Company: The Life is good Company
Address: 323 Newbury Street
Location: Boston, MA
Application Deadline: No Deadline
Position: Part-time, Unpaid (College Credit Required)
Timeframe: 01/21/13 — ? (Flexible)
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Description
About Life is good Playmakers:
The Life is good Playmakers are the philanthropic action arm of the Life is good Company and an accredited 501(c)(3) public charity. Their vision is a world where all children grow-up feeling safe, loved and joyful. In order to make this vision a reality, The Life is good Playmakers partner with frontline professionals – such as teachers, social workers and Child Life Specialists – who dedicate their lives to helping children overcome poverty, violence and illness. These Playmakers use the power of play to build healing, life-changing relationships with the children in their care. For more information please visit www.ligplaymakers.org.
Reports to: Director of Evaluation and Research
NOTE: this is an unpaid internship for a graduate student. Traditionally, students are able to receive course credit for participating in a Research Assistant internship. Please check with your course catalog and/or advisor for details.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Data collection: recruiting new participants, following up with them to make sure data has
been completed.
• Data organization: organizing hard copies of data, maintaining electronic databases, and
data cleaning.
• Data entry: both quantitative and qualitative
• Preliminary data analysis
• Literature review: in preparation for academic presentations and manuscripts
• Manuscript assistance (potential for author credit)
Requirements
Experience and Skills:
• Currently a graduate student with research experience in the field of education,
psychology, or social work.
• Completion of at least 1 undergraduate course in research methods.
• Solid proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and in navigating the Internet,
especially online research journals.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills a must
• The ability to prioritize work, multitask, follow directions, and follow-through on tasks is
critical.
• Energetic, playful, and confident
• Highly dependable and strong professional demeanor
• Experience using Apple computers and software a plus.
