Research Technician - Lab & Field Data Specialist

Job Profile:

Lab and Research Assistant 2 Non-Exempt Job Family:

Lab and Research Support Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay – Depends on experience:$26.00 USD Hourly Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

High School Diploma and two-years (2) experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job profile

Summary:

Performs intermediate to complex technical support, general lab maintenance, and lab operational support with some degree of independence to aid in research projects. Responsible for following lab safety standards.

Job Description:

Position Hourly Range: $23.00 - $26.00; DOE

Job Description:

The REVIVE project is seeking a research technician to advance the scientific aims of a recently funded NIH five year project, which may include a combination of responsibilities related to human research. Job duties will include recruitment, screening, enrollment, data collection with women with mobility impairing disabilities. Duties will also include retention efforts, assistance with developing project materials, reports, and publications.

This individual will pay an integral role in conducting research to determine how virtually delivered meditative practice can help young mid-life women control cardiometabolic diseases. The candidate will work directly with a mobility impaired population.

Essential Duties:

Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.

Use lab equipment (Measuring tape, Tanita scale, Accelerometry, Virtual assessment modalities).Conduct lab tests using appropriate equipment and protocols.

Use critical thinking to make decisions and/or analyze and report data/results of tests conducted.

Deliver presentations to a variety of audiences.

Initiate confidential correspondence on behalf of the project.

Conduct interviews over the phone or in person.

Supervise Staff and/or students.

Work under supervision.

Work independently.

Work both independently and within a complex structured team.

Able to exercise judgment within generally defined practices & policies to determine appropriate action.

Use office equipment.

Plays an integral role in conducting research aimed at recruiting and improving health behaviors in women with mobility impairing disabilities.

Desired

Qualifications:

Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential function.

Use of basic math and a calculator.

Experience in working in the community with various groups of people.

Experience using web-based video platforms, creating short videos, uploading and updating content.

Demonstrated knowledge of the principles and techniques of research Job Posting Details recruitment, enrollment, retention, and participant confidentiality.

Experience managing social media campaigns.

Demonstrated knowledge of research methods, data collection, data entry, data proofing and analyses.

Experience in performing in a professional manner and in collaboration with a variety of individuals.

Experience working with women with mobility impairing disabilities.

Experience recruiting for research studies using online platforms.

Experience on implementing physically active interventions.

Experience providing training to technologically naïve individuals.

Troubleshooting end-user technological challenges, such as internet, computer or device malfunctions.

Knowledge of meditative movement techniques such as Tai Chi or Qigong.

Experience working with undergraduate trainees.

Experience prioritizing workload.

Working Environment:

Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse.

Work in a lab setting.

Project Statement:

The REmote Virtual Inspiring Vitality and Energy (REVIVE) study will recruit a national, diverse sample of mid-life (aged 35-64 years) women with mobility impairment with high risk waist circumference. All measures and intervention implementation will be conducted virtually using digital methods. We…