Specialist in Digital Mental Health

Position overview

Salary range :

A reasonable estimate for this position is $63,500-$114,200. See Specialist Series - Represented

Fiscal Year.

Application Window

Open date : September 2, 2025

Most recent review date : Wednesday, Oct 22, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date : Friday, Oct 31, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

Applicants are invited to apply for a specialist position at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Department of Psychology. This is a full-time position for those with a strong interest in digital mental health, especially the development and evaluation of brief interventions. Level (assistant to full) is flexible and will be dependent on the applicant's background, experience, and qualifications. Specialists will work in the TEchnology and Mental Health (TEAM) Lab, directed by Dr. Stephen Schueller, which explores how technology can be used in the treatment and management of mental health and can improve the delivery of mental health services.

The Specialist will work on a Templeton-funded project, "Addressing Risks in Online Spaces with Character Development through Digital Micro-Interventions", which aims to develop brief interventions for adolescents in various online spaces including online gaming, EdTech, and social media. This project focuses on development and early evaluation.

Job responsibilities include project management, collaborating and coordinating with project stakeholders, managing institutional review board (IRB) protocols, regulatory approval, monitoring critical project timelines, financial tracking, data collection, data management, preparing reports, and working with additional team members and undergraduate students. The position will afford opportunities for preparing scientific presentations and contributing to manuscripts.

This is an ideal position for applicants with a strong interest in digital mental health, with opportunities in human-centered design, community-engaged research, and collaborating within multidisciplinary teams. The specialist will contribute to scientific publications and presentations, data analysis, preparing scientific outputs, conducting mixed-methods data collection. Strong experience in qualitative research, design and evaluation, analytic, writing, and communication skills are emphasized. Applicants with master's or doctorate degrees in psychology, public health, informatics, or related fields are invited to apply.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

(required at time of application)

Master's or doctorate degree in psychology, public health, informatics, or related field.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Cover Letter

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Statement of Research

Reference requirements

• 2 required (contact information only)

Apply link : JPF09886

About UC Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

APM - 035 : Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Job location

Irvine, CA