Job Title

Postdoctoral Research Associate

 

Agency

Texas A&M University

 

Department

Educational Adm & Human Resources Development

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Our Commitment

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & identities.  Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

 

Who we are

The Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development (EAHR) in the School of Education and Human Development, (SEHD) develops educational leaders and improves practice through teaching, research and service in the areas of public school administration, human resource development, higher education administration, adult education and student affairs administration.  To learn more, please visit https://eahr.tamu.edu/

 

What we want

The Postdoctoral Research Associate will support a project that has the potential of advancing knowledge and understanding of the Latina student population that could strongly contribute to increasing the presence of Latinas as students in higher education institutions and as professionals in the STEM Fields. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will coordinate the design and execution of the project, which includes interviews and focus groups with Latina STEM students at Texas institutions of higher education. If this job description sounds interesting and you have an appropriate PhD, we invite you to apply to be considered for this opportunity.

 

What you need to know

Salary: Compensation will be commensurate with selected hire's experience.

Cover Letter/Resume’ :  A cover letter and resume will assist us in our review of your application materials. These can be uploaded on the application under CV/Resume.

 

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Appropriate PhD.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to cultivate and maintain professional working relationships with people from various backgrounds.  

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated record of scholarship and the ability to publish research paper.
• Strong interest in writing for publication.
• Experience working at institution of higher education.
• Experience with project planning and coordination.
• Extensive experience/training in qualitative research methods, conducting interviews and focus groups, and coding large amounts of qualitative data.
• Research expertise and understanding of literature related to Latinas in STEM, resilience, and/or under-served student populations.

 

Essential Duties/Tasks

Data management and analysis

• Develops and maintains processes that document and verify data collected.
• Maintains organization of qualitative data.
• Maintains/Verifies subject ID coding and privacy, such as consent forms.
• Prepares data for qualitative analysis.
• Supports, performs, and/or leads analysis activities.
• Prepares public facing datasets to accompany publications.

 

Leading multidisciplinary team of students to execute research activities

• Coordinates, mentors, and supports graduate and undergraduate students conducting research activities, such as writing or data analysis.
• Facilitates communication among team and PI’s.
• Maintains progression of study aims.

 

Support dissemination of research findings

• Develops and submits proposals and presents findings at research conferences.
• Develops high quality manuscripts by preparing methods, analysis, and findings.
• Writes proposals, manuscripts, abstracts, and reports related to project and may perform other duties as assigned.

 

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

 

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

 

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