A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume/curriculum vitae.  The cover letter should address reasons for your interest in this position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.  In addition, please include contact information for 2 individuals who can provide letters of recommendation upon request.  Lastly, please include your most recent undergraduate transcript (unofficial is acceptable).  

*If you experience difficulties uploading your document due to size limitations, please upload your cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae and email additional documents directly to Josie Monahan (josmona@umich.edu).  Please indicate 'Gelman Conceptual Development Lab' in the subject line of your email.

Review of applications will be ongoing and will continue until a final candidate has been selected. The anticipated start date is no later than June 1, 2025. 

The Conceptual Development Lab (CDL) at the University of Michigan, directed by Dr. Susan Gelman, is seeking a full-time Lab Manager, to start May or June of 2025. The lab examines the development of language and thought in young children.  See: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/gelman-lab/

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:
- Generous time off, including vacation time, sick time, holiday and season days
- A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
- Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses

In addition, LSA offers:
- Strong commitment to work/life balance
- Flexible work arrangements with respect to campus stakeholder needs
- Enhanced tuition support programs for LSA courses

Being part of something greater, of serving a larger mission of discovery and care - that's the heart of what drives people to work at Michigan. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. It's adding a purpose to your profession. Work at Michigan and become a victor for the greater good.

The Lab Manager will help to coordinate, design, and collect data on multiple projects in this laboratory. Duties will include training and supervising undergraduate students on their projects and tasks, including guidance on presenting research posters; overseeing recruitment of participants for participation, including outreach; organizing, cleaning, and coding natural language and behavioral data; analyzing data; assisting in research design; creating system for automated reliability checks of data entry and coding; performing literature reviews; testing participants (children ages 2-17, parent-child dyads, and adults).

The position includes the opportunity to co-author empirical papers.

- High school diploma or Associate's degree and 1 year of experience.
- Experience working with children and interfacing with parents
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication and writing skills

- Bachelor's degree in psychology, cognitive science, or related field
- Experience working in a developmental research laboratory
- Computer skills, specifically R and Excel Macros
- Experience with data management software (e.g., FileMakerPro)

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

The salary range is $33,000 - $37,000. Please note a higher salary may be offered based on equity and the selected candidate's experience.

This is a 12-month term-limited position with the possibility of renewal. The anticipated start date is May or June 2025.

As one of the world's great liberal arts colleges, LSA pushes the boundaries of what is understood about the human experience and the natural world, and we foster the next generation of rigorous and empathetic thinkers, creators, and contributors to the state of Michigan, the nation, and the world.

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The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks.  Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.