[Jobs] U of Michigan Opening for PhD Survey Statistician (fwd)

[Monique Verrier]

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Subject: U of Michigan Opening for PhD Survey Statistician
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:12:10 -0500
From: Bob Groves <BGroves at ISR.UMICH.EDU>


Announcement of Search for Research Scientist, Research Professor, in
Survey Statistics at the University of Michigan

For over 60 years the Survey Research Center at the University of
Michigan has conducted investigator initiated, survey-based research on
theoretical and applied problems  of both social and scientific
importance (please see our website:  http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/).  It
has over 250 research and support staff and research volumes of about
$40 million per year.

The center is the site of a large group of PhD level survey
methodologists that includes Fred Conrad, Mick Couper, Michael Elliott,
Robert Groves, Steve Heeringa, and James Lepkowski, Roderick Little,
Trivellore Raghunathan, Norbert Schwarz, Roger Tourangeau, and Richard
Valliant.  Together they form the Survey Methodology Research Program,
pursuing cutting-edge statistical and methodological research with
investigator-initiated research grants.

The center also contains the Survey Research Operations unit, which has
over 100 technical staff working on applied design and implementation of
large complex sample surveys with advanced data collection technologies.
These include large scale ongoing longitudinal surveys, one-time complex
mixed mode designs (face-to-face, web, mail, telephone, bodily fluid
samples, administrative records), and development of large scale survey
software capabilities.

The Center invites applications from and nominations of outstanding
candidates for the position of survey statistician in our non-tenured
Research Scientist track or the tenured Research Professor track,
depending on qualification and personal goals.  Applicants and
nominations will be considered at the ranks of Assistant, Associate and
Full.  The successful candidates will split their effort between our
Survey Methodology Research Program and Survey Research Operations.  In
addition, suitable candidates will pursue their own research interests
through external funding and collaborate with other scientists in
ongoing research programs at the University of Michigan and beyond.

The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate knowledge and
interest in statistical and sample design, missing data issues, variance
estimation, statistical models of measurement error, adaptive/responsive
survey designs, and analysis of data from complex designs. We are
interested in researchers who would thrive in our entrepreneurial,
interdisciplinary, collegial, yet highly independent culture. Depending
on the rank of the successful candidate, mentoring of junior staff and
graduate-level teaching opportunities may be included.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in statistics, biostatistics,
survey methodology with a concentration in statistics, or advanced
quantitative methods in the social sciences.  Applicants may initiate
the process by submitting a letter describing their scholarly
activities, funded research program and plans, and interest in SRC.
Please include a CV, names (not letters) of references, and one or two
recent publications.  Start dates are flexible.  Salary is highly
competitive.

Please send applications, nominations and inquiries electronically to
srcsearch at isr.umich.edu.

The University of Michigan is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.  Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.