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CHEManager International · 1 day ago

Assistant Research Professor - Interdisciplinary Sustainability Scholarship

Twin Lakes, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$88K/yr - $110K/yr

CHEManager International is seeking an Assistant Research Professor to join the Institute On The Environment (IonE) at the University Of Minnesota. The role involves maintaining a research program focused on sustainability, collaborating with various stakeholders, and securing external funding to support impactful research.

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Responsibilities

Maintain and grow an internationally recognized research program with clear connections to at least one impact goal domain (https://environment.umn.edu/impact-goals/) aligned with IonE's strategic priorities

Pursue, participate, and lead collaborations with IonE affiliates, UMN researchers, scholars from diverse disciplines internationally, and the non-academic partnerships (i.e., industry, government, NGO, venture capitalists, etc.) required to co-develop research ideas and ensure that research outcomes are societally impactful

Direct and manage a research portfolio and budgets that include multiple externally funded grants and awards

Supervise and conduct performance evaluations for project-supported postdocs and/or students ensuring alignment of research project goals, individual goals, and project proposals with project and organizational priorities

Generate scholarly and impact products potentially including, but not limited to: academic papers, reports, non-academic publications, outreach materials, policy memos, documentation, op-eds, art, data sets, GitHub repositories, research instruments, software, and/or datasets

Present research findings at academic and practitioner-focused conferences and events

Other duties as defined by externally-funded research projects

Identify, pursue, and secure external funding, such as grants, external sales, philanthropic contributions, and partnerships, sufficient in scale to support your salary, salaries of other team members, and expenditures for the research program priorities

Collaborate on IonE KI annual planning efforts including, for example, budget planning, annual goal setting, IonE Postdoctoral Fellowship priorities and reviews, grant reviews, hiring committees, and events such as Deep Engagement Week

Serve, as requested, in IonE, university, and external leadership and/or honorific appointments to, for example, university committees, scientific assessments, or professional societies

Explore novel research directions through cultivating and maintaining collaborative relationships, shared ideation, and pre-proposal research scoping

Develop and cultivate collaborative relationships with external organizations, research institutions, and funding agencies to advance your research program in alignment with IonE's research impact goal priorities

Lead or play a significant contributing role to one major KI service activity, to be identified and assigned by the KI director

Other duties as requested

Qualification

Doctorate degreeExternally-funded researchDecision support systemsFundraising experienceTeam collaborationPublic engagementMentoring experienceLeadership experience

Required

Successful completion of a Doctorate degree relevant to the position applied for, or related doctoral degree. Must have expertise in one or more of IonE's impact goal domains

Scholarly portfolio appropriate to given career stage, demonstrated by a combination of scientific databases, reports, white papers, training materials, decision support systems, software and metadata documentation, policy memos, peer-reviewed publications, and/or patent filings

Evidence of potential to build externally-funded research collaborations and obtain competitive external funding that can be deployed towards funding salary and research expenses

Experience working in a team environment with other experts both within the university and outside (e.g., private companies, communities, governments, etc.)

Willingness to work regularly in-person at IonE on the UMN St. Paul campus

Current U.S. work eligibility

Preferred

Postdoctoral experience or relevant professional experience

Potential to advance and catalyze others towards IonE's vision as described in the Strategic Plan including the ability to engage scholars across UMN to build collaborations and coalitions, and co-produce creative, fundable, and impactful projects to advance sustainable outcomes

Experience in developing innovative ways of engaging historically excluded people or marginalized communities and/or new stakeholders, and/or developing externally funded projects that address or reduce inequitable sustainability pathways

Strong potential to or experience supervising and mentoring postdoctoral fellows, staff, and/or undergraduate or graduate students, including encouraging a collaborative and inclusive approach to our goal-oriented work

Evidence of or promise toward impact-oriented public engagement and partner relationship cultivation that is integrated into research and professional activities

Fundraising experience and/or current funding from diverse sources such as government grants (e.g., Federal, state), NGOs, foundations, and donors

Team leadership experience, including motivating and coordinating multiple people towards a common project goal