Posting Title
Postdoctoral Researcher for Social Science Analysis in Transportation
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Location
CO - Golden
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Position Type
Postdoc (Fixed Term)
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Hours Per Week
40
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Working at NREL
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
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Job Description
As the only national laboratory solely dedicated to energy efficiency and renewable energy research, NREL focuses on creative answers to today's energy challenges. To help us answer the challenge, we are seeking a proactive postdoctoral researcher to support the development of social science capabilities for the laboratory focused on more equitable clean energy research and deployment. Specifically, the successful candidate will support the design and evaluation of strategies and pathways to achieve just energy outcomes. The strategies will provide details on the suite of policy, regulatory, and programmatic actions that can enable more equitable energy outcomes, with a more just distribution of costs and/or benefits.
A successful candidate will have experience and demonstrated success in community engagement, applied ethnographic methods, participatory planning methods, urban infrastructure projects, be proactive by nature, laser focused on details, and work well in multidisciplinary diverse teams. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to conduct and analyze qualitative interviews as well as translate qualitative data into quantitative inputs and actionable findings and metrics. This person will demonstrate an ability to communicate well with a diverse range of stakeholders (i.e., local communities, environmental justice groups, government authorities). The successful candidate will be fluent in English and Spanish. The candidate will also be well versed in project management and stakeholder engagement. Some familiarity with urban design software tools and community mapping methodologies is preferred.
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Basic Qualifications
Must be a recent PhD graduate within the last three years.
* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
Additional Required Qualifications
- Responsible for project management, project planning and project execution, including goal setting and evaluation
- Designs, conducts and documents discussions, meetings, interviews, and focus groups
- Helps identify metrics and develop methodologies for the metrics
- Supports with design of survey questions and coordination with survey company
- Engages in community mapping of key Environmental Justice concerns with stakeholders
- Analyzes data from the qualitative research components (meetings, surveys, etc.)
- Writes literature review(s)
- Develops feedback loop methodology
- Analyzes qualitative data for the technical memos
- Works well within a highly collaborative environment
Preferred Qualifications
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Job Application Submission Window
The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: Postdoctoral Researcher / Annual Salary Range: $73,200 - $120,800
NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short-term disability insurance*; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; and paid holidays. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement.
* Based on eligibility rules
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Submission Guidelines
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