Research Faculty
Research Faculty
- 10002581
- Arlington, VA
- Research Faculty
- Opening on: Apr 23 2025
Department: Schar School Policy and Government
Classification: 12-month Research Faculty
Job Category: Research Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Arlington, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Restricted: Yes
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The Center, with international reach, supports robust research that studies complex corruption, transnational organized crime, terrorism, and the social networks that make them possible, offering findings based on evidence-based analysis to policy and decisionmakers, law enforcement, and civil society organizations.
About the Position:
This position serves Center goals primarily in the following capacities: identifying potential grants and writing grant proposals in collaboration with Center directors; carrying out and supporting research directed by Center leaders; holding fiduciary responsibility at the grant level and ensuring administrative requirements are met, including budgets and submitting performance reports.
Responsibilities:
- Identifies potential grants and writes grant proposals as agreed with Center directors;
- Carries out and supports research in support of grant applications and revenue-generating projects;
- Holds fiduciary responsibility at the grant level and ensures administrative requirements are met, including budgets and submission of performance reports;
- Plans and coordinates Center events and revenue-generating training; liaises with partners; and
- Other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Terminal degree;
- Demonstrated experience in writing grant proposals and managing awarded grants and budgets;
- Demonstrated experience dealing with complex research projects, conducting field research and complex and network-based research, and publishing scholarly findings;
- Experience working with governmental and international bodies, as well as with non-governmental organizations;
- Experience coding data;
- Experience working with colleagues/teams from within a university and across institutions.
- Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills;
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and budgets accurately and efficiently in a timely fashion;
- Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines; and
- Demonstrated ability to research complex topics and publish findings.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated interest in policy research and advancing policy; and
- Fluency in foreign languages.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for Research Faculty at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent with CV for review.
Posting Open Date: April 23, 2025
For Full Consideration, Apply by: May 7, 2025
Open Until Filled: Yes
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