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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday
Posted Date
12/10/2024
Salary Range: $17.3 - 25 Hourly
Employment Type
5 - Student: Casual/Restricted
Duration
limited
Job #
21163

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a part time Student Assistant. The UCLA Student selected for this role will assist the Aftercare Research Program staff with general research/project tasks including:

  • Data file management, data entry and data collection
  • Online and library research, updating/maintenance of bibliographies, and updating reprint files. 
  • Other tasks can include accompanying research subjects to their appointments at other UCLA departments
  • Filing, photocopying, faxing, and maintaining an off-site data storage inventory.  
Please note that some of these duties may be done remotely. Must be a currently enrolled UCLA Student. 


Pay Range: 

Job Qualifications

  • Must be a currently enrolled UCLA Student
  • Students with an interest in schizophrenia and psychopathology research are encouraged to apply. This position is particularly appropriate for undergraduates with a minimum overall GPA of 3.4. 
  • Second year students are especially encouraged to apply, but all years will be considered. 
  • Must be able to commit to this position for the entire Academic Year (including Summer) for a minimum of 6 hours per week. 
  • Must be extremely reliable, dependable, and responsible (excessive tardiness and absences are NOT acceptable). 
  • Must be able to balance competing demands and must be competent in multitasking and adapting to fluctuating priorities. 
  • Must be detail-oriented, organized, accurate, and efficient with minimal supervision. 
  • Must have excellent English oral and written communication skills. 
  • Experience with or a willingness to learn how to work with an ethnically and economically diverse patient population is preferred. 
  • Ability to understand issues of patient confidentiality and safety is required. 
  • Proficiency in the use of standard PC office equipment and standard PC software (i.e. MS Office, Word, Excel, Internet searching) is also required. 
  • Must have excellent interpersonal skills. 
  • Must demonstrate appropriate interpersonal boundaries with patients and staff and be able to work in a shared workspace with a diverse team of mental health professionals.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.