Research Support

University System of New Hampshire
Durham, United States of America
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
$ 26K

Job location

Durham, United States of America

Tech stack

Data analysis
Applicant Tracking Systems
RStudio
Qualtrics
Programming Languages

Job description

(20%)

  • Fielding online studies

(50%)

  • Providing support with general research activities (e.g., data analysis, literature review, writing research manuscripts, etc.)

(30%)

  • Performing various administrative duties (e.g., managing the labs' IRB protocols, maintaining budgets, submitting reimbursement requests, managing participant recruiting systems, maintaining lab websites, and maintaining lab emails)

Requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

  • Completed coursework in psychology
  • At least two semesters working or volunteering in a psychology research laboratory

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

  • The ability to work independently
  • Basic proficiency in statistics, research design, and R Studio
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
  • Passion and interest in social psychology research

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 2 semesters working or volunteering in a psychology research laboratory

  • Experience conducting research in social psychology
  • Independently led research project (e.g., honors thesis, capstone, summer project, etc.)
  • Experience with UNH's (or other university) IRB process
  • Experience with quantitative research methods
  • Experience with Qualtrics
  • Experience with R or other programming languages

About the company

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

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