Cognitive Development Laboratory Coordinator (Temporary/Part-Time)

at  California State University

Job no: 540468
Work type: Staff
Location: East Bay
Categories: Unit 7 - CSUEU - Clerical and Administrative Support Services, Administrative, Temporary, Part Time

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A high school program (diploma), technical/vocational program, or their equivalents combined with several years of related office work experience.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Strong communication skills:
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally in writing to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally orally.
• Ability to lead the work direction for teams of students.
• Ability to use and learn modern office software.
• Knowledge of and working experience of Qualtrics or willingness to learn it.
• Willingness to learn new software (e.g., statistical package R and R-studio).
• Ability to reason logically and capacity for independent and creative thinking.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Ability to analyze situations accurately, foresee and respond to complex situations, and to adopt an effective course of action.

Cognitive Development Laboratory:

• Coordinate schedules of student research assistants.
• Train and direct activities of student research assistants in laboratory procedures as necessary.
• Ensure student assistants comply with policies and regulations, including required trainings, such as IRB and Human Subjects.
• Contribute to developing and implementing processes and practices for accurate and effective laboratory management, support and tracking of all aspects of laboratory activities (e.g., assist in updating a laboratory manual; assist in recruitment and onboarding for summer interns; etc).
• Contribute to creating process guides and protocols that outline roles and responsibilities for research assistants.
• Maintain records of equipment use and student research assistants’ lab time.
• Maintain records of mentoring activities and resources for student research assistants.
• Manage and update participant database.
• Properly process participant consent forms using existing protocols and maintaining required documentation.
• Monitor timely participant reimbursement, maintain required documentation, and inform Principal Investigator of any delays.
• Ensure data is properly formatted and annotated for deposit in publicly available databases, such as OSF (Open Science Framework) repository for data sharing. For example, this may involve ensuring the data are stored in a readable Excel file, with all the variables named consistently and all the measurement scales explained in a separate tab.
• Keep track of lab equipment and lab supplies.
• Assist Principal Investigator with identifying the right consumables and equipment for ordering.
• Facilitate recruitment of novel research sites, e.g. contacting children’s museums, libraries, summer camps to establish research partnerships and create new data collection sites off campus.
• Facilitate logistics for laboratory events: plan, coordinate, and facilitate small- and large-scale events for laboratory-related activities (e.g., conferences, workshops, trainings), including location (in-person or remote), creating/producing meeting materials/supplies (e.g. outreach, agendas, fliers), and if needed, transportation, and catering.
• Answer inquiries about the laboratory from students, staff, and faculty as well as parents and other members of the external community.
• Attend regular internal project meetings with the Principal Investigator and/or research assistants and meetings with external partners (e.g. Hayward Promise Neighborhood) to plan logistics and set-up research stations at partner sites and events. For example, this may involve setting up laptops, printed materials or age-appropriate toys designed for a specific study. Some of these events may occur on weekends and/or after hours.
• Keep in close communication with the Principal Investigator so that progress can be monitored and tasks may be adjusted as necessary.
• Maintain and update Cognitive Development Laboratory website and social media account(s).

Other Duties as Assigned.