Senior Research Associate - AMES Research Center

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Location

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144.

Department Information

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Supervise AMES Research Center postdoctoral fellows

2. Travel off-site occasionally to collect data and/or meet with community partners

3. Inform psychoeducational interventions

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
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Knowledge of military, veteran, and military family health, wellbeing, and culture

Knowledge of first responder (e. g. , police, fire/rescue, EMS) health, welling, and culture

Knowledge of academic subjects pertinent to health and wellbeing (e. g. , psychology, public health, human performance, medicine, biology, sociology)

Ability to integrate perspectives from multiple academic disciplines

Knowledge of interventions to improve mental and behavioral health

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
(Preferred qualifications)

Knowledge of the research population(s) or subject area(s) that the center/institute studies, evidenced by prior publication on the population(s)/subject(s) or professional experience working with the population(s) or subject(s)

Proficiency in the use of quantitative methods and statistical software for quantitative data analysis and visualization, demonstrated through previous professional or research experience

Proficient in qualitative research methods and analysis, demonstrated through previous professional or research experience

Strong scientific written and verbal communication skills, evidenced through previous publications in peer-reviewed journals and/or referred conference presentations

Knowledge of research ethics, especially with human subjects, demonstrated by previous creation and submission of IRB applications for human subjects research and/or use of platforms to facilitate replication and reproducibility

Knowledge of program evaluation and/or needs assessment, demonstrated through previous professional or research experience

Job Summary

Responsible for the planning, implementation, and execution of research activities leading to the establishment of an externally funded research program (e. g. , experimental design and implementation, data collection, reduction, and interpretation, manuscript and grant development, and administrative tasks related to the research). May serve as Principal Investigator (PI)/CO-PI for projects and grants, as well as other interdepartmental projects that can be used as cost-share for the research center.

This position is considered limited-term staff since it utilizes contingent funding. Continued employment is contingent upon availability of grant funding for this position.

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Plans, leads, conducts, and reports original research initiatives; performs research activities leading to externally funded research program

2. Designs, constructs, and operates highly complex research apparatus

3. Conducts experimental design and implementation, data collection, reduction, interpretation, manuscript and grant development

4. Mentors undergraduate students performing research and supervises research lab

5. Uses standard evaluation tools and methods and assists in creation of new data collection instruments when necessary

6. Responsible for grant writing, proposal development

7. Coordinates with other campus academic colleges to facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to research

8. Performs all duties described in grants and external projects, including but not limited to preparing progress and final reports, conducting literature reviews, collecting and analyzing data, attending grant related meetings, and preparing publications

9. Supervises and mentors other members of grant team when required by grant

10. Disseminates knowledge through reports, articles, white papers, other publications and presentations at local, state and national level

11. Prepares lectures and presentations

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Doctoral degree in discipline related to the specific research

Required Experience

At least three (3) years post-doctoral research experience

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Experience with grant writing and securing grants

Experience conducting mixed-methods research, including quantitative and qualitative analytical skills

Proficient computer skills, use of statistical packages and proficiency in navigating and maintaining databases

Experience with statistical analysis software (SPSS); Stata and NVivo is preferred

Experience with data collection processes (e. g. , focus group facilitation, face-to-face and telephone interviewing, conducting observations)

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES

Able to lead and conduct research

Able to supervise others' work by virtue of being a program manager, project director/principal investigator, co-project director/principal investigator, or task leader on sponsored research

Able to handle multiple tasks or projects at one time meeting assigned deadlines

Publication of research results is highly desirable

Able to handle multiple tasks or projects at one time meeting assigned deadlines

KNOWLEDGE

Extensive documented contributions to the scholarly discipline

Documented in sponsored program development

Publication of research results is highly desirable

SKILLS

Strong writing skills

Excellent interpersonal, initiative, teamwork, problem solving, independent judgment, organization, communication (verbal and written), time management, project management and presentation skills

Proficient with computer applications and programs associated with the position (i. e. , Microsoft Office suite, Desktop Publishing software)

Strong attention to detail and follow up skills

Strong customer service skills and phone and e-mail etiquette

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System .