Lab Assistant

Job ID:
Location: Main Campus - UCR
Schedule: 8AM - 5PM
Category: Science and Research
Salary: $48,483 - $57,107
Full/Part Time: Part time
Organization: College of Humanities Arts & Social Sciences
Department: Tuppett Yates
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Position Information:
The Developmental Transitions Lab and the Culture and Child Development Lab at the University of California, Riverside, are jointly seeking a part-time Lab Assistant to start in November 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is initially for a six-month term, with the possibility of renewal depending on funding, lab needs, and performance.

The Developmental Transitions Lab (https://dtl.ucr.edu/) conducts research on how family environment and puberty shape both psychological risks and resilience in child development. The Developmental Transition Lab is launching a new project on child maltreatment prevention, for which the Lab Assistant will provide primary support. The Culture and Child Development Lab (https://cheunglab.ucr.edu/) examines how children develop across diverse cultural contexts and how parents, teachers, and peers shape their developmental trajectories. The Lab Assistant will provide administrative and research support for an ongoing research-practice partnership project focused on integrating climate and environmental issues into STEM education. The Lab Assistant will support both labs. For both labs, the roles and responsibilities of the Lab Assistant include administrative duties such as recruiting, interviewing, and managing teams of research assistants; assisting with IRB submissions, material transfers, data use agreements, and security protocols; setting up and maintaining data storage and filing systems; scheduling and ordering; and contributing to the overall lab culture and mission. The Lab Assistant will also contribute to scientific projects by conducting literature reviews, entering and preparing data for analysis, ensuring rigor and reproducibility, and authoring posters or manuscripts for presentation and publication. The Lab Assistant will allocate roughly equal time to responsibilities across both labs. This position is ideal for a motivated individual interested in pursuing an advanced degree in psychology or a related field.

The full salary range for the Lab Assistant is $23.22 - $26.05. However, the expected pay scale for this position is $23.22 - $23.03. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

*** Please note that effective July 2025 the realized minimum pay for this position will be $25 an hour.***



Requirements:
Requirements

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in psychology or a related field.

Required

Minimum of 1 year of laboratory experience or two years of college courses in the natural, physical or social sciences and laboratory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.

Required

Undergraduate level statistics course and experience with statistical programs (e.g. R, Python, SPSS, etc.)

Preferred

Experience Requirements

Experience conducting independent research in psychology.

Preferred

Experience with managing teams of research assistants.

Preferred

Experience with maintaining data security and IRB protocols.

Preferred

Minimum Requirements

Demonstrated background in, and passion for, research in psychology or related fields

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Strong organizational and time management skills


Additional Information:
Additional Information

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

• UC Riverside is proud to be ranked No. 12 among all U.S. universities, according to Money Magazine's 2020 rankings, and among the top 1 percent of universities worldwide, according to the 2019-20 Center for World University rankings.
  


• UC Riverside is the top university in the United States for social mobility. - U.S. News 2020
  


• UCR is a member of the University Innovation Alliance, the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to improving student success for low-income, first-generation, and students of color.
  


• Among top-tier universities, UC Riverside ranks No. 2 in financial aid. - Business Insider 2019
  


• Ranked No. 2 in the world for research, UCR's Department of Entomology maintains one of the largest collections of insect specimens the nation. - Center for World University Rankings
  


• UCR's distinguished faculty boasts 2 Nobel Laureates, and 13 members of the National Academies of Science and Medicine.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories under state or federal law. It is the policy of the University of California to undertake affirmative action and anti-discrimination efforts, consistent with its obligations as a Federal and State contractor.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

Job Description Details:
Job Description Details

General Information
LAB AST 2 009603 Tuppett Yates Misaki Natsuaki

Department Custom Scope
The Developmental Transitions Lab and the Culture and Child Development Lab at the University of California, Riverside, are jointly seeking a part-time Lab Assistant to start in November 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is initially for a six-month term, with the possibility of renewal depending on funding, lab needs, and performance.
The Developmental Transitions Lab (https://dtl.ucr.edu/) conducts research on how family environment and puberty shape both psychological risks and resilience in child development. The Developmental Transition Lab is launching a new project on child maltreatment prevention, for which the Lab Assistant will provide primary support. The Culture and Child Development Lab (https://cheunglab.ucr.edu/) examines how children develop across diverse cultural contexts and how parents, teachers, and peers shape their developmental trajectories. The Lab Assistant will provide administrative and research support for an ongoing research-practice partnership project focused on integrating climate and environmental issues into STEM education.

The Lab Assistant will support both labs. For both labs, the roles and responsibilities of the Lab Assistant include administrative duties such as recruiting, interviewing, and managing teams of research assistants; assisting with IRB submissions, material transfers, data use agreements, and security protocols; setting up and maintaining data storage and filing systems; scheduling and ordering; and contributing to the overall lab culture and mission. The Lab Assistant will also contribute to scientific projects by conducting literature reviews, entering and preparing data for analysis, ensuring rigor and reproducibility, and authoring posters or manuscripts for presentation and publication. The Lab Assistant will allocate roughly equal time to responsibilities across both labs.
This position is ideal for a motivated individual interested in pursuing an advanced degree in psychology or a related field.

Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities DescriptionPercent Time

The Lab Assistant will be involved in IRB submission, recruiting, interviewing, and managing teams of undergraduate research assistants. Recruitment activities may involve posting or sending flyers and/or attending university/community events. Interviewing involves reading and selecting applications and holding interviews with applicants. Managing teams of undergraduate research assistants involves being responsible for onboarding/offboarding, training on lab tasks, overseeing data entry, developing efficient workflows, and promoting the professional development of research assistants by holding occasional workshops, journal clubs, etc.

50%

The Lab Assistant will be involved in data security, storage, monitoring, analysis, and reproducibility. Data security will include assisting with the development of protocols to maintaining participant confidentiality, and assisting with paperwork for the IRB, material transfers, and data use agreements. Data storage will include assisting with setting up laboratory systems to store and organize large-scale data from various longitudinal and geographical sources. Data monitoring activities include organizing and maintaining databases, developing processes of quality control checks for data entry, and conducting quality control checks. Data analysis activities involve developing progress reports and conducting higher-level data cleaning and descriptive statistics. Data reproducibility activities involve assisting with the development of codebooks, methodological and analytical protocols, and lab manuals regarding data entry.

40%

The Lab Assistant will be involved in other miscellaneous administrative and scientific tasks including scheduling, ordering supplies or equipment, organizing and facilitating lab meetings, sending emails, conducting literature reviews, and contributing to the overall lab culture and mission.

10%


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