New Jersey - Eastern Pennsylvania - Delaware HERC

Job Description:

• Designs, administers and implements research projects as specified in the project plan.
• Collects data in accordance with ethical and technical principles.
• Selects and applies appropriate quantitative, statistical, and/or qualitative methods for analysis and interpretation of data.
• Writes manuscripts for submission to professional and/or scientific journals or reports to the sponsoring agency.
• Collaborates with researchers, scholars and other stakeholders as relevant to the project.
• Identifies new or prospective sponsors and funding opportunities and drafts proposals for new/renewed research funding.
• Monitors daily operation of research programs/projects, including the reporting requirements, budgets and time tables specified in the project.
• Leads discrete components of a larger project under the general direction of a principal researcher.
• Ensures that research projects comply with scientific and ethical requirements.
• May contribute to applications for external funding as a co-principal investigator.
• May serve as a principal investigator on a funded research or scholarship project or as a co-investigator under the general direction of a principal investigator.
• May present at professional conferences and meetings in the relevant field.
• May hire and supervise staff and students working on grant-related projects.

Short Job Description:

• Master's degree in geology or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Six years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of the research or scholarship process, data collection, analytical and statistical methods.
• Experience conducting applied geologic investigations, data interpretation, data management, and preparation of technical products, maps, datasets, reports, or publications, including products consistent with geologic data standards.
• Clinical, laboratory, training or field skills appropriate to the grant or contract.
• Demonstrated record of research achievement.
• Demonstrated success in funding acquisition.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient office software skills, including word-processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Demonstrated interest, skills, and experiences working with diverse groups.
• Ability to travel within Michigan.

Job Ref: S1592P

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One of the top-100 public universities in the United States, Western Michigan University is committed to being learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged. Founded in 1903, what was once Western Michigan College became Michigan's fourth public university in 1957. Since then, WMU has undergone dramatic growth in size and stature. Today, the University offers more than 240 academic programs to students pursuing degrees through the doctoral level. More than 20 percent of its 25,000 students are enrolled in graduate course work, studying in disciplines ranging from atomic physics and graph theory to medieval literature and blind rehabilitation. Of 101 graduate offerings available, 30 lead to a doctoral degree.

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