Job Description

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Summary

The University of Michigan, Department of Anthropology seeks a Research Area Specialist Intermediate to support the MEXPOS project.

This position will require the selected candidate to contribute significantly to the research project design, data collection and analysis of a wide array of social science/environmental health projects hosted within the larger Mexican Exposures Project. The successful applicant is expected to work closely with the research team as well as independently on specific tasks under the supervision of senior researchers or faculty members.

Mission Statement

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

Who We Are

About MEXPOS:

Mexican Exposures (MEXPOS) brings together anthropologists, environmental health scientists, and environmental engineers to arrive at a better understanding of the larger histories, life circumstances, and environments that shape health, disease, and inequality in Mexico City. Through several collaborative projects, our aim is to ask and answer complex questions that cannot be answered through only one form of methodological expertise alone. Our approach is bioethnographic: meaning we join different methodological bundle.-ethnographic observation and biochemical sampling-in a synthetic, symmetrical analysis. MEXPOS involves researchers and data from longitudinal environmental health projects. With this longitudinal data, combined with new multidisciplinary research, our teams investigate environment-body interactions as always relational, contingent, and constructed phenomena. hl!Rs: sites.lsa.umich.edulmexican-exROSuresl

Responsibilities

Research Project Management:
40% - With general direction from the project director, work with multidisciplinary teams of researchers across nations and universities from anthropology, public health, engineering, health economics, and statistics. Collaborate in the development and execution of new pilot projects. Develop multidisciplinary research protocols that make use of qualitative and quantitative methods and evaluate progress to adapt methodologies to improve the quality of the project and offer suggestions for improvements. Project focus areas include the health impacts of household water intermittency, ethnographically informed approaches to gathering socio-economic status, and bioethnographic household chemical assessments.

20% - Supervises data collection, conducts data verification and analysis, and interpretation of research results for these projects

20% - Analyze academic literature potentially relevant to the project for the research term, edit, and provide recommendations for the qualitative/ethnographic analyses and publications.Collaborate with project director and researchers across the globe on the preparation of research papers, presentations, and grant proposals.

Administrative:

10% - Ensure project/grant objectives are completed according to project timelines. Plan internal and external meetings. Create meeting resources(research summaries, identify funding opportunities, develop statistical comparisons, develop and maintain agendas, and generate and distribute meeting minutes. Maintain project website. In consultation with the business office, the incumbent will be responsible for project funding to ensure funds are being spent appropriately, determining corrective actions to take as necessary, attentive to the allocated timeline and in accordance with University policies and procedures. Will develop line item budgets for project activities and grants. Advises project director in the adherence to university and federal research regulations and procedures.

10% - Train new team members or collaborators in the use of qualitative training software (Atlas.ti), and orient them to the data depositories available for their use. Train and supervise undergraduate team members.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent work/educational experience in anthropology, sociology, public health, or a related field.
• At least 4 or more years of work experience in a research or other relevant professional setting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. The ability to work as part of a team. Ability to maintain positive relationships with diverse team members.
• Demonstrated time management skills with a proven ability to multitask and prioritize to successfully complete projects on tight deadlines with little supervision.
• Experience in simultaneously managing projects to deadline, including projects with interdependent teams and work outputs
• Demonstrated attention to detail, and strong organizational skills
• Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communication skills
• Strong proficiency in the use of work productivity tools, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the Google Suite, and website editing software

Desired Qualifications

• Proficiency in Spanish
• Experience in ethnographic theory and qualitative methods
• Familiarity with critical medical anthropology and public health literature
• Experience in project management and grant writing
• Knowledge or experience working in Latin American contexts
• Experience working in qualitative coding software such as Atlas.ti, Dedoose, Nvivo, etc.

Additional Information

This is a two-year term-limited position. Additionally, this position will begin at a .75 FTE (30 hours) and may increase over the next year.
The salary range for this position is $39,750 to $49,650 (full-time range is $53,000 to $566,200)
The expected work schedule for this position is Monday-Friday with the position\'s work expected to be conducted on site.
The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitments to serve the diverse people of Michigan, fulfill the College\'s Vision, Mission, and Values, and sustain the excellence of LSA.

As one of the world\'s great liberal arts colleges, LSA pushes the boundaries of what is understood about the human experience and the natural world, and we foster the next generation of rigorous and empathetic thinkers, creators, and contributors to the state of Michigan, the nation, and the world.

To learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion in LSA, please visit l sa.umich.edu/lsa/dei.
To learn more about LSA\'s Mission, Vision and Values, please visit lsa.umich.edu/strategicvision

Background Screening

University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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