Part Time Research Support Assistant - Family & Community Medicine

The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, is seeking a part-time Research Support Assistant to work on Food as Medicine initiatives, assisting in coordinating and executing SNAP Ed and community-based nutrition education programming.

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills, building relationships with diverse populations
• Promote and facilitate community engagement through outreach efforts
• Foster relationships with community members and organization
• Plan and deliver high quality, culturally appropriate nutrition programing to diverse communities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven experience delivering education programs (individuals and groups)
• Experience evaluating education programs and comfortable collecting outcomes data
• Assist in the development of educational materials and resources (i.e.Word, Canva, Adobe Suite)
• Familiarity with social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X, and others)
• Comfortable following a recipe to prepare food for site visits
• Reliable transportation to travel to community sites in Dauphin and Lebanon counties

Benefits

• PA State Police Criminal Background Check
• PA Child Abuse History Clearance Form
• Federal (FBI) Fingerprint Criminal Background Check