ITSN Research Assistant I - Children s Learning Institute - 2400030K

UT Health - Houston, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Onsite - Houston, TX

Educational Services

About the position

The ITS Research Assistant I position at the Children's Learning Institute focuses on enhancing the knowledge and skills of infant and toddler professionals to improve child outcomes. This role involves engaging in various research projects related to child development, conducting assessments, and supporting data collection and analysis efforts. The position requires collaboration with teachers, families, and children, and may involve travel and weekend work.

Responsibilities

• Provide reliability status on various objective and subjective coding analysis measures pertaining to projects within the department.
• Perform cognitive/social/emotional assessments with children and conduct interviews with teachers and families, managing appropriate research equipment and supplies.
• Conduct observational evaluations in schools and classrooms focusing on cognitive readiness activities using a complex live coding scheme.
• Manage a range of data and information including transferring, verifying, entering, processing, management, and analysis.
• Attend relevant trainings and assist in recruiting subjects (teachers, students, families, and individuals) and obtaining informed consent from potential research study participants.
• May serve in an intervention or coaching role in home or school settings to train parents or teachers in parenting, including extensive trainings and regular meetings to maintain certification and reliability.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Completion of the Certification for Protection of Human Research Subjects is required within 5 days of employment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Reliable personal transportation as some projects may require extensive out of town travel.
• Familiarity with RedCap, Jira, Excel, Teams, Observation, and Data Collection.
• Bachelor's degree in psychology, human development, biology or relevant field or experience in lieu of degree; master's degree preferred.
• Experience in customer service, behavioral analysis or research experience is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual skills in English/Spanish preferred.