Research Scientist for E-TRIALs

3 days ago


Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcester Polytechnic Institute Full time

About the Role

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Research Scientist to join the E-TRIALS Project. As a key member of the team, you will play a crucial role in advancing research across dozens of funded projects and supporting the development of new infrastructure to reduce the cost of and increase the volume of studies conducted by educational researchers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Vet, coordinate, and advise external research teams as they set up projects within the E-TRIALS infrastructure in accordance with the principles of Open Science.
  • Recruit and support subsequent research cohorts, and help design new ASSISTments features to excite more researchers to use the platform.
  • Onboard new researchers by conducting informational webinars and walking new users through the process.
  • Learn and hone your grant-writing skills with Dr. Neil Heffernan to increase funding for the E-TRIALS and related projects.
  • Work with Dr. Heffernan's PhD students and their masters and undergraduate teams in building out E-TRIALS infrastructure.
  • Manage communications and messaging between E-TRIALS and the national community of researchers, funders, and policy-makers.

Requirements

  • A PhD in fields of education, psychology, computer science, data sciences, information sciences, or a related field.
  • Driven to work with small teams in a start-up environment, experience in such environments preferred.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to target communication to various audiences.
  • Experience coordinating cross-team projects, managing timelines and stakeholders, and strategizing creative solutions towards clear goals.
  • Proactive, thoughtful, and entrepreneurial work style on both highly independent and team projects.
  • Experience with the Google suite of office products.
  • Experience with databases such as AirTable or GoogleSheets (spreadsheets).

Preferred

  • Experience in K-12 education organizations preferred.

About WPI

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively seeks to increase the diversity of its workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.



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