Description Grade UE05: £15.82 to £18.21 per hour (depending on experience) College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science / School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Part time: Guaranteed Hours Fixed Term: for 4 months The Opportunity: The successful candidate will join Dr. Shira Tal, Prof. Mits Ota and Prof. Jennifer Culbertson, investigating what kinds of linguistic patterns infants find easy (or hard) to learn. In particular, using an infant-controlled sequential looking procedure, we investigate whether redundancy can benefit learning for infants in a novel language. The post holder will be responsible for important research-related activities, including assisting with the preparation of materials and the setup, participants recruitment, and the execution of the experiments (including liaising with participant families). This is an excellent opportunity to gain in-depth research experience in developmental research and to learn more advanced experimental techniques. Your skills and attributes for success: Undergraduate/Postgraduate degree in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Psychology, or neighbouring discipline. Demonstrable experience of preparation and setting up of experimental materials Proven experience of data collection from participants Accurate data entry into lab books and databases Be reliable, consistent, a good worker and a good communicator. Previous experience working with children is an advantage. This job requires: Basic Disclosure Check (will be taken care of once the position is filled, and funded by the university). Full job description can be found here. As a valued member of our team you can expect: A competitive salary of £15.82- £18.21 per hour depending on experience Please note that due to external funding constraints salary offers shall be around initial spinal points of the noted University scale only. Annual increments through the scale will occur with each years continuous service. An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community. Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits. Championing equality, diversity and inclusion: The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. We particularly welcome applications from eligible candidates from under-represented groups, including racially minoritised individuals and all gender identities. Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages. The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. Key dates to note: The closing date for applications is 10 March 2025. Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. Interviews will be held Mid/End of March 2025 (TBC). The position is expected to begin at the beginning of April. Application information: We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of two referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made). As a School we acknowledge that people’s career paths are rarely linear and welcome applicants to expand on their professional and personal journeys where appropriate. More information on how to submit your application can be found here .