Part-time Student Research Assistant in the Faculty of Education (several posts) (Ref.: 526017) (to commence as soon as possible for one year, with the possibility of renewal)
Applicants should be undergraduate students in Psychology or related discipline. They should have a good command of written and spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese) and have capability in/are confident to learn the following areas: (1) experience in working with children; (2) conducting interviews and preparing transcription; (3) processing statistics and conducting data analysis (especially NVivo & SPSS); (4) assisting in programming tasks and different experimental techniques and psychophysiological research software (e.g. E-prime, MPlus, R, EEGLAB, MatLLAB, Python, etc.)
The appointees will be responsible for running projects related to educational/clinical psychology in the Faculty of Education on any research and scholarly activities as and may be required, which include:
- Communicating with college students who seek psychological services from the clinical practitioners (e.g. educational psychologist, clinical psychologist, etc.) in the research team;
- Conduct research work/assessment/interventions for students with special educational or mental health needs (and their parents);
- Outreaching to the community to promote mental health;
- Literature review;
- Liaison with internal and external research collaborator(s) and research participant(s);
- Development of research and assessment instruments;
- Administration of survey(s), interview(s) and/or any other forms of data collection, data entry and data cleaning;
- Conducting data analysis which, depending on the nature of the research, includes quantitative and qualitative analyses;
- Preparation and editing of research report(s), manuscript(s) writing, publication(s) and any other forms of deliverables;
- Provision of administrative support to scholarly exchange function(s) and event(s); and
- Any other duties as assigned by the Project/Grant Holder and/or his/her delegate(s).
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered.
The University only accepts online application for the above post. Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date C.V. Review of applications will start as soon as possible and continue until April 30, 2024, or until the posts are filled, whichever is earlier.
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