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Lab Manager

The University of Chicago

Job Description


Department
 

SSD: Psychology: Staff and Temporary Employees-Woodward Lab


About the Department
 

Human social life requires understanding the intentions, perceptions and emotions that organize and motivate other’s actions. The laboratory-based research projects investigate infants’ and young children’s understanding of these aspects of the social world. We recruit behavioral experimental methods through both online and in-lab paradigms such as EEG, eye-tracking, and looking time to investigate infant’s action and understanding. We also study the factors that support the emergence of infants’ social cognition, in particular, the information that infants glean from their own experience as intentional agents.


Job Summary
 

The job provides technical support activities related to scientific research projects. Ensures compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates. Assists in drafting presentations on research findings.
The Lab Manager will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of the Infant Learning & Development Lab and management of the Center for Early Childhood Research subject database. This position requires a very organized individual with excellent leadership, time management, and communication skills. Also, must be comfortable budgeting and working with grant funds. The hired individual will work closely with the lab PI, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students, and supervise research assistants.

Responsibilities

  • Grant management in the form of assisting in the applications process, the submission of annual reports, subaward payouts, and the preparation of budgets.

  • Handling all Institutional Review Board business including creating and amending protocols and submitting continuing reviews.

  • Managing all lab funds, including the lab’s petty cash account/participant payments; ordering lab supplies; coordinating weekly lab meetings; making travel arrangements for lab members; and completing other managerial or administrative tasks as needed.

  • Hiring and supervising undergraduate and part-time research assistants, approving and submitting payroll for lab employees, and handling all lab related issues to ensure smooth functioning of the lab and sufficient coverage for study needs.

  • Overseeing communication with interested families and scheduling of study participants for both in-lab and online studies; interacting with families and children in-lab or via Zoom, conducting informed consent and debriefing procedures, and maintaining the laboratory’s established human subject, hygiene and safety procedures.

  • Managing subject recruitment efforts by creating and implementing an annual marketing plan, analyzing recruitment results and cost effectiveness on a quarterly basis, and managing database accounts.

  • Provides technical and administrative support for a research project.

  • May assist recruiting and scheduling research subjects; assisting with developing or amending study protocols; assisting with developing data collection tools; assisting with building databases; and providing general administrative support. Is developing skills in research techniques or methods, regulatory policies and procedures, and relevant scientific field.

  • Performs other related work as needed.


Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include vocational training, apprenticeships or the equivalent experience in related field (not typically required to have a four-year degree).

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree.

Experience:

  • Two years of related experience.

  • Experience working with infants and children.

  • Experience with research grants and IRB’s.

  • Experience with budgets and supervising.

Preferred Competencies

  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Exceptional problem-solving, organizational skills and attention to detail.

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team comprised of research assistants, post-docs, graduate students, administrators, and faculty.

  • Strong Microsoft Office & Google Drive skills and ability to trouble shoot technology related problems.

  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, and meet deadlines.


Application Documents

  • Resume (required)

  • Cover letter (required)

  • References (required)



When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.



Job Family
 

Research


Role Impact
 

Individual Contributor


FLSA Status
 

Non-Exempt


Pay Frequency
 

Biweekly


Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

37.5


Benefits Eligible
 

Yes


Drug Test Required
 

No


Health Screen Required
 

No


Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No


Posting Statement
 

Employees must comply with the University’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements. More information about the requirements can be found on the University of Chicago Vaccination GoForward .
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

 

Staff Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form.

 

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages a diversity of perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange.

 

All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history.  A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment.  Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.

 

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