Research Professional
1 month ago
Classification Title Research Professional AD FLSA Exempt FTE 1.00 Minimum Qualifications
Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications Position Summary
The employee in this position will conduct independent research and support other researchers in the UGA Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases in the performance of technical projects, design of research studies, development of research methods, analysis and interpretation of data, presentation of research results, software development and proposal preparation.
The employee will regularly serve as project lead, or key contributer, on projects developed out of CEID working groups as well as projects developed out of collaborations featuring CEID faculty.
The employee will liaise and maintain relationships with external partners and collaborators, requiring strong technical and communication skills in order to effectively represent CEID.
The employee will provide onboarding assistance to researchers joining projects, including students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The employee will develop visualizaitions of their data, assist with scientific communication, and contribute to external funding proposals.Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies
Scientific programming in R, reproducible report writing via paradigm of statistically literate programming, creation of R packages, proficient technical writing, statistical analysis and modeling (e.g. regression analysis, time series analysis, computational statistics). Strong communication skills are needed to lead collaborative projects.
Physical Demands
Involves working at a computer screen for extended periods.
Is driving a responsibility of this position? No Is this a Position of Trust? No Does this position have operation, access, or control of financial resources? No Does this position require a P-Card? No Is having a P-Card an essential function of this position? No Does this position have direct interaction or care of children under the age of 18 or direct patient care? No Does this position have Security Access (e.g., public safety, IT security, personnel records, patient records, or access to chemicals and medications) Yes Credit and P-Card policy
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Background Investigation Policy
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including, a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of Georgia; confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials (including reference checks) as they relate to the job-based requirements of the position applied for; and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check.
Duties/Responsibilities
Duties/Responsibilities
Participate in both task-driven and independent projects involving scientific programming, modeling, and statistical data analysis related to disease forecasting, disease spillover, and disease mapping.
The employee will support faculty and students associated with the research center in their projects, as well as serve as team lead for statistical projects initiated within Center working groups.
The later will involve serving as team lead/point person, providing coaching and training to student researchers assigned to projects under employee's leadership.
Projects in which the employee is team lead will be highly independent, with the employee consulting with research faculty for review at their discretion.
Employee will need to balance their efforts across roughly 7-10 projects at a time, and maintain a sense of deadlines/priorities.
Percentage of time 20 Duties/ResponsibilitiesThe employee will attend and participate in project and administrative meetings, often as the leader of a particular project. In meetings with external collaborators (i.e. CDC, other academic institutions), the employee will often serve as the point person for the Center and will be responsible for maintaining these relationships.
The employee is expected to maintain strong knowledge of the statistical methods to be used in these collaborations, as this will be key to demonstrating Center research capabilities to partners.
The employee will often need to organize and lead meetings with partners, and will be responsible for implementing plans to accomplish collaborative goals.
Percentage of time 20 Duties/ResponsibilitiesPrepare reports of work completed and in-progress to share with fellow researchers at regular project meetings.
Broad, brief, reports are expected weekly at CEID staff meetings, and can be verbal updates or visual demonstrations of work completed, depending on project needs.
More detailed project specific reports will be delivered on the time frame relevant to specific projects, generally monthly.This will occasionally include more formal presentations to Center researchers and the broader scientific community when a project has significant results/findings to disseminate.
Percentage of time 20 Duties/ResponsibilitiesAssist with the acquisition and maintenance of data relevant to project needs. This includes training students and other researchers engaged in data acquisition projects.
The employee will support roughly 10 undergraduate students annually with hands-on coaching, orientation to projects and relevant research methods, and supervision of their work.
Percentage of time 20 Duties/ResponsibilitiesDevelop visualizations that communicate the relationship of data, as appropriate for the audience being communicated to (data visualization). These will often be in the form of disease risk maps, or forecasts of spatial disease spread. Several projects will require weekly updates to these visualizations based on changing disease trends found in acquired data.
Percentage of time 15 Duties/Responsibilities
Employee will provide assistance with the technical portions of external funding proposals.
This will include reviewing funding announcements identified by the CEID Director, CEID Administrative Specialist, or interested collaborators, and critically thinking about research projects the Center could undertake that may be responsive to the funding opportunity.
The employee will contribute to the writing of proposals, and may additionally provide visuals that demonstrate prior work, depending on funding call requirements.
The employee will contribute to 2-4 proposals annually.Percentage of time 5
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