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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">JOB POSTING</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Research Area Specialist Senior</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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:10pt;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:10pt;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:10pt;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:10pt;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:10pt;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:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applications will only be accepted
at the U-M jobs website, and are due no later than <span tabindex="0">Friday,
April 25, 2014</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The University of Michigan is an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.</span></p>
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