Research Assistant Speech Production and Bilingualism Group (CBC UPF)

Applications are invited for a part-time Research Assistant in the Speech Production and Bilingualism Group (SPB), at the Center for Brain and Cognition in Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The position is covered by the project entitled “Reducing biases through foreign language use” (ref. PSI2017-84539-P) financed by the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Job Description

• Research support tasks related to adult studies.

• Recruiting subjects to participate in the project research studies.

• Update of the adult participant database.

• Prepare experiments and translation control.

• Data organization and preliminary analysis.

Candidate minimum requirements:

• Proficient knowledge of English. Fluent in Spanish and Catalan a plus.

• Experience as Research Assistant in R&D (2 years minimum experience expected).

Desired capacity to demonstrate:

• Experience as Research Assistant in Neuroscience.

• A proven ability to prioritise a varied workload and to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Proactive, flexible and problem-solving attitude.

• Team player and ability to work independently.

• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, including written communication.

Conditions

Starting date: 1st January 2019

Duration of employment: 6 months.

The position could be renewable.

How to apply

Please send a letter of motivation and your CV before December 17, 2018

Information about the research group: www.upf.edu/web/spb and about the research center: http://cbc.upf.edu

Please, send your application to projectes.cbc@upf.edu with the reference RA SPB in the email subject.