Clinical Researcher - Psychology - (496968 )

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Houston, Department of Psychology, seeks a Clinical Researcher to support a longitudinal study on language and development in young children. The role involves direct research assessments with English- and Spanish-speaking participants and data handling across transcription, coding, and analysis tasks.

One-year appointment with possible renewal, based in Houston, TX. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree and fluency in English and Spanish, with strong interpersonal and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Fluency in English and Spanish, with strong oral Spanish-language skills sufficient to independently administer research assessments and communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking participants.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with young children and families.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability and willingness to learn and administer standardized language and developmental assessments.
• Flexible schedule to accommodate family testing needs, including some late-afternoon or evening testing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research assessment visits with young children and their caregivers.
• Administer language and developmental assessments in English and Spanish according to standardized protocols.
• Collect and review caregiver-report measures and questionnaires.
• Transcribe child and parent language samples using established study conventions and protocols.
• Code and analyze language samples and maintain transcription reliability.
• Prepare testing materials and research protocols for study visits.
• Enter, organize, code, and perform quality-control checks on research data and documentation.
• Participate in training and maintain reliability in assessment and data-collection procedures.
• Follow study protocols and applicable human-subjects research requirements.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Follow standardized protocols

Schedule flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Department: PsychologySalary:38,100 - 42,850

Description

The Clinical Researcher will support a longitudinal researchproject examining language and development in young children. Theprimary responsibility of this position is direct researchassessment with young children and their caregivers in both Englishand Spanish. The Clinical Researcher will be trained to administerstudy measures and will work closely with the research team toensure that assessments and other research procedures are completedaccurately and consistently according to study protocols. Theposition will also involve processing and analyzing language datacollected as part of the study. This position is for one year withthe possibility for renewal, as this is a multi-year grant.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct research assessment visits with young children and theircaregivers.
• Administer language and developmental assessments in English andSpanish according to standardized research protocols.
• Collect and review caregiver-report measures andquestionnaires.
• Conduct and record structured and naturalistic parent-childinteraction activities.
• Transcribe child and parent language samples using establishedstudy conventions and protocols.
• Code and analyze language samples for specified linguisticmeasures and maintain reliability in transcription and codingprocedures.
• Prepare testing materials and research protocols for studyvisits.
• Enter, organize, code, and conduct quality-control checks onresearch data and maintain accurate study records anddocumentation.
• Participate in training and establish and maintain reliability inassessment, language transcription, coding, and otherdata-collection procedures.
• Follow study protocols and applicable human-subjects researchrequirements.
• Participate in research team meetings and communicate effectivelywith investigators and other research staff.
• Assist with other research activities as needed to support theobjectives of the project.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Fluency in English and Spanish, with strong oral Spanish-languageskills sufficient to independently administer research assessmentsand communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking children andcaregivers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability toestablish rapport and work effectively with young children andfamilies.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability tofollow standardized research protocols consistently.
• Ability and willingness to learn and administer standardizedlanguage and developmental assessments.
• Schedule flexibility to accommodate family testing needs,including some late-afternoon or evening testing. The employee’soverall work schedule will be adjusted accordingly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous research experience, particularly research involvinghuman participants.
• Previous experience working directly with young children andfamilies.
• Experience administering standardized assessments or collectingbehavioral or developmental research data.
• Experience with language sampling, transcription, linguisticcoding, or analysis of child language data.
• Academic background in communication sciences and disorders,linguistics, psychology, child development, education, or a relatedfield.

Provides expertise in support of physical or mental health researchprojects. Typical ly works out of a clinic or other health carefacility and may travel to homes, schools or residential facilitiesto collect data. Performs advanced testing procedures, datacollection, and analysis. Typically works directly with humansubjects. Ensures experiments are performed according tospecifications. May make recommendations to changes in procedure,processes, or experimental design. May prepare and/or edit researchpapers, grant proposals and reports.

Duties: Work is varied and somewhat difficult. May assist inadvanced functions as part of training.

Supervision: Receives direct supervision but is expected to learnhow to select from a variety of standard procedures to completetasks.

MQ: Bachelor's Degree with 0 years of experience

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