Salary: $5,460-$5,750 per month
Req #: 219523
Department: EARTHLAB
Job Location: Seattle Campus
Posting Date: 03/29/2023
Closing Info: Closes On 04/21/2023
Shift: First Shift

The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (CIG) is hiring a research scientist to support and expand the CIG’s social science, policy, governance, and project management capabilities. Candidates who are passionate about our organizational mission and our co-production model are a must. We are seeking a candidate with a social science, policy, or community organizing background and project management experience. This position will support the CIG’s senior researchers across various climate change adaptation projects as needed. But we anticipate particular emphasis working within the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC) in collaboration with frontline communities.

Climate Impacts Group
The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (CIG) supports the development of climate resilience by advancing understanding of climate risks & enabling science-based action to manage those risks. Since 1995, the Climate Impacts Group has linked cutting-edge scientific research with innovative approaches to community engagement to produce exceptional research products, develop strong relationships among resource managers, planners, and policy makers in the region and build regional capacity for addressing climate variability and change. The Climate Impacts Group is a member organization of EARTHLAB.

EARTHLAB is a visionary institute that pushes boundaries to address our most pressing environmental challenges, with a focus on climate and its intersection with social justice. EARTHLAB does this by connecting faculty, students and researchers at the University of Washington to community collaborators in businesses, non-profits, public agencies, Tribal nations and others to co-produce actionable research that generates solutions and strategies for local and global impact. EARTHLAB’s vision, an equitable, just and sustainable world where people and planet thrive, supports one of the University’s biggest goals. As a Carnegie-classified Community Engagement University, the UW aspires to be the #1 university in the world as measured by impact. EARTHLAB is inspired by and committed to this challenge.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion: EARTHLAB and the Climate Impacts Group acknowledge the systemic racism that exists in the environmental sector and within environmentalism. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by bringing a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. We are seeking candidates who are committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment where all voices are considered and valued.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Research and Research Support

  • Applying social science and/or policy research methodologies to implement and support design of CIG research objectives;
  • Assist in project-specific research needs, such as literature reviews, supporting program design processes, contextual analyses, needs assessments, or developing monitoring and evaluation strategies;
  • Assist in curriculum development

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Work collaboratively with frontline communities potentially including urban communities of color, tribes, rural communities, and/or other groups who have historically been excluded from discussions of climate impacts and the environment.

Project Management

  • Work with CIG senior research staff to provide logistical support for projects;
  • Help coordinate collaborations with other organizations.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor’s degree in design, ethnic studies, public health, climate justice, economics, public policy or a related field plus two years experience.

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

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Demonstrated experience with frontline community stakeholder engagement at federal, tribal, state, and/or municipal levels;
  • Demonstrated cultural competence, leading with curiosity and humility to facilitate relationships across different perspectives, values, knowledge specializations, and geographies;
  • A commitment to enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion within the CIG and NCRC teams and programs.

DESIRED:

  • Demonstrated experience or training in the theory and practice of environmental and climate justice
  • Demonstrated experience or training in conducting research, assessment, evaluation or stakeholder engagement related to climate change impacts and/or adaptation
  • Social science methodological experience associated with applied social science research (e.g., interview methodologies, literature reviews, policy evaluation, planning methods)
  • Experience with co-production and use-inspired research.

Additional Application Instructions
At EARTHLAB and the Climate Impacts Group, we focus on equity and justice in all that we do. In your cover letter, please include your experience, lived or professional, in the area of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

Application Process
The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.  These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others.  Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your “My Jobs” page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

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