Behavioral Lab Operations Coordinator

University of California San Diego; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California San Diego seeks a Behavioral Lab Coordinator to manage day-to-day operations of the Rady School's behavioral lab. You will schedule data collection, supervise volunteers, and translate faculty experiments into workable protocols for staff.

Responsibilities include ensuring human subjects compliance, meticulous payment records, and lab cost reconciliation, with occasional outreach, software maintenance, and potential support for publications and grant writing.

Qualifications

• Experience with human subjects and familiarity with protocols.
• Education in social or natural sciences or related field.
• Ability to monitor compliance with human subjects policies.
• Experience reading and applying study protocols.
• Ability to recruit and supervise staff and volunteers.
• Experience using online platforms for human subjects research.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the behavioral lab.
• Schedule data collection activities and supervise assistants.
• Oversee recruitment of participants and protocol translation.
• Maintain lab finances, payments, and record keeping.
• Ensure compliance with human subjects policies and training.
• Assist with outreach, software tools, and publications as needed.

Skills

Human subjects experience

Research design

Training others

Problem solving

Online platforms

Data management

Education

B.A. or B.S. in social or natural sciences

Tools

Prolific

Mechanical Turk

Qualtrics

SONA

Job description

The University of California San Diego seeks a Behavioral Lab Coordinator to manage day-to-day operations of the Rady School's behavioral lab. You will schedule data collection, supervise volunteers, and translate faculty experiments into workable protocols for staff.

Responsibilities include ensuring human subjects compliance, meticulous payment records, and lab cost reconciliation, with occasional outreach, software maintenance, and potential support for publications and grant writing.