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Job Title: Research Assistant

PVN ID: GS-2505-006843

Category: Research

Job Description

General Description

Dr. Keena Lipsitz, Professor of Political Science at Queens College and the Graduate Center, is seeking a graduate-level research assistant to support grant-funded research that will involve identifying and interviewing organizations in Pennsylvania involved in census mobilization work, i.e. groups that work to ensure that residents of communities, which are typically undercounted during the census, fill out their census forms.

The RA will work approximately 5 hours per week from June 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026 performing tasks such as the following:

+ Conducting literature reviews

+ Researching 2020 census mobilization efforts

+ Coordinating and scheduling interviews

+ Interviewing and transcribing

+ Organizing workshops

+ Writing reports

+ Other duties as assigned

Other Duties

Qualifications

+ Be enrolled in a social science MA or PhD program

+ Be organized and able to work independently

+ Be a strong writer

+ Be authorized to work in the U.S.

+ Be willing to make 3-4 trips to Pennsylvania during the year with other team members (fully compensated and all expenses paid)

RFCUNY Benefits RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department Political Science

Status Part Time

Pay Range $20.00-$25.00

Hour(s) a week 5.00-10.00

Closing Date Jul 09, 2025 (Or Until Filled)

Bargaining Unit Yes

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