Research Assistant

About the Role of Research Assistant

North Star Staffing is seeking highly skilled Generalists with a Bachelor’s degree to support an accelerated initiative focused on improving AI systems designed for therapeutic-style conversations. As a Research Assistant, you will be instrumental in evaluating, comparing, and refining AI-generated responses to ensure they meet high standards for empathy, emotional insight, communication clarity, and appropriateness in supportive dialogue settings. Your direct contributions will 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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity organization and consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

Key skills/competency

• AI evaluation
• Written communication
• Analytical skills
• Empathy assessment
• Emotional nuance
• Supportive communication
• Attention to detail
• Content quality assurance
• Feedback provision
• Behavioral science understanding