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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Posted Date
04/28/2025
Salary Range: $26.52 - 31.63 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
23894

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate I. In this role you will be responsible for research support. 

Laboratory Research support duties can include:

  • Enter and manage research data
  • Approach patients about being a part of a study
  • Conduct screening interviews for study in person and/or remotely (phone or zoom)
  • Consenting of subjects
  • Help participants complete questionnaires
  • Conduct structured diagnostic interviews
  • Help with submission of IRBs and manuscripts
  • Enter, clean, and analyze data
  • Help with manuscript development and support with online submissions of manuscripts
Pay Range: $26.52 - $31.63

Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Ability to coordinate data collection and data entry for research studies.
  • Ability to interact appropriately and congenially with all staff, faculty, students, patients and the public at all times.
  • Ability to schedule patient and administrative appointments accurately.
  • Skill at prioritizing assignments and ability to work concurrently on several projects.
  • Ability to function effectively with several interruptions.
  • Ability to work independently and follow through on tasks with minimal direction
  • High level ability in the use of a PC using all Windows applications.
  • Ability to enter data and manage research data base.
  • Ability in the use of SPSS.
  • Skill in maintaining organized filing systems.
  • Skill in editing reports, correspondence, manuals, etc., for grammar and punctuation.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality in the strictest sense.
  • Skill in maintaining accurate timekeeping.
  • Familiarity with child and adolescent psychiatric disorder

Preferred:
  • Spanish speaking preferred
  • BA of BS in Psychology or related field preferred

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.