Psychologist /Mobile Survey Researcher
Full Time (40 hours / week)
Job Description:
Are you looking for a postdoc but want to have more independence and a bigger impact on
the future of psychological science and methodology?
Join Professor Paul Glimcher’s growing team at The HUMAN Project (THP). This is a $15
million dollar a year project poised to disrupt traditional research and transform our
understanding of human life from a data-driven perspective. This is an exciting
opportunity to contribute to a ground-breaking study with a 20 year horizon.
We are seeking a flexible and curious Researcher at the postdoctoral level or above to
work with us on a large and diverse set of surveys that will run on smartphone devices.
The role oversees implementation, quality assurance, and documentation of mobile surveys
and smaller research experiments such as behavioral games.
Key Duties and Job Responsibilities
The Psychologist/Mobile Survey Researcher will be a part of the Measurement &
Technology team at THP. Key responsibilities include:
* Working closely with the THP leadership team and overseeing the progress of
launching mobile surveys and tasks
* Chaperoning the implementation of 30 and more surveys and tasks while paying close
attention to the original survey and instrument design
* Testing, de-bugging and quality assurance of all surveys on Android and iOS
devices
* Writing and expanding the documentation of surveys, survey instruments and variables
for reuse by other researchers
* Tailoring the survey design to subsamples in the study such as elderly or
teenagers
* Supporting the user experience / design team to provide participants with the best
experience
* Experimenting with novel features and finding solution to new issues in the context
of self-administered mobile surveys
Requirements
* A minimum of 2 years’ experience of applied work in developing or implementing
surveys
* Previous research in survey design, psychometrics or quantitative social science
* Excellent, clear written communication suited for researchers and technical
development teams
* Outstanding attention to detail
* A Master’s degree is required. Preference will be given to those with degrees in a
relevant field such as psychology.
Preferred:
* Ph.D. degree in psychology or a related field in the quantitative social sciences
* Ability to work independently and a desire to learn about new research areas
* Experience in using mobile devices and a deep understanding of both Android and
iOS
* Previous exposure to longitudinal research or survey panels
* Experience in using Dkobo and Kobotoolbox
To Apply:
Please e-mail a CV/Resume, a short cover letter (max 0.5 pages), a relevant research
project (peer reviewed or commercial project), and contact information for 1-3 references
to job.iisdm@nyu.edu<mailto:job.iisdm@nyu.edu> with subject line:
Psychologist/Mobile Survey Researcher for THP.
Background on the HUMAN Project
The HUMAN Project is an interdisciplinary research platform that serves as a public
resource for learning everything possible about the connections between our minds, bodies,
and environment to enable the development of new theories, therapeutics, and policy
recommendations to solve the toughest societal challenges facing us today. These goals are
achieved through a partnership between the Project’s participants, the Project’s staff,
and their company: Human Project Inc.
In this study we gather information at an unprecedented level of breadth and detail,
ranging from health and medical data to financial tracking and social networks for a
representative sample of 10,000 New York City residents over 20 years. The HUMAN Project
will do for the field of behavioral science what other major projects did for their
respective fields, like the Human Genome Project or the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
More information is on the web:
http://thehumanproject.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=h…
Work values
* Teamwork. We expect you to work together with colleagues and across teams to ensure
the long term success and sustainability of the project. Embracing feedback, taking
accountability and building trust are part of successful communication in our team.
* Agility. Changing demands and a growing scale of the organization requires you to
embrace an agile work culture. We rely on scrum methodology and everyone’s willingness to
let go or take on new tasks as the project evolves.
* Respect. We are dedicated to the continuous process of acknowledging and accepting
cultural differences in order to foster respectful and effective interaction with all
people, as is reflected in its employment, outreach and research.
Elisa Fox
Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Decision Making
New York University
www.iisdm.nyu.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ww…
Office Tel: 212 998 8030
Direct Tel: 212 998 7666
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