Research Technician, Department of Psychology

Saint Anselm College; Goffstown (NH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Saint Anselm College's Psychology Department is seeking a part-time Laboratory Technician for the 2026-2027 academic year (20-25 hours/week, 32 weeks). The role involves maintaining a human subject pool, developing lab modules, and managing lab hardware/software for psychophysiological and cognitive research.

The successful candidate will hold a Bachelor’s degree, be computer-literate, and know SPSS/JASP/SAS and survey tools (Qualtrics/Google Forms).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Must be computer-literate and have a working knowledge of a statistical software such as SPSS, JASP, SAS, as well as creating surveys such as using Qualtrics or Google forms.
• Successful applicants will have additional experience or willingness to learn Unreal, Unity Engines, or managing developer identities in game design programs.
• A transcript indicating completion of the undergraduate degree will also be required.

Responsibilities

• maintaining and administering a human subject pool program for use by our majors and department faculty
• creating and conducting laboratory modules for a rotating selection of research method courses
• coordination and maintenance of computer hardware and software for observational data, psychophysiological measures, and reaction time studies
• updating and providing student training for such equipment (e.g., eye tracker)
• creating and maintaining a database of measures (e.g., surveys, cognitive tests) for student research projects
• ordering and maintaining supplies for laboratory modules

Job description

The Psychology Department at Saint Anselm College seeks a laboratory technician to fill a part-time position for the 2026-2027 academic year (20-25 hours per week/32 weeks per year) to assist in the implementation and maintenance of research labs. Duties will include:

• maintaining and administering a human subject pool program for use by our majors and department faculty
• creating and conducting laboratory modules for a rotating selection of research method courses
• coordination and maintenance of computer hardware and software for observational data, psychophysiological measures, and reaction time studies
• updating and providing student training for such equipment (e.g., eye tracker)
• creating and maintaining a database of measures (e.g., surveys, cognitive tests) for student research projects
• ordering and maintaining supplies for laboratory modules

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Must be computer-literate and have a working knowledge of a statistical software such as SPSS, JASP, SAS, as well as creating surveys such as using Qualtrics or Google forms.
• Successful applicants will have additional experience or willingness to learn Unreal, Unity Engines, or managing developer identities in game design programs.
• A transcript indicating completion of the undergraduate degree will also be required.

Successful candidates will be able to assist the college to further its strategic goals for institution-wide diversity and inclusiveness