Lab Manager

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A detailed cover letter is required for consideration when applying for this position and should be uploaded via the UM Careers website as the first page(s) of a single, electronic document of application materials that also includes your CV or resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline your skills and experience that directly relate to the duties described below. 

Summary

The Emotion and Self-Control Lab is seeking to hire a full-time Research Technician Associate. The lab explores how people can control their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to improve understanding of how self-control works, and to discover ways of enhancing self-control in daily life. The lab adopts an integrative approach to address these issues that draws on multiple disciplines within psychology including social, personality, clinical, developmental, and neuroscience. The lab integrates across these areas in terms of the types of questions asked, the methods used to address them, and the populations that are focused on.

Primary responsibilities for the Research Technician will include: Recruitment of human subjects; Assisting with the design and implementation of multiple types of studies (e.g., laboratory, field, fMRI, physiological); Cleaning and analysis of data; Managing day to day lab business (website maintenance, calendar upkeep, IRB applications, etc.).

Mission Statement

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

Why Work at Michigan?

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:

• Generous time off, including vacation time, sick time, holiday and season days
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses

In addition, LSA offers:

• Strong commitment to work/life balance
• Flexible work arrangements with respect to campus stakeholder needs
• Enhanced tuition support programs for LSA courses

Being part of something greater, of serving a larger mission of discovery and care ? that's the heart of what drives people to work at Michigan. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. It's adding a purpose to your profession. Work at Michigan and become a victor for the greater good.

Responsibilities*

• Work on development and implementation studies. This includes: detailed literature reviews on past and current work, complete application for IRB (HSBS and/or Med), create study materials (questionnaires, tasks, etc.)
• Create experimenter scripts and guidelines for study protocols, and train undergraduate RAs to run experiments. In addition, run more detailed and intricate studies.
• Handle and complete administrative duties such as: scheduling appointments and lab meetings, handling the reimbursements and budget for various grants, maintain and update the lab website, handle data storage, and keep the lab organized (rooms, equipment, etc.)
• Work with study data. This includes: compiling and preparing raw data for analyses, and running basic analyses
• Collaborate with and help graduate students in the lab: assist with study implementation and IRB applications, train RAs, and provide materials equipment guidelines to all graduate students in an organized and fair manner.

Required Qualifications*

• High school diploma or Associates degree
• 1 year of experience
• Ability to work independently
• Willingness to travel periodically to research sites across the country
• Passion for pursuing a research career in this area

Desired Qualifications*

• Experience conducting independent research
• Familiarity with Excel, SPSS, and Qualtrics
• Experience handling fMRI and/or autonomic data
• Experience managing teams of people
• Strong writing skills
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail

Additional Information

The salary range is $31,200 - $33,900. Please note a higher salary may be offered based on equity and the selected candidate's experience. Please note a higher salary may be offered based on equity and the selected candidate's experience.

This is a 12-month term-limited position with the possibility of renewal. The anticipated start date is June 3rd, 2024.

As one of the world's great liberal arts colleges, LSA pushes the boundaries of what is understood about the human experience and the natural world, and we foster the next generation of rigorous and empathetic thinkers, creators, and contributors to the state of Michigan, the nation, and the world.

To learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion in LSA, please visit lsa.umich.edu/lsa/dei .

To learn more about LSA's Mission, Vision and Values, please visit lsa.umich.edu/strategicvision .

Background Screening

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Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from the posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.