Research Assistant for AI Development (Center for Social Organization of Schools)
Baltimore, MD (Remote)
Posted 2 weeks ago
Job Description
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Run routine and ad hoc reports.
- Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
- Assist with data cleaning measures to ensure accuracy of data and preparation of tables.
- Lead basic activities such as data collection and data entry.
- May lead specific tasks and develop processes to ensure study activities occur effectively and efficiently.
- May conduct literature searches to support faculty in research efforts.
- May design and format papers/publications.
- May assist PIs in writing summaries of papers for release as policy briefs or other channels.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Translate design ideas into functional prototypes through close collaboration with the research team and participate in iterative testing and refine features based on feedback.
- Work with APIs to integrate external services into the application.
- Build and refine components that track user activity and support ongoing improvements.
- Implement logic that supports proactive guidance and responsive system behaviors.
- Develop and test application features within an interactive conversational system.
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
- 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.
- Interest in intelligent interfaces or human-computer interaction.
- Familiarity with user flow design, system logic, or lightweight tracking mechanisms.
- Experience deploying applications using common platforms or tools.
- Experience working with database management.
- Experience designing or building AI conversational agents or interactive dialogue systems.
- Strong programming skills (e.g. Python, Java Script).
- Experience working with APIs.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities.
- Clear communication and the ability to collaborate with a research team.
- Analytical Skills - Awareness
- Attention to Detail - Awareness
- Data Management and Analysis - Awareness
- Formatting and Layout Proficiency - Awareness
- Information Gathering - Awareness
- Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
- Organizational Skills - Awareness
Classified Title: Research Assistant
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant for AI Development (Center for Social Organization of Schools)
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD
Starting Salary Range: $17.65 - $31.05 HRLY ($20.00 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Casual / On Call
Schedule: Mon-Fri
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: CSOS Programs
Personnel area: School of Education
The Johns Hopkins University
We are America’s first research university, founded in 1876 on the principle that by pursuing big ideas and sharing what we learn, we can make the world a better place. For more than 140 years, our faculty and students have worked side by side in pursuit of discoveries that improve lives.Johns Hopkins enrolls more than 24,000 full- and part-time students throughout nine academic divisions. Our faculty and students study, teach, and learn across more than 260 programs in the arts and music, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions.The university has four campuses in Baltimore; one in Washington, D.C.; one in Montgomery County, Maryland; and facilities throughout the Baltimore-Washington region as well as in China and Italy.The university takes its name from 19th-century Maryland philanthropist Johns Hopkins, an entrepreneur who believed in improving public health and education in Baltimore and beyond.
Salaries
Posted range
$18/hr – $31/hr
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Research Assistant for AI Development (Center for Social Organization of Schools)
The Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · Remote
