Research, Technician

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Laboratory & Life SciencesResearch Technician

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Minimum requirements include vocational training, apprenticeships or the equivalent experience in related field (not typically required to have a four-year degree).

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Laboratory & Life SciencesResearch Technician

SSD Psychology: Staff and Temporary Employees - Kinzler

The Development of Social Cognition Lab (https://voices.uchicago.edu/potentialslab; led by Professor Fan Yang) and the Developmental Investigations of Behavior & Strategy (DIBS)
Laboratory (https://www.dibslab.uchicago.edu/; led by Professor Alex Shaw) are hiring a Research associate to manage research activities, Research topics focus on the development of social cognition and existential cognition.

The job provides technical support activities related to scientific research projects. Ensures compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates. Assists in drafting presentations on research findings.

Responsibilities

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→Stimuli preparation and experimental design.
→Interface with family, museum, and school partners.
→Perform editorial and copy-editing functions as needed.
→Manage and extending our online database for testing participants.
→Assistant with developing projected associated with ongoing grants.
→Provides technical and administrative support for a research project.
→Assists with the installation, sets up and performs experiments; interacting with students and other laboratory staff under the direction of the principal investigator.
→Performs other related work as needed.

Requirements

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Minimum requirements include vocational training, apprenticeships or the equivalent experience in related field (not typically required to have a four-year degree).

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

Baceholor degree in Psychology or a related field.

Application Documents

Resume (required)
Cover letter (required)
References (required)

Research

Hourly

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Pay Range

$22.66 - $29.33

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

What We Offer

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Yes

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