Research Program Assistant I/II - Children's Learning Institute
About The Position
UTHealth Houston's Children's Learning Institute is hiring a Full-Time Research Program Assistant I/II to join the Micro-Credentialing Program! The Research Program Assistant I/II supports the Children’s Learning Institute’s Micro Credential Program by conducting behavioral coding on video submissions from coaches who mentor early childhood practitioners and administrators. This role ensures accuracy and consistency in evaluating coaching practices to help strengthen coaching quality and improve early childhood education practices. In addition to coding responsibilities, the Research Program Assistant assists with participant support by responding to help tickets, supporting platform testing during system updates, and generating reports as needed. This position includes all duties and requires advanced coding expertise, with additional responsibility for completing fidelity checks, supporting training, and providing guidance to other coders on the team. These roles require strong attention to detail, reliability when applying coding protocols, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within project timelines. Bilingual is preferred. Training will be provided on Micro-Credential coding measures.
Requirements
- Strong attention to detail.
- Reliability when applying coding protocols.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within project timelines.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Reliable personal transportation as some projects may require extensive out of town travel which will vary from Houston and surrounding areas to various sites across the state of Texas.
- Human Subjects Research (HSR) by Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) within five days of employment required.
- Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Human Development, Biology or relevant field required.
- Experience in customer service, behavioral analysis or research experience is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual is preferred.
- Bilingual skills in English/Spanish preferred.
- Master's Degree preferred.
- May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.
Responsibilities
- Conducting behavioral coding on video submissions from coaches who mentor early childhood practitioners and administrators.
- Ensuring accuracy and consistency in evaluating coaching practices.
- Assisting with participant support by responding to help tickets.
- Supporting platform testing during system updates.
- Generating reports as needed.
- Completing fidelity checks.
- Supporting training.
- Providing guidance to other coders on the team.
- Provide reliability status on various objective and subjective coding analysis measures pertaining to projects within the department.
- Perform cognitive/social/emotional assessments with children and additional interviews with teachers and families which include an extensive battery of psychological and educational based evaluations and manage appropriate research equipment and supplies.
- Perform observational evaluations performed in schools and classrooms and focus on cognitive readiness activities by means of a complex live coding scheme.
- Work on a range of data and information including but not limited to transferring, verifying, entering, processing, management and analysis.
- Attend relevant trainings and assist in recruiting subjects (teachers, students, families, and individuals) and obtaining informed consent from potential research study participants.
- May serve in an intervention or coaching role in home or school setting to training parents or teachers in parenting, including extensive trainings and regular meetings to maintain certification and reliability.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Awesome retirement/pension plan
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
