CRC Community Outreach Intern

The University of Texas at Austin-posted 12 days ago
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Austin, UT
5,001-10,000 employees
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Interns will attend campus and community events to connect with Austin families and recruit participants for psychological research studies for The Children’s Research Center (CRC). This may look like leading crafts and activities or speaking to parents at events such as family days, festivals, museum days, UT Girl Day, Hot Science-Cool Talks, Longhorn Halloween, etc. Interns must have weekend availability and attend a minimum of 3 events per semester . Along with this, interns may help prepare event materials (i.e. packing crafting and recruitment supplies), add recruitments to the research database, and help with special projects as assigned. If possible, any additional projects are intended to be flexible and help with professional development. For example: social media projects, design, community flyering, emailing or speaking with community organizations to establish and maintain partnerships, etc. Interns will attend campus and community events to connect with Austin families and recruit participants for psychological research studies for The Children’s Research Center (CRC). This may look like leading crafts and activities, speaking to parents at events, or special projects to promote awareness of the CRC.

  • Preparing materials for recruitment events (i.e. preparing and organizing craft materials for events).
  • Dropping off CRC flyers at approved community organizations & email or call community organizations to spark initial partnership opportunities (as assigned).
  • Attending parent meetings on behalf of the Children’s Research Center to speak with parents about our research.
  • Setting up and cleaning up during our campus-wide and community-wide events.
  • Running and managing our table at the event, which includes signing up parents/caregivers to participate in our research studies and facilitating crafts or activities with children at our recruitment events.
  • Entering children’s information into our collaborative database after recruitment events with accuracy and confidentiality.
  • Adhering to security policies designated by The University of Texas at Austin and the Children’s Research Center to ensure that the confidentiality of all families and community partners is protected.
  • Maintaining and organizing files related to data collection, such as consent forms, which the participant and the family are asked to sign before participating.
  • Being assigned special projects on a varying basis, including setting up consultations with labs and community organizations or spearheading outreach efforts such as flyering, media campaigns, food drives/book giveaways, etc.
  • Availability on weekends is necessary to attend community events
  • In addition to having good attention to detail, the prospective intern must display excellent teamwork and communication skills.
  • The intern will be responsible for communicating in a friendly, respectful manner with families, community organizations, and other team members.
  • Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
  • Organized with time management and responsibilities
  • Comfortable interacting with children and parents
  • Proactive and respectful communication
  • Trustworthiness to honor commitments
  • Self-motivated team player (must be comfortable working independently and with fellow interns)
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Background, experience, or strong interest in psychology, research, and community engagement
  • Fluency in Spanish or bilingual is a plus, but not required
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