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Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Position Number: 5395869
Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Opportunity

The Global Resilience Institute (GRI) is an interdisciplinary institute committed to developing and deploying practical and innovative tools, applications, and skills that strengthen the resilience of individuals, communities, infrastructure, systems, networks, and societies. GRI is comprised of resilience experts from academia, government, and industry, empowering its ability to solve the world's most pressing resilience challenges.

The Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University is looking for a Post Doctoral Research Associate to join their team. This position would play a research role in several community engaged studies that seek to improve community resilience. The grant funded position is to begin Spring 2024 with academic yearly renewals based upon funding and performance.

Responsibilities include participating and leading of activities for research funded community resilience projects in the U.S (and its territories) as well Caribbean Island nations. This position will lead the writing of academic papers; research development opportunities, managing data collection and curation; and helping supervise Undergrad or Graduate students.

These research projects might include examples such as: a federally funded study of how a climate adaptation model could be applied to longer-term community resilience planning in mainland US cities as well as a landscape analysis of communities to increase adaptation and resilience in the US territories and the Caribbean. The post doc research associate will also play a role in the development of proposals for new funding opportunities.

1.Minimum Qualifications

Must have a Ph.D. or equivalent; be able to undertake substantially full-time research or scholarship; work under the supervision of a senior scholar. Relevant disciplines include political science; environmental science; communication; sociology; and economics, among others. Successful candidate(s) must have some (but need not have all) of the following:

Must have strong qualitative methodology/analysis skills, particularly in analyzing interview data using thematic and qualitative content analysis;
Interdisciplinary background, with background/experience in community engagement and community resilience planning;
Must have strong writing skills (ability to create first drafts of manuscripts and other written material);
Experience conducting interviews with the ability to conduct them independently;
Computational skills to work with complex data;
Experience in developing surveys and analyzing resulting data;
Bilingual (English/Spanish) a highly preferred skill;
Coordinate graduate or undergraduate research assistants on the project;
Publish results in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals and present research findings at conferences and seminars.

2.Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Operational and Administrative Support

Providing research support, operational assistance, and engagement coordination, as needed, at the request of the respective federal agencies and principal investigator/ Co-investigators.

Delivery of Research Funded Work

Helping write up or lead use cases, supporting community engagement sessions with the other researchers and the development of materials for a funders website and liaising with our funding collaborators, as well as assistance for webinar events.
Synthesize and evaluate complex qualitative information and data;
Write professional project reports which evaluate and summarize data and information, identify issues and causal characteristics, and present clear and compelling solutions devised as a result of the research team's work
Helping to scope research phases of projects and play a lead role in securing IRB approval of our protocols, conducting interviews, and play lead role in qualitative data analysis, attending several community engagement sessions (possibly in-person) in the U.S or Caribbean.
Lead qualitative analyst on research funded projects position may be tied to.
Lead Spanish (if applicable) or English interviews with stakeholders and then work on coding and analyzing (qualatative).
Working with federal, state and local agencies and GRI experts to identify critical issues affecting resilient economic recovery in U.S. and Caribbean communities and identifying relevant stakeholders in order to convene calls, workshops, or working groups that enable the issues to be addressed holistically and rapidly or projects to potentially be funded.
Providing resilience expertise - either through direct engagement or facilitating engagement with GRI senior researchers - to recovery decision-makers; federal partners, community stakeholders, and tool developers.

Research Development

Play a role in the development of proposals for new funding opportunities:
Researching and mapping resilience research opportunities that align with GRI mission
Play a lead role in the research, draft writing and teamwork effort and tasking that goes in to a research opportunity
Look for grant funded opportunities that continue coverage of this position

Position Type

Research

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

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