"Research Technician II - Social Science"

Scheduled Hours

37.5

Position Summary

This is a full-time research assistant position to work on research examining sleep and circadian rhythm disruption in anxiety-related disorders using self-report, behavioral, and physiological measures.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Recruits, screens, and tracks study participants.
• Runs participant sessions, including overnight data collection.
• Supervises undergraduate research assistants involved in recruiting and testing study participants at the university.
• Meets and communicates with study team.
• Collects and processes saliva samples.
• Performs other duties as assigned (e.g., communications with IRB, financial tracking, data management, purchasing).

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment.
• Exposure to chemicals.
• Alternative work schedule as regular part of job (on-call, shifts, evening, weekends).

Physical Effort:

• Typically working at desk or table.
• Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement.
• Ability to move to on and off-campus locations.

Equipment:

• Office equipment.
• Lab/research equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree

Certifications/Professional Licenses: No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience: No specific work experience is required for this position.

Skills: Not Applicable

Driver's License: A driver's license is not required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Human subjects training (can be acquired on job).
• Environmental health and safety training (can be acquired on job).
• Prior research experience in a psychology or neuroscience research lab, though relevant coursework or research in related fields might count towards experience.
• Experience with SPSS and/or R statistical programs, computer programming.

Education: Master's degree

Skills: Biological Data Analysis, Computerized Testing Software, Computer Literacy, Data Compilation, Microsoft Office, Oral Communications, Organizing, Working Independently, Written Communication

Grade

R06-H

Salary Range

$16.92 - $26.44 / Hourly

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.