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Posted: 19-Mar-24
Location: Greenville, North Carolina
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 69612
Job Duties:
The Assistant Director and Senior Research Associate will report to the GRPI Director, working closely with the organizational team to execute and conduct research with established timelines and milestones. The role of the Assistant Director & Senior Research Associate is to provide day-to-day oversight for research reporting and accountability, assist with supervision of GRPI employees, and participate in GRPI research activities. This position will be charged with the design, development, and operation of external and internal reporting. This position should expect active involvement with data quality efforts and associated interoffice and intra-office collaboration.
Administration, Supervision, & Leadership (40%) (essential)
- Assist the Director in GRPI administration.
- Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and quality.
- Meet regularly with the GRPI Director, employees, and affiliated faculty.
- Assist with budget maintenance and accountability.
- Assist with internal and external funding applications, including grant writing.
- Maintain positive relationship and communicate effectively with local, statewide, national, and international collaborative partners and stakeholders.
- Supervise and assist with hiring, training and management of GRPI employees.
- Establish and monitor staff performance and development goals, assign accountability, set objectives, establish priorities, conduct annual performance appraisals of assigned staff members.
Research, Data Integrity, & Management (35%) (essential)
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure all research tasks are completed on time to meet established goals, milestone targets, and ongoing conduct for all projects in close collaboration with associated faculty and the broader researcher team.
- Assist with quantitative/qualitative research and analysis activities.
- Document all elements of methods adopted in data analysis.
- Assist with the creation and execution of research surveys
- Ensure the highest standard for data quality and integrity in all aspects of data-related work.
- Construct, manage, and query large datasets.
- Ensure usability, integrity, and security of multiple datasets and queries.
- Document all elements of methods adopted in data sourcing & management.
- Provide data support and analysis for the development of reports and presentations.
Writing (20%) (essential)
- Assist with writing research-oriented journal articles for publication.
- Assist with creation of annual reports
Presentations (5%) (non-essential)
- Assist with the development of materials for presentations.
- Present and attend local, regional, and national meetings/conferences. [Travel may be 3-7% of time – negotiable].
Contingent upon the availability of funds.
Special Instructions To Application:
Application materials should be submitted online at www.jobs.ecu.edu using the position number 500501. Applicants must complete a candidate profile, submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae/resume, and contact information for at least three current references. Official transcripts and three official letters of reference are required upon employment. References will receive an automated email from PeopleAdmin to submit letter. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full time basis.
Minimum Education/Experience:
Master's degree in an appropriate area of specialization with at least 3 years of research, leadership, and/or project management experience; will accept a relevant bachelor's degree and 6 or more years of relevant experience in substitution.
Experience with quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis. Demonstrated knowledge of SPSS and/or Stata quantitative statistical programs and research tertions.
Experience in managing and querying large datasets and analyzing and interpreting results, using software tools appropriate to the project. Strong written and oral communication skills and experience conveying research for non-research-oriented audiences.
Full time or Part time: Full Time
Position Location (city): Greenville
Position Number: 500501
Organizational Unit Overview:
The Gambling Research & Policy Initiative (GRPI) is housed within the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology with the overall goal to conduct research on gambling awareness, behavior, risk, and gambling-related harms, including regular North Carolina gambling behavior and risk prevalence studies, state/national/international studies focused on marginalized groups, and other studies aimed at filling research gaps.
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