Research Assistant
North Star Staffing
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Job Description
About the Research Assistant Role at North Star Staffing
North Star Staffing is seeking highly skilled Generalists to support an accelerated initiative focused on improving AI systems designed for therapeutic-style conversations. As a Research Assistant, you will evaluate, compare, and refine AI-generated responses to ensure they meet high standards for empathy, emotional insight, communication clarity, and appropriateness in supportive dialogue settings. Your contributions will directly help research teams enhance safe, supportive, and human-aligned AI behavior in mental health–oriented conversational environments. This project requires individuals who can begin immediately following a mandatory onboarding session.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and compare pairs of AI-generated responses
- Evaluate responses against structured criteria such as empathy, tone, emotional awareness, and communication quality
- Identify strengths, weaknesses, and alignment gaps
- Produce improved rewrites when responses do not meet quality standards
- Provide structured, clear written feedback
- Follow detailed evaluation guidelines consistently and accurately
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (minimum requirement)
- Strong written communication and analytical skills
- Ability to assess tone, emotional nuance, and supportive communication
- High attention to detail and consistency in applying evaluation frameworks
- Ability to begin immediately after onboarding
Ideal Background
- Experience in psychology, counseling, communications, behavioral sciences, or related fields
- Prior experience evaluating AI content, writing, editing, or quality assurance
- Familiarity with mental health–adjacent communication standards
Contract & Payment Details
- Independent contractor engagement
- Fully remote; flexible schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Project duration may vary based on performance and business needs
- No access to confidential or proprietary employer information required
Key skills/competency
- AI evaluation
- Empathy
- Emotional intelligence
- Written communication
- Analytical skills
- Feedback generation
- Quality assurance
- Detail orientation
- Conversational AI
- Therapeutic communication
How to Get Hired at North Star Staffing
- Research North Star Staffing's mission: Study their focus on specialized staffing solutions and commitment to quality.
- Tailor your resume for AI evaluation: Highlight experience in content analysis, linguistic evaluation, or quality assurance, emphasizing detail orientation.
- Showcase communication skills: Prepare examples demonstrating strong written feedback and nuanced analytical abilities relevant to AI interactions.
- Emphasize remote work readiness: Be prepared to discuss your discipline and effectiveness in an independent, flexible, remote environment.
- Align with therapeutic communication: Demonstrate understanding of empathy and supportive dialogue standards in interviews for this Research Assistant role.
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