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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
The Ethnographic and Qualitative (EQUAL) Mixed Methods Laboratory in the Department of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State University is seeking a dissertation editor who is fluent in English and Spanish to edit a dissertation regarding agricultural safety and health. The dissertation editor will assist with formatting data such as producing clean tables. Additionally, the dissertation editor will ensure the dissertation complies with necessary style guides and submission protocols. The project will involve working with data in Spanish so Spanish speaking, reading, and writing fluency is required.
Responsibilities and Research Project Support:
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Manage, reformat, enter, edit, merge and maintain data for analysis
- Work with quantitative data to make images that visualize data (e.g. tables, dendrograms)
- Clean and format tables
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Fluency in speaking, reading and writing in Spanish
- Excellent bilingual written and reading communication skills
- Strong work ethic
- Detail oriented organizational skills
- Positive problem-solving attitude
- Excellent time management skills
- Experience working with community organizations and diverse populations
- Experience working with Latino/a communities
- Demonstrated knowledge of agricultural labor is a plus
- Experience in research or evaluation, quantitative and qualitative methods (preferred)
To apply, please upload a cover letter and resume describing your qualifications for the job.
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