Behavioral Science Research Technician III - Pediatric Mental & Behavioral Health

Medical College of Wisconsin•Wauwatosa, WI

About The Position

Coordinate and perform duties involving the collection, interpretation, documentation, and summarization of data to support research and informational-gathering activities in a research lab setting, including direct interaction with research participants. The role works under the direction of a study coordinator, lab manager, or principal investigator and may assist in supervising lower-level employees and trainees, establishing study-specific procedures, and developing organizational systems and training protocols. The position involves supporting participant recruitment, consent, enrollment, follow-up, surveys, interviews, observations, data processing, quality control, research documentation, and IRB protocol reviews. Work may take place in the research lab or community settings. Additional duties include coordinating research meetings and visits, communicating with participants, compiling outreach materials, maintaining research files and stipend or gift-certificate logs, and performing other related duties.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Four years of experience; appropriate experience may be substituted on an equivalent basis.
Ability to detect and translate speech or other communication.
Ability to occasionally distinguish colors and perceive relative distances between objects.

Responsibilities

Collect, interpret, document, and summarize descriptive, analytical, and evaluative data for research and informational-gathering activities.
Obtain data through participant observation, interviews, record analysis, and other sources, including use of electronic equipment and devices.
Assist in supervising lower-level employees and trainees and participate in establishing study-specific procedures.
Supervise, coordinate, and participate in coding and keypunching data; record coded data on standard forms for further processing and analysis.
Write summaries of descriptive data and prepare graphic representations as needed.
Liaise with data-processing collaborators to ensure quality control.
Recommend methods for collecting and documenting data and write or revise procedural manuals as needed.
Assign work, review the work of lower-level employees and trainees, assist with onboarding and training, and help develop training protocols.
Help establish procedures or coordinate development of manuals for recruiting, consenting, enrolling, and following up with research participants, and for administering surveys, interviews, and observations.
Coordinate preparation of reports and analyses describing progress, adverse trends, and recommendations or conclusions.
Maintain and help develop organizational systems for data files and related information; train lower-level staff and trainees in their implementation.
Under the direction of the study coordinator, lab manager, or principal investigator, submit, amend, and/or complete annual reviews of IRB protocols.
Attend and participate in research meetings.
Coordinate and schedule research visits in person or online.
Communicate by email, phone, or text.
Compile outreach packets.
Maintain research files and a log of stipend checks and/or gift certificates distributed to research participants.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Flexible Spending options
403B retirement package
Competitive vacation and paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Paid parental leave
Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
Pet insurance
On-campus fitness facility with onsite classes
Discounted rates on select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, and Milwaukee recreation and entertainment