Research, Technical Assistant

Department
 

SSD Comparative Human Development - Staff and Temporary Employees - Beale Spencer

About the Department
 

The Urban Resiliency Initiative is a research and programming initiative at the University of Chicago in the Department of Comparative Human Development. Under the leadership of Professor Margaret Beale Spencer, it consists of several ongoing projects with support from the National Institue of Health.

Job Summary
 

The job provides basic technical support activities related to scientific research projects. Complies with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates. Assists in drafting presentations on research findings.
This position will provide research support to the PostDoctoral Scholar in the Urban Resiliency Initiative (URI) and secondary support to the Principal Investigator. Under general supervision, the research assistant/technician will assist the URI team with an ongoing qualitative coding task.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Postdoctoral Scholar in the Urban Resiliency Initiative (URI) with an ongoing qualitative coding task.

• Organizing codes organization (i.e., determining which codes are for the BPCs/projectives and which codes are for the interviews).

• Assist with any other qualitative coding tasks assigned by the postdoctoral scholar or the principal investigator. 

• This job provides technical and administrative support in a laboratory environment performing basic laboratory techniques, research and analysis under direction.

• Collects and enters data. Assists in analysis of data and with preparation of reports, manuscripts and other documents.

• 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 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• High School diploma.

• Some college.

Experience:

• Experience working in qualitative research settings. 

• Experience in coding qualitative data. 

• General social science experience. 

• Experience working with remote research teams. 

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
 

20

Benefits Eligible
 

Yes

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

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