Research Associate – Early Literacy

Research Associate - Early Literacy

Department

2055 - Human Development & Child Study

Position Number

E36833

Requisition No.

TC06328

Salary Range/Pay Rate

$30 per hour

Benefits of Working at Oakland University

No benefits are associated with this position.

Employee Group/Grade

Casual

Job Category

Casual /Temporary

Casual/Temp Classification

Work Schedule

Casual (19hrs or less, No Benefits )

Shift/Days

50 hours total until September 30, 2026

Pay Schedule

Hour

Number of Hrs./Wk.

10

Position Information

Position Information

Employee's Effective Start Date

06/01/2026

If this is a Temporary position, provide end date or enter N/A for any other position type.

09/30/2026

Minimum Qualifications

• Earned PhD in Early Childhood Education
• Attendance at the Essentials Instructional Practices in Early Literacy Training of Trainers (TOT) in Birth to 3 and/or Prekindergarten
• Knowledge and/or experience conducting interviews and focus groups
• Strong background in qualitative research
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Good command of Google Suite
• Open to learning new technology and research approaches

Desired Qualifications

Prior experience with program evaluation

Position Purpose

The Department of Human Development and Child Studies (HDCS), housed in the School of Education and Human Services, invites applications to a part-time Research Associate position to work on a newly funded research and evaluation project on Early Literacy coaching.

Job Duties

Responsibilities include literature review, document review, instrument design; develop interview/focus group protocols and conduct interviews/focus groups; managing/arranging data collection, including supervising focus group interviewers; survey data collection, entry, cleaning, and processing; coding and data analysis; help with report writing; and additional tasks as assigned.