| Location: 1307 E. 60th Street Job Description: - Provides support for onboarding, training, scheduling and time tracking of field research assistants - lead the interview and onboarding process for new field research assistants; provide ongoing coaching to field research assistants to ensure high quality performance; review and approve research assistant time.
- Supports recruitment of and communications with early childhood centers and other research partners - keep school and early childhood development center staff and administration apprised of research projects through email and phone calls; and support with relationship management between the BIP Lab and the centers/research sites.
- Prepares and organizes research materials for preschools.
- Translates and edits research protocol documents, including consent forms, text messages, and promotional materials to Spanish as needed.
- Prints and restocks materials for on-site activities.
- Downloads data from digital tablets, cleans returned tablets and organizes tablets for contactless re-distribution to research sites.
- Provides technical support to preschool centers, research participants and research assistants - oversee day to day communication with research participants via texting platform; respond to inquiries from research sites about research activities; respond to technical questions from research assistants about research tools (Upscope, Signal Vine, Zoom etc.).
- Supports project development of current and other ongoing research endeavors - support study design and preparation efforts such as coordination of survey development and editing; recruit research participants on site and via phone call/text messages; track and process payments for research participants per study and University protocol.
- Contribute to the maintenance and integrity of the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Labâ™s research efforts and data collection - manage files according to IRB confidentiality guidelines and ensure the security of participant data.
- Provide regular updates to supervisor and monitor the progress of research - draft reports about on-site activity and develop memos summarizing data collection.
- Supports development of anticipated and other ongoing research endeavors; provides support for budget and timeline development in addition to determining personnel and other resource needs; transcribes, enters, and codes qualitative data for ongoing research projects; contributes to the development of communication materials.
- Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.
- Maintains recruiting and scheduling research subjects; assisting with developing or amending study protocols; assisting with developing data collection tools; assisting with building databases; and providing general administrative support. Has general awareness in research techniques or methods, regulatory policies and procedures, and relevant scientific field.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications Education: - Bachelorâ™s degree in a field relevant to the research being conducted such as public policy, economics, psychology, education.
Experience: - 1 â“ 2 years of relevant research experience.
- Managing student research assistants.
- Prior experience working with low-income communities.
Certifications: - Driverâ™s license and willingness to travel to research sites. Ownership of a vehicle is not a requirement.
Preferred Competencies - Organized, strong analytical skills, exhibit strong attention to detail, take initiative, and effective time management.
- Excellent team player that is collaborative, reliable, ability to receive and give constructive feedback, flexible, and supportive.
- Comfort working with remote collaboration tools (Asana, Zoom, Google Drive, Slack, Box Drive, Calendly etc).
- Problem solve with minimal supervision, exercise good judgment, prioritize, make decisions, and work under pressure during high volume times.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Working knowledge with Qualtrics.
- Working knowledge in Canva and Hootsuite.
Application Documents - Resume/CV (required)
- Cover letter (required)
- References Contact Information (3) (required)
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