Research Assistant – Lifelong Learning through Physical Education

About the role

The National Institute of Education seeks a Research Assistant for a 12‑month fixed‑term contract to support the RaDiX project, which explores creativity and movement skill development in children and young adults.

Key responsibilities

• Recruit participants, schedule sessions and assist with data collection using video cameras and a 3D motion‑capture system.
• Enter, organise and analyse multimodal data (movement, fNIRS, EEG) with specialised software such as R, JASP, Python and Matlab.
• Prepare reports, conference presentations and draft journal manuscripts.
• Support the maintenance and daily operations of the NIE Motor Behaviour Lab.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in sport science or a related scientific discipline (e.g., neuroscience, computer science).
• Experience conducting experimental research with human participants.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Required skills

• Knowledge of movement analysis techniques and brain‑imaging data acquisition (fNIRS, EEG).
• Proficiency in coding and data analysis using Python, Matlab, R and JASP.
• Ability to manage large, multi‑source datasets.