Research Specialist

Salary:

Minimum $44,543 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The typical starting range for this position is $44,543 to $54,120 on a full-time basis. Actual rate will be based on qualifications and experience. Rate will be adjusted to part-time at 50% FTE. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and saving accounts; and retirement benefits. Learn more: https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/new-employee-benefits-enrollment/

Job Summary:

Center for Healthy Minds (CHM) is a leader in rigorous, interdisciplinary, basic, and translational research aimed at understanding the mind and how to nurture well-being in ourselves and others.

We are looking for a Research Specialist to support a National institute of Mental Health funded study of the Healthy Minds Program app in high school aged teens with elevated depressive symptoms.

In the Research Specialist role, you will communicate with participants, lead participants through study visits, monitor incoming data, help supervise undergraduate students working on the project, and help ensure that all study activities are carried out in accordance with study protocols.

You will also assist the PI in budgeting, ensuring data safety monitoring board and IRB adherence, training undergraduate RAs, and gathering data for and drafting reports.

We are looking for someone who is flexible, compassionate, enjoys working with people from diverse backgrounds, is willing to learn new skills, can work independently and is able to work nights and weekends at certain phases of the research.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Healthy Minds (CHM) is a leader in conducting science - in and out of the lab - on how to nurture emotional well-being in daily life, considering the complexity of our human experience. Because of societal inequities in science and academia, as well as the disproportionate harm that marginalized members of our society experience - such as Black, Indigenous, People of color (BIPOC), people from poor and working-class backgrounds, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ and non-binary identities, etc.- we believe these identities must be centered in our work in order to fulfill a vision of a kinder, wiser, more compassionate world.

Responsibilities: Develops, designs, and conducts one or more research projects and organizes daily operation of projects and specialized research areas to ensure work meets established objectives under moderate supervision.

• 55% Conducts research experiments according to established research protocols with moderate impact to the project(s). Collects data and monitors test results
• 5% Operates, cleans, and maintains organization of research equipment and research area. Tracks inventory levels and places replenishment orders
• 5% Reviews, analyzes, and interprets data and/or documents results for presentations and/or reporting to internal and external audiences
• 5% Participates in the development, interpretation, and implementation of research methodology and materials
• 5% Provides operational guidance on day-to-day activities of unit or program staff and/or student workers
• 5% Performs literature reviews and writes reports
• 20% Communicates with study participants and their caregivers/parents

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

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Education:

Required
Bachelor's Degree

Qualifications:

Required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to a wide and diverse audience
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Strong aptitude for navigating web and app-based platforms / software
- Willingness to work nights and weekends as needed during enrollment phase of research
- Experience with Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite

Preferred
- Experience working with youth, particularly youth from diverse backgrounds and/or in clinical settings
- Experience and/or interest in researching human well-being
- Experience with or willingness to learn about various types of data, including self-report, behavioral, psychophysiological and/or biological measures
- Experience working with research data, including: Databases, data management, and remote survey administration tools
- Computer programming and/or statistical analyses skills
- Experience with community engagement, outreach, and/or recruitment

Work Type:

Part Time: 50%

This position will require work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Additional Information:

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position will require late afternoon/night and weekend work hours during the enrollment phase of research (October to January) with flexible work hours outside of these months.

How to Apply:

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Applications must be submitted by 11:55 pm on the deadline date. To apply, please upload a cover letter and resume/CV. Your cover letter and resume/CV should address your qualifications as they pertain to the requirements listed above. We rely on written application materials to determine who may advance to preliminary interviews.

Selected applicants will receive an invitation to participate in phone interviews within 7-10 business days following the application deadline. Those moving on to second round interviews will be invited to a virtual or in person interview. Once final applicants are identified, they will be asked to provide names and contact information for at least three professional references, including a current/most recent supervisor.

Don't meet every single qualification? At CHM, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every preferred qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this role!

For questions on the position, contact: Lisa Wesley, lawesley@wisc.edu

Contact:

Lisa Wesley
lawesley@wisc.edu
608-262-0196
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Research Specialist(RE047)

Department(s):

A48-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/CTR FOR HEALTHY MINDS

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

303515-AS

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