Researcher Social and Behavioral Sciences

Department
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Psychology Salary
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Commensurate with Experience/Education

Provides expertise in support of research projects in social science, behavioral science, or humanities, including psychology, sociology, education, etc. Performs advanced testing procedures, data collection, and analysis. Prepares reports. May work with human subjects and contribute to grant proposal development. Ensures experiments are performed according to specifications. Understands and applies fundamental theoretical concepts. Develops understanding of advanced theoretical concepts.

• Work is varied and somewhat difficult.
• Originality and ingenuity is required.
• Receives direct supervision referring complex situation to higher levels.
• May make recommendations to changes in procedure, processes, or experimental design.
• May prepare and/or edit research papers, proposals and reports.

Experience will be considered in lieu of education. Education will be considered in lieu of experience.

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Education
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Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed.

Experience:

Requires a minimum of one (1) year of directly job-related experience.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.