Employment Opportunties

FACULTY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Position #FY 10-30
September 23,  2009

HIRING UNIT:  ILLINOIS EDUCATION RESEARCH COUNCIL

TITLE/RANK:  Postdoctoral Fellow/Scholar – Assistant Research Professor Rank

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:   Primary responsibilities include:  Independently design and conduct rigorous education policy research projects using background and experience in quantitative education policy research and related academic literature on student transitions from high school through college, student persistence, and high school/college alignment; prepare reports for dissemination statewide and nationally; prepare research findings and present them to a variety of internal and external audiences; provide research support as needed to other research projects conducted by the IERC. 

TERMS OF APPOINTMENT:  Fiscal – funded through June 30, 2011.  100% appointment.

SOURCE OF FUNDS:    State

SALARY RANGE:    $40,000 to $60,000, depending on experience and qualifications, with a good benefits package.  Less than full-time at a higher salary will be considered for senior level applicants, with option of full-time appointment if supplemental funding becomes available.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:  The ideal candidate will have a doctoral degree in Education Policy Analysis, Higher Education, Institutional Research or a related field, and demonstrated proficiency in designing and conducting academically rigorous quantitative policy-related education research.  Strong quantitative analytic skills and demonstrated expertise in accessing, manipulating and interpreting large complex student-level data sets required.  Demonstrated ability to present and communicate complex research findings to non-researchers.  Experience working with longitudinal college student data sets and education research on the transition from high school to college strongly preferred.  Requires proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software, and expertise with SAS or SPSS.  The successful candidate will be well organized, comfortable working against deadlines, have a high attention to detail and accuracy and yet be flexible to changing priorities, and have demonstrated success in completing projects on time.  Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, and be able to work both independently and collaboratively.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:   Applications received by October 26, 2009 will receive priority consideration; however, applications will be accepted until position is filled.

SUBMIT LETTER OF APPLICATION, RESUME, TRANSCRIPT, AND REFERENCES TO:

Illinois Education Research Council
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Campus Box 1064
Edwardsville, IL  62026-1064

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