Research Associate (part-time)

Job Details

General Notes

This is a part-time (30 scheduled weekly hours) position. Position ends one year after initial hire date.

Purpose

The Meyers Lab at The University of Texas at Austin is immediately seeking outstanding research associate candidates. This part-time position will require a combination of technical strengths, high-level communication, leadership, and organization skills.

Responsibilities

Staged Alert Systems

Lead a team of students in documenting and evaluating COVID staged alert systems.

Work with staged alert collaborators to guide research to design future staged alert systems.

Disseminate the results of this analysis through reports and presentations

Educational Leadership

Develop teaching materials for mathematical epidemiology of infectious diseases both for the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI)

Collaborate with the training team on epiENGAGE grant to identify gaps in skills and knowledge; develop and guide training modules and resources;

and disseminate resources for a wider audience.

Lead the scheduling of weekly lab meetings including finding speakers, identifying topics, and suggesting research articles.

Modeling Efforts

Submit weekly forecasts to the CDC’s COVID-19 Forecasting Hub.

Engage with our research team and the broader research and public health communities.

Collaborate with modeling teams on specific epiENGAGE projects.

Ad Hoc

Other lab needs as they arise

Required Qualifications

Candidates must have completed a PhD in a quantitative science, statistics, computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related discipline.

The position will also require the ability to work quickly on time-sensitive analyses and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.

Preferred Qualifications

Multiple years of experience in designing, validating, and applying mathematical models of outbreak dynamics and control.

Experience collaborating with communities and public health professionals.

Salary Range

$100,000

Working Conditions

Flexible work arrangement possible

Occasional evenings and weekends required

May work around standard office conditions

Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

Required Materials

PhD Verification

Letter of interest

Research statement

Minimum of three (3) letters of reference, at least two of which must be from referees outside of the University of Texas at Austin.

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers : You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications.

Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section;

you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.

Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

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This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume.

In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.

that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility :

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers.

Staff who are promotion / transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility :

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks :

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.