Job no: 499840
Work type: Hourly
Location: UMass Amherst
Department: Psychology and Brain Sci
Union: Non-Benefited
Categories: Temporary Non-Benefited

About UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst, the Commonwealth's flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1,450-acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban centers. In addition, the University is part of the Five Colleges (including Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College), which adds to the intellectual energy of the region.

Job Summary

This part-time researcher will serve as a research coordinator and, both directly and by coordinating other researchers, recruit participants and collect data.

Essential Functions

• Taking full responsibilities in participant recruitment.
  • Recruit and schedule children, adolescent, and adult participants for experiments conducted in the Amherst campus, at the UMass Center in Springfield, as well as in local schools.
  • Help maintain the participant recruitment database.
• Leading and/or assisting in running behavioral and neural studies as well as outreach efforts.
  • Collect behavioral data from children and adults.
  • Collect neural (EEG and fMRI) data from children and adults.
  • Operate motor vehicle for transportation as data collection and outreach programs involve working on- and off-campus sites (e.g., UMass Springfield Center and schools/preschools)
• Maintaining lab equipment and supplies.
  • Monitor research supplies for reordering.
  • Periodic maintenance of equipment and reporting the status.
  • Train new students on proper use of lab equipment.
• Taking full responsibilities in organizing lab paperwork.
  • Organize paperwork including consent forms, payment receipts, etc.
  • Compose and keep lab manuals with detailed lab procedures, duties, and responsibilities for current and future lab members and trainees.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education, Experience, Certifications, Licensure)

• Experience with children as young as 3 years old.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a research setting.
• A minimum of one-year experience in a human subjects research lab.

Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education, Experience, Certifications, Licensure)

• A bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field preferred.

Work Schedule

• 40 hours a week

Salary Information

• $16.50 per hour
• Non-benefited, temporary one (1) year appointment

As part of a commitment to their own multicultural community, CNS seeks an individual with a demonstrated commitment to diversity and one who will understand and embrace university initiatives and aspirations. (https://www.cns.umass.edu/diversity-equity-inclusion)

UMass Amherst is committed to a policy of equal opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military status, or genetic information in employment, admission to and participation in academic programs, activities, and services, and the selection of vendors who provide services or products to the University. To fulfill that policy, UMass Amherst is further committed to a program of affirmative action to eliminate or mitigate artificial barriers and to increase opportunities for the recruitment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and covered veterans. It is the policy of the UMass Amherst to comply with the applicable federal and state statutes, rules, and regulations concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action.

Advertised: May 8 2019 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Jul 31 2019 Eastern Daylight Time