The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), has an immediate need for temporary assistants to perform data entry, coding and routine clerical tasks.  The HRS, housed at the Institute for Social Research, , is a major national longitudinal survey on the health and economics of aging and retirement. 

The duration of this position is flexible. Please indicate in your cover letter your availability for Winter, and Spring semesters as well as your Summer availability. Successful employees will be invited to work the 2025-2026 academic year.

Successful candidates will assist project staff in qualitative coding/categorizing of open end and comment data collected during the HRS 2024 field period. They will assist with data entry for mail surveys and other data processing tasks as needed. Additional duties include Spanish translation, codebook review, data checking and routine clerical tasks.

Days and hours of work: Monday – Friday during normal business hours 10-20 hours/week during the academic year 20-40 hours/week over the Spring/Summer

Desired qualifications consist of Spanish language skills, familiarity with the Google suite, the Windows environment, good communication skills and Microsoft Office.  Applicants should have a history of being motivated, attentive to detail, conscientious, and able to work independently and in a team environment. Familiarity with SAS is a plus. Training will be provided.