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Community Outreach Worker (Health, Behavior and Society)

Johns Hopkins University
$15.80/hr-$23.85/hr
United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Oct 13, 2026
The Health Behavior and Society Department is seeking a Community Outreach Worker. The Community Outreach Worker provides entry-level administrative support for a research project. Will assist with tasks that may include community outreach, data collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work. Collects and/or organizes data through implementation of research procedures and understanding of research goals.

The Community Outreach Worker will support community outreach activities for an innovative, low-barrier mobile overdose- and HIV-prevention intervention that provides mobile point-of-care drug checking, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), wound care, syringes and other safer drug use supplies, and other harm reduction services to people who use drugs in Baltimore and neighboring counties. As part of a team, the Community Outreach Worker will collect data related to service delivery and distribution of supplies/naloxone and assist with setting up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes. Other responsibilities may be required as project services evolve and/or expand.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Assist with collection and organization of data per study requirements, e.g. participant interviews, administer questionnaires; conduct background research, etc.
  • Assist with setting up tools and procedures for data collection and study processes.
  • Enter data into the database.
  • Run routine queries of the data.
  • Perform basic literature searches.
  • Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

  • Build rapport with community members, including people who use drugs, through outreach.
  • Engage in harm reduction-based street outreach.


Minimum Qualifications
  • High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
  • Six months of work experience.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Prior experience conducting community outreach in syringe services or other harm reduction programs.
  • Valid driver's license and ability/willingness to drive large vehicles.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

  • Analytical Skills - Awareness
  • Data Entry - Awareness
  • Electronic Office Tools - Awareness
  • Information Gathering - Awareness
  • Interpersonal Skills - Awareness
  • Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
  • Organizational Skills - Awareness
  • Research and Analytical Skills - Awareness

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Research Project Assistant
Job Posting Title (Working Title):Community Outreach Worker (Health, Behavior and Society)
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CB
Starting Salary Range: $15.80 - $23.85 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status:Non-Exempt
Location: School of Public Health
Department name: HBS-Research Projects
Personnel area: School of Public Health

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