Department:

Special Instructions to Applicants:

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

Job Summary:

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.

Qualifications:

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) 

Working Conditions/Schedule:

Salary Range:

Anticipated Start Date:

Anticipated End Date:

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

employee.relations@oregonstate.edu