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Req #: 236899

Department: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Posting Date: 07/25/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $7,500 - $8,200 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

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 institutionsResearch Development

• Assist with successful proposals for major federal grants

• Secure and lead internal independent grants.

• Provide leadership in major intellectual development activities

• Contribute major independent advances in scientific thinking in our field

• Provide service to the field and leadership as evidenced by service on editorial boards or grant review panels, invited talks, and/or leadership roles in national professional organizations.Internal Collaboration

• Provide leadership related to bilingual content development across all Haring Center Professional Development Materials and strategies for expanding professional development offerings

• Develop and deliver professional development in Spanish

• Develop and/or refine materials to align with Haring Center Professional Development offeringsOther duties and responsibilities as assigned by the PIs MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Master's in Special Education, Applied Behavior Analysis or related field,

• 4 years' experience working on grant funded projects and working directly with children, families, or professionals as a teacher, therapist, related service provider, etc. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Experience teaching in higher education

• Ability to read, write, and speak Spanish fluently

• Ability to develop and present professional materials in Spanish

• Demonstrated ability to work across diverse groups and contribute to an inclusive community.

• Knowledge of and experience in early childhood/special education classrooms

• Knowledge of and experience in providing behavioral support to students with disabilities

• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal communication skills

• Experiencing mentoring, supervising, and/or providing feedback to adult learners

• Reliable transportation

• Well organized, punctual DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with developing online courses

• Experience with program evaluation

• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methodology

• Experience with designing and delivering professional development

• Experience with OSEP-funded projects

• Experience with large project management

• Experience with grant writing or contributing to extramurally funded grants

• Experience with consensus building and co-design Application Process: The application process 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 access 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.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.