Scheduled Hours

37.5

Position Summary

Responsible for collaborating on designing, conducting, and reporting research projects with an initial project focus on collaboration with Principal Investigator Professor Michael Frachetti on research design, implementation, and production of academic output for the Modelling Scales of Societal Resilience to Concurrent Shocks in the Asia-Pacific Region(REACT-APAC) project. This position will oversee the section of the project dealing with societal recovery from both historic and contemporary environmental shocks in Asia.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Collaborates on designing, conducting and reporting of research projects. Develops hypotheses to be tested and ways of testing it. Complies with established safety procedures and maintains required documentation on laboratory and specimen conditions.
• Manages research project with other institutions and investigators. Leads REACT-APAC project organization of all field visits within the Asia Pacific Region – including logistics and facilitating contacts with local collaborators.
• Participates in production of high impact academic output, including preparing and submitting papers on research and providing leadership on select publications relevant to the researcher’s core areas of expertise.
• Helps REACT-APAC PI coordinate project workshops.
• Supports the REACT-APAC PI on all project education and outreach endeavors, and with communication with relevant stakeholders.
• Assists with grant preparation and reporting. This includes supporting the PI in the preparation of progress reports for the project funding body on the REACT-APAC project and may also submit grant proposals in rare circumstances with the approval of the PI, Department Head, and Dean.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Location/Working Conditions

• The work will require periods of field research at various sites in South and Southeast Asia. The preferred candidate must demonstrate high levels of cultural competency to operate in remote and challenging locations.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Phd Or Terminal Degree Or Combination Of Education And Experience May Substitute For Minimum Education.

Certifications:

No specific certification is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Postdoctoral (3 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of five-years of experience leading high impact multi-disciplinary research on post-disaster recovery, preferably with extensive field work conducted at multiple disaster locations in the Asia Pacific Region.
• Ability to develop mix-method research designs for investigating variables that influence trajectories of post-disaster recovery using quantitative and qualitative data. Familiarity with methods for conducting spatial analysis.
• Working knowledge of at least one regional case language (Indonesian, Nepali, Cambodian).

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

No additional education beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.

Certifications:

No additional certification beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.

Work Experience:

No additional work experience beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.

Skills:

Analytical Problem Solving, GIS Database Management, Laboratory Instrumentation, Laboratory Processes, Laboratory Techniques, Mixed Methods Research, Oral Communications, Spatial Analysis, Teamwork, Working Independently, Written Communication

Grade

R12

Salary Range

$63,400.00 - $115,000.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others