RESEARCH SCIENTIST

RESEARCH SCIENTIST

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The College of Education has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist to join their team.

The Norris and Dorothy Haring Center for Research and Training in Inclusive Education grew out of 50 years of groundbreaking work in special education at the Experimental Education Unit. The Haring Center is proud to be a leader in developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating strategies to help children of all abilities and backgrounds succeed, all teachers to be effective, and all caregivers feel confident and competent. The Haring Center’s commitment to equity-based inclusion leads us to invest in recruiting colleagues who demonstrate experience with, knowledge of, and sensitivity to the needs of culturally diverse and marginalized populations.

The Haring Center has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist. Reporting to the Haring Center Director (Dr. Kathleen Artman Meeker), the Research Scientist will work with the Haring Center team to design, implement, analyze, and disseminate research related to early childhood inclusion. This role will also serve as a subject matter expert in this area and will produce customized technical trainings to external partners and collaborators in the field, oversee the conceptualization and implementation of research and evaluation activities, and orchestrate internal and external communications and outreach efforts as they relate to this initiative. This position will include supporting the development of new research projects, seeking new funding, and working with colleagues on existing research projects. The Research Scientist will work with colleagues and students from multiple disciplines and, in addition to demonstrating disciplinary excellence, must be able to work collaboratively across disciplines.

This position requires someone with a broad knowledge about early childhood / early childhood special education research, state and federal policies, and initiatives on supporting the early learning workforce and early childhood inclusion. It also requires expertise in higher education to provide faculty and administrators with a clear perspective about the options for delivering online courses, programs or degrees. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to work with communities and students from diverse backgrounds holding a range of worldviews. This is a grant-based position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Implementation

• Manage multiple complex research projects
• Oversee participant recruitment and represent Haring Center research in schools, agencies, IHEs, and communities
• Serve as primary contact for research partners including school districts, community-based organizations, and colleagues from other IHEs
• Develop technical proposals and research materials, tools, and products
• Complete Human Subject applications and manage the Human Subjects application, approval, and renewal process and other university requirements for ethical research with youth
• Take an active role preparing reports and interfacing with Project Officers / Funders alongside PI
• Oversee complex staffing and project management tasks across projects.
• Develop relationships with and collaborate with families, advocates and professionals in other organizations interested in inclusive education
• Mentor and train junior staff and graduate students
• Publish research reports and other manuscripts with colleagues from UW and other institutions

Research Development

Internal Collaboration

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the PIs

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Equivalent education / experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license / certification / registration.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS