General Information
| Job Description | SRA 1 | Working Title | Lab Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Code | 009613 | Grade | |
| Department Name | Psychology - D01030 | Department Head | Jay Melashenko |
| Supervisor | Brent Hughes | Effective Date | 09/01/2022 |
Position(s) Directly Supervised
| Job Code | Title | FTE |
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Department Custom Scope
| The Social Neuroscience Lab at the University of California Riverside is seeking a full-time lab manager to join us in the Summer or Fall 2022. There is one full-time position open for 1 year. The position may be extended based on funding, department needs, and performance. The lab uses neuroimaging, behavioral, and computational methods to examine how people learn about and represent their social worlds, and how motivation shapes those processes. We examine topics that range from how people represent their self-concepts and update self-views from feedback and experience, how people perceive and gather information from other people and their social environments, and how people interact and socially connect with one another. The position is ideal for motivated individuals looking to develop as researchers before applying to graduate programs in psychology, neuroscience or related fields. The lab manager will coordinate multiple aspects of intensive research projects, including participant recruitment, data collection, stimulus development, programming of behavioral and neuroimaging experiments, maintenance and analysis of behavioral and neuroimaging data. The lab manager will also provide general research support, such as coordinate lab meetings, manage teams of research assistants, assist with IRB and grant proposal preparation, maintain study databases and lab documentation, and author manuscripts for publication. |
Education & Experience Requirements
Education Requirements
| Degree | Requirement |
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| Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Math, or related fields | Required |
Experience Requirements
| Experience | Requirement |
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| Experience conducting independent research in psychology or neuroscience | Preferred |
| Experience analyzing neuroimaging data (e.g. SPM, FSL, AFNI, or similar platforms) | Preferred |
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Key Responsibilities
| Description | % Time |
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| Coordinate Research Projects - Coordinate multiple aspects of intensive research projects including participant recruitment, data collection, stimulus development, programming of behavior and neuroimaging experiments, maintenance and analysis of behavioral and neuroimaging data. | 60 |
| General Research Support - Coordinate lab meetings, coordinate research assistants, assist with IRB and grant proposal preparation, maintain study databases and lab documentation, and author manuscripts for publication. | 35 |
| Other Duties as assigned - Perform various other duties as assigned. | 5 |
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
| Knowledge/Skill/Ability | Requirement |
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| Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills | Required |
| Demonstrated background and passion for research experience in psychology or neuroscience | Required |
| Undergraduate level statistics course and experience with statistical analysis packages (e.g.Matlab, SPSS, R, Excel, etc.) | Required |
| Some exposure to one or more programming language (e.g. Matlab, Python, Javascript, shellscripting, etc.) | Required |
| Strong computer programming skills | Preferred |
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Level of Supervision Received
| General Supervision |
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Critical Position
| Is Critical Position: No |