Research Associate II; Wyoming Institute Disabilities

Research Associate II (Wyoming Institute for Disabilities)

Company : The University of Wyoming

Research Associate II - Wyoming Institute for Disabilities

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Why Choose Us?

At the University of Wyoming, we value our employees and invest in their success. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance.

• Generous Retirement Contributions: The State contributes 14.94% of your gross salary, and you contribute 3.68%, totaling 18.62% toward your retirement plan.
• Paid Time Off: Benefit from ample vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and paid winter closure.
• Tuition Waiver: Employees and eligible dependents can take advantage of tuition waivers, supporting continuous education and professional growth.
• Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs: Stay healthy with wellness initiatives, counseling services, and mental health resources.

Provide research services by independently designing and conducting a wide range of experiments, recording data, and preparing documentation requiring expertise in the application and adaptation of numerous research techniques and procedures.

This position is grant funded and considered at-will employment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in writing proposals for research grants and program evaluation contracts; conduct awarded activities.
• Prepare reports for funding agencies as prescribed in grant/contract proposals.
• Collect, clean, analyze and interpret data from research and evaluation projects.
• Create data dashboards and other visualizations using Excel, REDCap and other proprietary programs to evaluate the impact of programmatic activities.
• Research literature to define additional research needs, perform specific methodologies related to health and social sciences and assist with writing manuscripts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure community feedback is considered in research and evaluation activities.

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNCTIONS:

• Travel to collect information to design, perform and present results of research, and learn new methodology.
• Other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES:

• Attention to Detail
• Quality Orientation

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience:

2 years work-related experience

DESIRED

QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of:

• Health, social, public health, statistical or applicable science theory and concepts.
• Research methodologies and procedures especially related to community-based participatory research, statistics, data management and evaluation.
• Independent research design and protocol development theory, methods, concepts, and techniques.
• Decision and problem resolution methods, concepts and techniques.
• Communication and report writing theory, methods, concepts and techniques.

Skills and Abilities

to:

• Independently design and perform and/or supervise research projects following quality controls.
• Analyze and interpret research data using Excel, Access, SPSS, SAS, R, MAXQDA or similar software.

REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS:

• Complete the online application. The department additionally requests candidates upload the following document(s) for a complete application:
• Contact information for four work-related references (references will only be contacted if you are selected as a finalist for the position).

WORK LOCATION:

On-campus: This position provides vital support to campus customers, and the successful candidate must be available to work on campus.

HIRING STATEMENT/EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position,…