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RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION – SPOKEN LANGUAGE GROUP

Job Vacancy
Research Field: Psychological sciences
Sub Research:
Job Summary

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language – BCBL- (Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) is offering a 12-month full-time (or part-time) Research Assistant position in the Spoken Language group.

In our group, we use behavioral, eye-tracking, and electrophysiological experimental paradigms to study how humans process and learn spoken language.

Information about the project:

This project examines how lexical representations evolve, starting at the early encoding of novel words, moving on to the formation of newly-learned words, and finally the processing and plasticity of familiar words.

BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

Job Description & Benefits

Description:
The selected candidate’s tasks will be:

- Construction of experimental materials: Assistance with selecting linguistic stimuli, constructing auditory and visual stimuli, and building experimental scripts

- Participant recruitment: Contacting participants and scheduling of the experimental sessions

- Experimental data collection: Acquisition of behavioral and eye-tracking data

- Data pre-processing, data quality control, and data management (e.g., data back-up and storage)
Benefits:
Salary: 19.200€ gross/year (to be adjusted as needed for part-time)

Entitlements and other benefits: https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/what-is-like-to-work-bcbl

Training opportunities and Career development plan:

Researchers at any stage of their career, regardless of their contractual situation, are given an opportunity for professional development and for improving their employability through access to a Personal Career Development Plan which includes

(1) Training through individually personalized research projects under senior supervision

(2) Exchanging knowledge with the scientific community and the general public

(3) Network-wide training in theory and methods

(4) Complementary training courses

(5) Involvement in proposal writing, task coordination

(6) Development of skills for the organization of training and scientific events

BCBL seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, sociocultural background, nationality or impairments. We are proud to have in place both an LGTBIQ+ Plan and a Gender Equality Plan to actively promote inclusion and equal opportunities. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us.

Additional details:
https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/job-offers/research-assistant-position-spoken-language-group

Job Details

Program:
No
SESAM Number:
Type of Contract:
Temporary
Profile:
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Status:
Negotiable
Hours/Week:
Company:
BCBL
Location:
Donostia-San Sebastian Gipuzkoa SPAIN

Organization Contact

Name:
BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
Type:
Research Laboratory
Dept/Lab:
Address:
Paseo Mikeletegi, 69 - 2 E-20009 Donostia - San Sebatian Gipuzkoa SPAIN
Email:
Website:
Phone/Fax:
Ph: +34 943 309 300
Fax: +34 943 309 052

Application Details

Job Starting Date

2026-01-01

Application Deadline

2025-11-13

How To Apply

Required Languages

ENGLISH: Excellent
SPANISH: Excellent

Additional Requirements

Skills


Excellent computer skills (including familiarity with Windows and common office applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel) and willingness to learn specialized software
Good written and oral communication skills in English
Fluent in Spanish

Specific Requirements


Educational background (Bachelor’s and/or Master’s) in Psychology, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Speech Pathology, Education or neighboring areas
Keen interest in psycholinguistics
Previous experience in psycholinguistic research
Programming skills (e.g., Python, Matlab)
Fluent in Basque

Elegibility:

The candidate should be legally entitled to work in Spain