Post Doctoral

Position Title: Post Doctoral

Employee Classification: Post Doctoral

College/Division: Research, Creativity and ED

Department: 470500-WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Location: NMSU satellite location

Offsite Location (if applicable): Snake River Plain, Idaho; Upper Snake River, Wyoming; Truckee-Carson River System, Nevada; Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico

Target Hourly/Salary Rate:  Commensurate with Experience

Appointment Full-time Equivalency:  1.0

Exempt or Non-Exempt:  Exempt

Summary:  Postdoctoral Researcher

New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI) at New Mexico State University is seeking to hire four Anthropology Post Doctoral Researchers to participate in a multistate, transdisciplinary research project designed to support resilient agriculture, water, and community systems. This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) program, a flagship competitive grant program to promote transformational changes in the U.S. food and agriculture system. This position is an exciting opportunity to gain experience doing team science, learning to collaborate across disciplinary silos through work with members of the multidisciplinary research team.

Classification Summary:
Assist, instruct and function as a role model for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in a relevant research program.

Classification Standard Duties:
Supervise, direct, delegate and evaluate work of assigned staff. Oversee and/or conduct research. Assist in technical support for the delegated project. Create new opportunities by preparing and submitting new project proposals to national funding agencies. Perform related duties as required.

Required Education, Experience, Certification/License, Equivalency
Required Education:Doctorate degree in related field.; Required Experience:No previous work experience required.; Equivalency:None; Required Certification/License:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge of university and department policies and procedures; principles and practices of organization and administration; principles of supervision, training, mentoring and performance evaluation; research techniques and designs; methodologies; data collection and analysis.;

SKILLS: Skills in short- and long-range planning; problem analysis and resolution; report preparation and presentation; public contact and relations; oral and written communication; literature reviews and compilation; material development for scientific and non-scientific audiences; grant writing and peer reviewed publications; modification of existing models or development of new models. The applicant may be responsible for, but not limited to, assisting in technical and outreach support in the department and organizing outreach events and conferences addressing activities associated with the research project.;

ABILITIES: Ability to direct, evaluate, train and supervise the work of assigned personnel; develop and maintain effective working relationships; maintain accurate and orderly records; use independent judgment and initiative; organize and direct activities; analyze and evaluate information; make presentations; work as a member of a team; write technical reports, conference presentation papers, peer-reviewed journal articles and grant proposals.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
One Anthropology Post Doctoral Researcher will be placed in each project field site: the Upper Rio Grande (Northern New Mexico), the Upper Snake River (Wyoming), the Snake River Plain (Idaho), and the Truckee-Carson River System (Nevada). Candidates should indicate in the cover letter which site(s) they would like to be considered for. In each field site, the Post Doctoral Researcher will work closely with the region’s site lead and existing projects. Each researcher will carry out ethnographic fieldwork and ethnographic interviews in their field site. Each will produce individual research and disseminate findings, and work with the other team Anthropologists to carry out comparative analyses across the U.S. West. The overarching goal of the Anthropology component is to develop a deep understanding of each of the project’s communities of focus in order to facilitate project goals of building sustainable water systems for culturally and environmentally resilient agricultural communities. This includes identifying barriers to adoption of climate-smart ag