Research Assistant

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $21 - $29 / hour

⏱ Part Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧬 Research Scientist

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YLabs

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Food & Beverage • Marketing

YLabs is a leading global design and research organization focused on amplifying youth power, agency, and opportunity. Founded in 2016 at the Harvard Innovation Lab, YLabs operates in Sub Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Central America, crafting solutions to address critical challenges related to young people's health and wellbeing, climate resilience, and economic opportunities. The team comprises physicians, designers, economists, developers, public health professionals, and educators, leveraging a human-centered design approach combined with adolescent health expertise to tackle global issues affecting youth.

📋 Description

• Conduct desk research, including literature reviews, policy analyses, and evidence summaries • Manage citations and maintain a shared evidence library • Support stakeholder engagement through note-taking, meeting preparation, stakeholder database maintenance, and convening coordination • Contribute to proposal writing and provide technical review as needed • Apply quantitative or qualitative analysis skills according to project needs • Draft, proofread, and format research publications • Prepare dissemination materials, including decks, evidence briefs, and reports • Fact-check and quality-assure materials before external release • Support the Climate x SRHR project and report to the Research Lead

🎯 Requirements

• Graduate-level training or equivalent experience in public health, social science, or a related field • Strong research and writing skills • Genuine interest in climate resilience and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) • Excellent writing skills • Detail oriented • Enthusiastic, curious, and a problem solver • Rigorous approach to sourcing, citations, and evidence quality • Strong communication skills and willingness to speak up when uncertain • Experience with quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis software preferred • Ability to work flexible hours with reasonable overlap with YLabs US and East Africa teams • Satisfactory background check and criminal record clearances required for employment offers

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible hours allowing reasonable overlap with YLabs US and East Africa teams • Possibility of contract extension contingent on funding • Equal pay for work of equal value • Competitive pay based on regional and national salary benchmarks