Junior Specialist, Step I:
University of California, Berkeley, Research Enterprise Services (RES)
The University of California, Berkeley, solicits applications for a new Junior Specialist, Step I in the Bunge laboratory.
Project title: Development and training-related plasticity of reasoning skills
Job Responsibilities:
To begin March 1st, 2012 or as otherwise agreed. Full-time research assistant and lab manager needed for the Bunge Laboratory in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley. This individual will help to launch a study examining the effects of cognitive training on academic outcomes in elementary school children at low-income schools. She or he will be involved in behavioral data collection both at UC Berkeley and at schools around the East Bay area, participant recruitment efforts, database management, human subjects protocol preparation, grant reporting, and other general lab tasks. Additionally, this individual will be asked to supervise undergraduate research assistants, work closely with multiple lab members, and report to the principal investigator. This position requires a flexible work schedule; the successful candidate must be willing to work on weekends and after hours as needed, for a total of 40 hours/week.
Qualifications:
Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or a related field (preferably from a research university), as well as strong research experience. This position would be particularly appropriate for those with an interest in attending graduate school in education, psychology, or public health. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, be good at handling multiple tasks at once, and be comfortable taking research assistants in his or her own car to schools around the East Bay. Prior experience working with children, especially in a school setting, is strongly preferred.
Application:
Please e-mail a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and contact information for 2-3 references to Silvia Bunge <sbunge@berkeley.edu>. The title of the e-mail should read: “Application for Junior Specialist Position”. Inquiries about the position may go unanswered, depending on the number of e-mails received.
Deadline:
Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.