Job Details

Professional Research Assistant

Position Number: 6461393
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Professional Research Assistant

Requisition Number: 66547
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: Research Faculty
Schedule: Full Time
Posting Close Date: 13-Aug-2025
Date Posted:

Job Summary

IBS welcomes applications for a Professional Research Assistant! CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

IBS is a research institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. Since its establishment in 1957, IBS has provided a setting for interdisciplinary, collaborative research on problems of societal concern. By engaging faculty from all the social and behavioral sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, IBS encourages work that transcends disciplinary boundaries, that illuminates the complexity of social behavior and social life, and that has important implications for social policy; IBS researchers are expected to conduct research that fulfills that mission. IBS is organized into five research programs, each defined by an interdisciplinary area of research and directed by a senior research scientist. This recruitment is sponsored by the Institute's Environment & Society Program, with support from the Population Program, Health & Society Program, and the Program on International Development. IBS and CU Boulder have strong commitments to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion for all members of our community and for the subjects of our research. You can learn more about our DEI program here: https://ibs.colorado.edu/diversity-equity-inclusion/

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Assist with the coding of case files for a research project on risk protection orders
Collaborate on and help submit papers for publication
Assist with Program outreach activities. Including:

Work with program staff to develop research briefs and other outlets on our work for broader, public dissemination.
Research and work with program staff to develop and implement an outreach and dissemination plan for the program.

Additionally, if interested, the research assistant will be able to work on their own research analysis project.

What We Can Offer

$25.00/hr.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

Be Statements

Be ambitious. Be groundbreaking. Be Boulder.

What We Require

A Bachelors degree.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

Resume or CV
Cover letter

If you are selected as the finalist, your degree will be verified by the CU Boulder Campus Human Resources department using an approved online vendor. If your degree was obtained outside of the United States, please submit a translated version as an optional attachment.

Review of applications will start immediately and will remain posted until 8/13/2025

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Professional-Research-Assistant/66547