Lab Manager Position

The Social Cognitive Development Lab at Yale, under the direction of Kristina Olson, is looking to hire a lab manager beginning in late May or early June. The lab’s research sits at the intersection of developmental and social psychology, focusing on topics such as the emergence and development of social attitudes (e.g., race, gender, social class), prosocial behavior, morality, and ownership. Duties include managing and organizing a busy lab including graduate students, undergraduate research assistants, and summer and high school interns. The lab manager assists in the training of all new lab members, recruits and runs or supervises the running of more than a thousand (mostly child) participants each year in the lab, at schools and after-school programs in the New Haven area, as well as other parts of the country (and potentially in other countries), purchases and maintains lab equipment, conducts library searches, oversees lab organization and management, assists the PI with administrative tasks, and helps with data entry.

An ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in psychology or cognitive science, considerable experience with children, at least some training in social and/or developmental psychology, working knowledge of Excel and SPSS, and access to a car to drive to research sites. Strong multi-tasking, leadership, and organizational skills are necessary. A minimum 1 year commitment is necessary, though 2 years is more desirable.

For more information about the lab see our website: http://www.yale.edu/scdlab/. To apply please send your resume (with contact information for references) and a cover letter to annacmerrill@gmail.com . Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, though we expect to fill the position by mid-March. ===========To post to the CDS listserv, send your message to: cogdevsoc@virginia.edu(If you belong to the listserv and have not included any large attachments, your message will be posted without moderation--so be careful!)To leave the CDS listserv, send a message to sympa@virginia.edu. The subject line should read: "unsubscribe cogdevsoc" (no quotes). Leave the message body blank.For other information about the listserv, including how to update your emailaddress and how to subscribe, visit http://www.cogdevsoc.org/listserv.php