<div dir="ltr">Applications are due Friday, April 25,
2014.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">JOB
POSTING</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Research
Area Specialist Senior</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Institute
for Social Research, University of Michigan</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan’s Institute for
Social Research seeks to hire a Research Area Specialist Senior. This is a
non-tenure track research staff position which will support an
interdisciplinary faculty and research projects both domestically and
internationally. CPS is home to 50 world-class faculty and associated with
dozens of research projects, including the iconic American National Election
Studies, Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, Longitudinal Study of American
Youth, and World Values Survey, among others. The posted position offers
challenging work and opportunities for professional and personal growth.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Responsibilities:
Ensure the success of assigned research projects and personnel. Assist in
developing, implementing, and managing projects, infrastructure, technology,
conferences, data collections, and proposals in support of the research
interests of the faculty. Develop and maintain partnerships and regular
communication with collaborators from outside of the Center and University,
including internationally. Participate in developing local research capacity in
our partners and consulting on operations, design, methods, substantive
content, and analysis. Participate in the preparation, authoring and delivery
of reports, presentations and publications. Occasional domestic and
international travel (no more than a few trips annually) to project sites, project-related
meetings, professional conferences, and work-related training is required.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Required:
Master’s degree in survey methodology, political science, or another social
science, and 5-6 years of related experience. Excellent knowledge of, and
applied experience with, quantitative research methods and survey methodology.
Strong experience with a statistical package such as STATA, SPSS, R, or SAS.
Experience processing, documenting, analyzing and disseminating data.
Preferred: Doctorate degree. Prior experience with comparative research
or international collaborations. Expertise in one or more of the following
areas or similar: big data, geographic information systems, experiments, text
analysis, network analysis, qualitative methods, or social media analysis. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
a more detailed description please visit the full job posting at the U-M jobs
website: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://umjobs.org/job_detail/94419/research_area_specialist_sr" target="_blank">http://umjobs.org/job_detail/94419/research_area_specialist_sr</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applications
will only be accepted at the U-M jobs website, and are due no later
than Friday, April 25, 2014.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Questions
about the position can be emailed to David Howell: <a href="mailto:dahowell@umich.edu" target="_blank">dahowell@umich.edu</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.</span></p>
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