On-Call Research Assistant

Score 49 / 100 · Outside her lanes

Lane fit

2 / 10 (worth 30)

Level

too senior / wrong degree (worth 15)

Timing

fits spring/summer/post-grad 2027 (worth 15)

Pay

paid

Location

SF Bay

Employer

3 / 5 · full-time signal 0 / 3

Why

This is an on-call research assistant job supporting professors at a theology school, and the description calls it a graduate research assistant role, so an undergraduate likely would not qualify. The work is academic support in theology, which does not match her mental health, victim services, forensic, or UX research lanes. Pay is stated at $20.54/hour, but the 3-5 hours per week and 40-hour semester cap make it too small to replace her current 16-hour job or build her career. She has literature review and research methods coursework, but nothing here advances her direction.

Watch out for

• Described as a graduate research assistant position at the Jesuit School of Theology, likely requiring graduate student status
• Theology department, not psychology, mental health, or UX research
• Only 3-5 hours per week, capped at 40 hours per semester, so minimal career-building value
• No conversion path to full-time work
• Aggregator salary of $42,723 conflicts with the $20.54/hour posted rate and the tiny hour cap
• Berkeley location is a commute from SF

Resume angles

• Literature review experience from Writing in Psychology
• Research and synthesis of written material at Susan Street Fine Art
• Documentation accuracy and Excel tracking at Kiddleton