Research Assistant Position @ Stanford University Project on Adaptation and Resilience in Kids, CA

The Stanford Center on Early Childhood seeks a full time Research Coordinator to join their team. The Research Coordinator will work in Dr. Jelena Obradović’s Spark Lab coordinating activities for a new project developing measurements and assessments for children in preschool through grade 2. The Stanford Center on Early Childhood brings new tools and pathways for impact to the places where early childhood development happens–early learning environments, healthcare, and community-based family support programs and services.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct literature searches and create literature summary spreadsheets and reports, after PI/supervisor outlines conceptual approach.
• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of research-practice partnerships and relationships with community and educational organizations for the purposes of participant recruitment. 
• Adapt and create research materials (e.g., educational materials, questionnaires, strategies for recruitment, data quality control procedures and processes, reports). May follow up with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure renewals are approved and completed, seeking guidance where necessary.
• Assist with screening, recruitment, consent of research participants. Schedule and/or call participants for appointments and explain study procedures to them. Process study compensation payments and thank you letters to subjects upon completion of study activities. 
• Following a script, perform telephone or in-person interviews and focus groups and lead assessments of student skills. Maintain accurate electronic data records from these assessments. May transcribe and perform qualitative analysis of interviews and focus groups.
• Perform basic quantitative data analysis by adapting existing and creating new R data analysis scripts. Summarize results for review with PI/supervisor. Audit the accuracy and validity of data.
• May orient and train new staff or students.