OPS Research Assistant

The ideal candidate will have a BA/BS degree in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science or a related field and experience with infants and children.  Preferred qualifications include experience running behavioral or EEG data collection with infants or children (including the NIH baby toolbox), working with or recruiting families for research studies, and excellent communication skills. 

The Brain, Cognition and Development Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida is seeking an enthusiastic individual to fill an hourly OPS position. The person in position will be responsible for helping coordination and daily management of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience assessments (EEG, eye-tracking, behavior) for an NIH-funded research study with infants. The person in this position will work closely with the study team to facilitate all aspects of participant recruitment and data collection.  This position includes recruiting participants, scheduling participants, helping run testing sessions, entering, organizing and backing up data; preparing rooms, computers, and research related equipment for testing; communicating study related information to study staff and team; and helping the team with various study related tasks (e.g., cleaning, compliance, ordering, working with departmental staff, room scheduling, documentation, manuscript/grant report preparation, etc). 

$15.00 to $18.00 per hour for 20 to 25 hours per week. 

The ideal candidate will have a BA/BS degree in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science or a related field and experience with infants and children.  Preferred qualifications include experience running behavioral or EEG data collection with infants or children (including the NIH baby toolbox), working with or recruiting families for research studies, and excellent communication skills. 

Preferred qualifications include experience running behavioral or EEG data collection with infants or children (including the NIH baby toolbox), working with or recruiting families for research studies, and excellent communication skills. 

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.