| Location | Corvallis, Oregon |
| Website | hr.oregonstate.edu/careers/background-checks |
When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1) A resume/CV; and
2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.
Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.
For additional information please contact:
Kelly Biedenweg
kelly.biedenweg@oregonstate.edu
206-883-5612
The Department of Fisheries & Wildlife & Conservation Sciences invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term Faculty Research Assistant position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Department Head.
Work collaboratively with three PIs based at different universitiesvto identify and implement steps for meeting project goals
Develop research protocols, collect data and lead data analysis in the Puget Sound, Washington, including Hood Canal, Bellingham Bay, and Quartermaster Harbor. Methods will include geospatial analysis of existing datasets, public-beach encounter surveys, shoreline homeowner surveys and interviews, focus groups, and social media large data analyses.
Lead outputs of project components, including at least one peer-reviewed manuscript as well as more creative, user-focused products
Mentor one MS student to complete independent research projects as part of overall project
Facilitate and support an advisory group to provide feedback on project implementation and outputs
Act as project manager, organizing research team, providing work reports and managing project timelines and deliverables.
Perform other related duties consistent with the position classification, project objectives, and evolving research needs as identified by the PIs in consultation with the project team.
The Human Wellbeing and Conservation Lab (https://kellybiedenweg.weebly.com) is within the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences (https://fwcs.oregonstate.edu).
Key Responsibilities:
Act as project manager, organizing research team, providing work reports and managing project timelines and deliverables.
Develop research protocols, collect data and lead social-scientific data analysis.
Facilitate and support an advisory group to provide feedback on project implementation and outputs.
Lead outputs of project components, including at least one peer-reviewed manuscript as well as more creative, user-focused products.
Mentor one MS student to complete independent research projects as part of overall project.
Required Qualifications:
Graduate degree in environmental social sciences (geography, planning, psychology, anthropology, environmental studies, etc.) or related fields that included social scientific research methods, analyses, and products
Proficiency with geospatial statistical analysis
Proficiency in or capacity to quickly learn quantitative and qualitative analyses with some support (regressions, topic modeling, hierarchical clustering)
Knowledge of best practices in social scientific research
Outstanding organizational and project management skills
Outstanding communication skills based in curiosity, self-awareness, and collaboration
Computing skills, including statistical software & cloud-based file sharing
Professional competence in coordinating and facilitating stakeholders and interdisciplinary science teams in a respectful and efficient manner
Demonstrated proficiency in professional writing
A demonstrable commitment to inclusive excellence in environmental management
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience managing a large research program with multiple researchers and sub-projects
Experience mentoring student researchers
Demonstrated proficiency in writing peer-reviewed manuscripts and/or accessible white papers, reports, and other forms of visualization to communicate the role of social science in conservation/restoration to diverse audiences
Experience with encounter surveys, focus groups, scientific interviewing, geographically-weighted regressions, and/or the use of AI for large data analyses (e.g., topic modeling)
Salary is commensurate with skills, education and experience.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.
OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.
OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at
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