Senior Research Technician

The School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a highly motivated Senior Research Technician to join our collegiate, research-active and highly regarded team of academic staff.

The appointed individual will contribute to technical and statistical support for our Psychology students and staff, under the direction of the Director of Teaching and Learning for Undergraduate Psychology programmes. This individual will take the lead of the Statistical drop-in sessions, support the more advanced undergraduate and postgraduate research projects relying on specialist software, such as Python, Matlab or Psychotoolbox, and contribute to the demonstration of practical skills at sessions where programming and data analysis skills are taught. Importantly, the applicant must have practical experience of working with a wide range of data, including from behavioural experiments, questionnaires, physiological recording, image processing or kinematic recording.

The successful candidate will join a vibrant community, and be supported by a dedicated new appointment in the School within a similar remit, academic staff, as well as the University Research Software Engineering team. They will have the opportunity of acquiring new skills towards open research and reproducibility accreditations (e.g. UK Reproducibility Network, Software Carpentry).

We are seeking to appoint one full-time or part-time Senior Research Technician on a permanent basis to start in February 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Applicants will have:

• PHD in Psychology or closely related discipline.
• Excellent understanding of psychology related research methods (quantitative methods)
• Confidence in and experience of programming scientific experiments in Python, Matlab or equivalent language independently.
• A strong understanding of Psychology research laboratory issues and considerations.
• Ability to use and maintain specialist psychology equipment (such as EEG, Virtual Reality, motion capture, eye tracking)
• Experience of statistical data analysis in R.
• Previous experience of working in Psychology or a relevant scientific environment in a technical capacity.
• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively.

Interview Date: 25/01/2023

Informal contact details
Contact role: Director of Teaching & Learning
Contact name: Dr Juliane Honisch
Contact phone: +44(0) 118 378  6137
Contact email: j.j.honisch@reading.ac.uk

Alternative informal contact details
Contact role: Associate Professor of Cognitive Sciences
Contact name: Dr Etienne Roesch
Contact phone: +44 (0)118 378 8581
Contact email: e.b.roesch@reading.ac.uk

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the Skilled Worker Route.  Applicants should ensure that they are able to meet the points requirement under the PBS.  There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a Diversity Champion for Stonewall, the leading LGBT+ rights organisation. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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