Research Assistant - Semel Institute

The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator to complete the duties of Research Assistant. In this role you will work on an NIH-funded research project pertaining to Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience. The Research Assistant will primarily work on participant retention, scheduling, and data collection to meet the research goals. Please note that you must be able to work weekends and evenings, as this is a requirement of the role.

Pay Range: $27.08 - $43.55 hourly

• Minimum of 1+ years of experience in a clinical research setting
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to effectively communicate to and interact with patients in a compassionate and kind manner.
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and department needs, while complying with applicable University policies and federal and state regulations.
• Analytical skills to assess clinical research protocols and regulatory requirements, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions.
• Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately.
• A learning and professional growth mentality so that new software tools, systems, and processes can be adopted quickly and efficiently.
• Working knowledge of clinical research concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety protection regulations and laws.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively establish rapport, build collaborative relationships, and communicate complex concepts and ideas in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Ability to adapt to changing job demands and priorities and remain flexible including working flexible hours to accommodate research deadlines.
• Ability to handle confidential information with judgment and discretion.
• High degree of concentration and focus in a work environment that contains distracting stimuli, competing deadlines, and work delegated by more than one individual.
• Availability to work in more than one environment, traveling to various clinic sites, meetings conferences, etc.
• Must work weekends

• Experience with MRI testing
• Bachelor's degree