Social Science/Humanities Research Associate I (Kid Lab)

Job Posting Title:

Social Science/Humanities Research Associate I (Kid Lab)

Hiring Department:

Educational Psychology

Position Open To:

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Earliest Start Date:

Jul 01, 2024

Position Duration:

Expected to Continue Until Jun 30, 2025

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

Job Details:

Purpose

This position offers an exciting opportunity for a junior researcher to gain hands-on experience in developmental cognitive neuroscience research through work involving both behavioral, physiological, fNIRS, and EEG data from preschoolers and caregivers. The successful candidate will coordinate data collection and subject recruitment, help in programming experiments, running studies with children, assisting with data cleaning and data processing, behavioral coding, helping complete administrative tasks for the lab, supervising undergraduate research assistants, scheduling, communicating with the Institutional Review Board, and engage in community outreach. This person will also have the opportunity to be involved in conference presentations and journal articles. Training and close supervision will be provided. Thus, this position is particularly appropriate for candidates hoping to increase their research training prior to applying to graduate school.

Responsibilities

The lab manager will be expected to:

• Conduct general administrative duties (e.g., purchasing and setting up, equipment, developing lab manuals)

• Preparing IRB protocols and maintaining IRB compliance

• Work with new and existing staff to coordinate the day-to-day operation and management of research projects, including recruiting and scheduling participants.

• Develop and implement protocols for maintaining data quality, including outreach and follow-up with participants.

• Clean, process, and code datasets

• Assist with conference presentations and research publications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Human Development and Family Sciences, or related field.

• Ability to work independently, with other researchers, and with young children

• Effective time management and attention to detail

• Experience and comfort communicating with families and children under 10-years-old.

• Outstanding interpersonal communication.

• Willingness to work evenings and weekends to accommodate family schedules.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Spanish fluency (speaking and reading/writing) - strongly preferred

• Experience collecting EEG, fNIRS, or RSA/PEP data - strongly preferred.

• Experience with child data collection - strongly preferred

• Experience with recruitment and data collection with under-represented samples.

• Proficiency with statistical and programming languages/software (e.g., SPSS, R, Matlab, java, python)

• Familiarity with data collection software (e.g., Qualtrics), and basic office software suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Salary Range

$40,000-42,000 depending on qualifications.

Working Conditions

• Typical Office/Lab Environment

• May involve working some evenings and weekends to accommodate family schedules

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• Letter of interest

• 3 letter of recommendations with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.