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Departmental Overview

The Department of Psychology is a large, complex department within the College of Letters and Science (Division of Social Sciences). It comprises nearly 40 active faculty members, 16 career staff, 3 continuing Lecturers, a number of Visiting Scholars and Postdocs each year, as well as a large cadre of Graduate Student Instructors and Graduate Student researchers.

The fundamental missions of the University - teaching, research, and community service - are all met by the Department. Our teaching program is quite large.

Psychology has nearly 800 undergraduates and department courses serve approximately 4,000 students each semester, as well as a large summer sessions offering each year. The department has approximately 90 graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in five specialized sub-fields. In research, the

Department supports the work of a large number of life science labs in work with both human and animal subjects, as well as an off-site Field Station.

Psychology is closely linked with several major research institutes/ORU's on campus: The Institute of Human Development, the Institute of Personality and Social Research, the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences; and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, and works in collaboration with their administration to meet the needs of our faculty. The Department also collaborates closely with the department of Neuroscience, as many of our faculty have joint appointments and related research areas. Our outpatient clinic serves the surrounding community by providing vital psychiatric treatment.

In short, the Department of Psychology is a large and varied unit which requires considerable skill in terms of its overall administration.

Position Summary

The research project associate will have responsibility for:

Providing project co-ordination for one or both of the following randomized controlled trials: Treatment for mid-life and older people in various community settings and a habit formation intervention for young adults. This includes recruiting, randomizing, tracking, scheduling, liaising with both the university and community teams and ensuring they are all working together in an efficient and effective way, ensuring the study stay on the pre-specified timeline, and data management.
Conducting psychological assessments of study participants pre and post treatment and for follow-ups at six and twelve months after treatment.
Conducting literature searches and referencing and assisting with data and preparing grants.
Project co-ordination of other ongoing clinic projects, and managing the GBSMRC facilities.
Accurate data collection and storage.
Assisting in developing new projects within the research group including coordinating community engagement.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: 04/02/2026.

Responsibilities

Training and Psychological Assessment

Travel to, training and psychological evaluation of study participants.
Assessments are conducted pre and post treatment and for follow-ups at six and twelve months after treatment.
Has latitude and flexibility to determine experimental outcomes.
Provides project co-ordination of the following randomized controlled trials: Treatment for mid-life and older people in various community settings and a habit formation intervention for young adults.
Recruits, randomize, tracks, schedules, liaise with both the university and community teams and ensures collaboration in an efficient and effective way, ensuring the study stay on the pre-specified timeline, and data management.
Conducts psychological assessments of study participants pre and post treatment and for follow-ups at six and twelve months after treatment.

Study Implementation and Coordination

Ensure that our research protocol complies with federal and institutional guidelines for human subjects research: involves determining when and how research protocol needs to be amended and writing and revising descriptions of our Institutional Review Board protocol and forms.
Ensure study timelines are met: includes tracking participants' progression throughout the studies; recruiting participants, making sure that follow-through assessments are completed in a timely manner.
Training undergraduate research assistants in telephone screening (includes psychological assessment) and other research tasks.
Implementing and coordinating study procedures.
Includes scheduling of assessment and therapy appointments and sending out reminders as appropriate.
Maintaining clinic website.
Paying participants and maintaining the petty cash account.
Travel to and communicate with community sites to engage community partners and facilitate the research which includes training to deliver the sleep treatment, setting up a train-the-trainer network, conducting assessments and recruiting providers and consumers to become involved in the study.
Travelling to drop off and collect actiwatches.
Assisting the develop new projects within the research team, including coordinating community engagement.

Lab Management:

Organization, maintenance, and cleanliness of shared rooms, supplies, and storage.
Liaising with building engineer/electronics tech/IS&T/CNS to keep lab computers, phones, and other technical equipment running optimally. Monthly maintenance on computers.
Daily server and other file back-ups as needed.
Updating, upgrading, and installing new software and hardware.
Keeping lab technical records and media storage current.
Facilitating repairs.
Purchasing supplies and preparing reimbursements.

Literature Review, Analysis, Writing

Conducting literature searches and referencing; assisting with preparing grants.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Willingness to and ability to reliably travel to and from the primary work location and other designated sites such as partner community sites as required to fulfill job responsibilities.
Experience with working in an academic research environment and in project coordination.
The experience and interpersonal skills and drive to ensure the study stays on the timeline and that all participants attend assessments.
Experience with evidence-based practice (e.g., delivery, training).
Experience with working within county-based community settings.
Experience with working with individuals who are distressed.
Experience with Qualtrics and data analysis software such as SPSS, R, Stata.
Experience efficiently handling multiple fluctuating priorities and deadlines.
Proven organizational ability.
Highly responsible and detail-oriented.
Demonstrated ability to work well as part of a team.
Willingness to meet the requirements to become a petty cash custodian.
Applicants for this position are expected to possess the skills, knowledge, and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the positions.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with and/or can quickly learn UC Berkeley financial systems and administrative processes.
Experience with website design and maintenance, Adobe Dreamweaver.
Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, public health, public policy, nursing, medicine or related fields.

Salary & Benefits

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

This is a full-time (40 hours/week), career position that is eligible for UC Benefits.
This is an exempt monthly-paid position.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.

Clinical Research Project Coordinator (9612C) - 85111

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA