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Core Competencies

• Expertise with health and mental health delivery systems which includes health care operations and services; implementation science, community-based participatory research methods, evidence-based practices, health services research, quality improvement;
• Experience collaborating with diverse community, health care system, academic, and policy stakeholders
• Quantitative and/or mixed methods research skills including ability to use statistics software program such as SPSS or STATA; Atlas.ti or Dedoose; qualitative methods;
• Experience with grant development and management. Successful record of obtaining grant / contract funding from diverse sources;
• Ability to promote the development of an active and coordinated body of research across a diverse community of investigators, programmers, and institutions;
• Ability to offer technical assistance to develop monitoring and evaluation plans with appropriate measures, processes for data collection, analysis and write-up, and provide guidance on effective implementation in diverse programmatic contexts;
• Ability to provide technical assistance to operationalize research projects (e.g., submit IRB applications, establish data storage and use protocols and agreements);
• Experience designing and/or ability to oversee the management of website platforms (e.g., Wix, WordPress);
• Ability to organize and effectively direct the work of a team of researchers and support staff, including external partners and constituents, in achieving the goals of the project within deadlines and budget constraints;
• Ability to exercise intellectual leadership in resolving issues, re-conceiving and redirecting project activities as needed, and maintaining clarity of goals;
• Ability to train and direct junior research and program staff in the techniques, applications, and practices pertinent to the projects;
• Ability to communicate effectively and convey concepts, processes, and statistical findings to other researchers, supervisors, students, sponsors, administrators, and (importantly) the public or a non-expert audience;
• Ability to listen and respond to the concerns/ideas of partners and stakeholders;
• Ability to author, publish, and present findings to a community of scholars in the field, utilizing professional publications, colloquia, symposia, reports, demonstrations, performances, etc. consistent with the scope and nature of the project and the requirements of the sponsor.

Qualifications

• An earned Ph.D. in an appropriate field of study (psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, public health, etc.) from an accredited institution, a record of research, publishing, and scholarship in a related field, and not fewer than three (3) years of experience working within the subject, scope and complexity of this project, of which at least one (1) years have been overseeing the research work of others, OR
• Demonstrated experience of successful management in appropriate fields;
• Possession of the core competencies determined to be required at the time of hire; AND
• Timely availability to begin and direct the project; AND
• Willingness to comply with all RF policies and procedures regarding staffing, budgeting, safety, reporting, and grants administration as evidenced by signing an attestation at the time of employment.