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Research Coordinator

Job Number Full/Part Time Schedule Salary
201810305182 Full Time 8AM - 5PM $51,720 - $61,575

Position Information

The purpose of this position is to provide support to the UCR Brain Game Center that broadly works to develop software in the area of Cognition. Specifically, we focus on creating "brain training" software with the goal of improving cognition. The incumbent will coordinate and contribute to research projects in the lab-testing and recruiting subjects using a variety of methods.

Minimum Requirements

Graduation from high school or a General Education Diploma and three (3) years of laboratory experience or two (2) years of college including courses in the natural, physical or social sciences and two (2) years of laboratory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.
Excellent skills working with subjects in a research setting
Demonstrated ability to manage students and research assistants in a laboratory setting
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Proficiency in conducting statistical analyses with SPSS, R, or another statistical package

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors degree in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, or a related field
Advanced computer skills such as programming experience in R, MATLAB and/or Python
Advanced audio, movie, or graphics creation skills
Experience running or analyzing EEG experiments
Ability to occasionally work on an evening or weekend to assist in the recruitment of experimental participants and gathering experimental data
Ability to occasionally travel to assist in the recruitment of experimental participants and gathering experimental data

Additional Information

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities'air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

  • Washington Monthly (August 2016) ranked UC Riverside 12th in the nation in its annual University and College Survey.
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  • Education Trust placed UC Riverside 9th in the nation for closing the graduation gap between black and white students by 1.7 percentage points.

  • In QS World University Rankings 2016/2017, UC Riverside's Department of Philosophy is #1 in the world for the frequency with which published papers are cited by other philosophers.

  • U.S. News and World Report Survey (September 2016) ranked UC Riverside 118th overall; earns "Great Schools, Great Prices."

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (August 2016) Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UC Riverside among the top 151 to 200 institutions. This survey bills itself as "the most trustworthy precursor of global rankings of the world's top 500 universities."

  • U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools (2016) including:

    • Graduate School of Education - 62nd among ranked schools

    • Bourns College of Engineering - 71st among ranked schools

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

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