wound care materials, hygiene products, clothing, food, and access to laundry services. All services and supplies are provided free of charge. SPARC staff work to create a supportive, low-barrier, and stigma-free environment where participants feel respected and safe accessing care
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in developing operational plans to meet research goals.
- Set up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes.
- Collect and organize data per study requirements, e.g., participant interviews, administer questionnaires; conduct background research, laboratory processing, etc.
- Process data by organizing data records and study files.
- Run basic analyses and prepare routine reports.
- Perform literature searches, abstract data from literature searches, and index gathered data.
- Other duties as assigned.
In Addition to the Duties Listed Above
- Support daily operations at SPARC, including greeting participants; supporting participant needs; packing supply bags; ensuring the drop-in space is clean and tidy; scheduling appointments
- Support outreach operations, including participating in van and foot-based outreach shifts; kit making; delivery bag packing; engaging in syringe and litter clean-up efforts
- Distribute Naloxone, train community members on its use and benefits.
- Provide health education and risk reduction information to SPARC participants and in the community
- Distribute supplies, including safer drug use supplies and safer sex supplies, while providing harm reduction education.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
- One year of related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Ability to step in and out of a large transit van.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 45 lbs.
- On-call or non-standard work hour requirements: (Example: On-call one weekend per month to respond to lab equipment alerts.)
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- Lived experience with drug use and/or sex work.
- Experience working with diverse populations, including the sex worker population strongly preferred.
Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications
Technical Skills &Expected Level of Proficiency
- Administrative Skills - Awareness
- Analytical Skills - Awareness
- Clinical Trial Management System - Awareness
- Data Entry - Awareness
- Data Management and Analysis - Awareness
- Information Gathering - Awareness
- Interpersonal Skills - Awareness
- Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
- Organizational Skills - Awareness
- 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 II
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Peer Specialist (Health, Behavior, and Society)
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC
Starting Salary Range: $15.70 - $26.25 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: School of Public Health
Department name: HBS-Research Projects
Personnel area: School of Public Health
Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
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.
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Accommodation Information
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Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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