Job Description
Position is subject to continued availability of funding. The individual hired will have an At Will assignment.
Job Function:
Position is subject to continued availability of funding. The individual hired will have an At Will assignment.
Minimum Education:
Preferred Education:
Minimum Experience:
Preferred Experience:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Engage in external negotiations with research clients and sponsors, identify research strategies for empirical research and develop long-term relationships with clients such as state and local agencies, not-for-profit organizations, partner colleges and universities and commercial vendors.
- Research and write policy briefs, business briefs, and reports to be disseminated to the Center’s clients and the general public as appropriate; explain research findings of policy briefs, studies and business briefs to representatives of print, radio and TV media and on social media as appropriate; present research findings to clients and research sponsors and develop internal capacity to improve the Center’s communication of research findings through print and online media.
- Develop research stream in a preferred area or areas that would lead to conference presentations and a publication stream in appropriate academic or practitioner journals, engage in scholarship with colleagues within and outside the university, teach, mentor students, and develop the reputation of BSU as a Research University.
- Develop control features to maintain the integrity and quality of procedures and programs, especially those related to maintenance of large databases, and scheduled data and publication releases.
- Train graduate and undergraduate students to assist in the completion of the foregoing responsibilities.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
At Ball State University, we recognize inclusive excellence as an integral endeavor to fulfill our University’s mission and our strategic plan. We recruit, support, and retain a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff. We encourage and reward diversity of thought. We promote a work environment that encourages and rewards innovation and creativity. We pledge to keep Inclusive Excellence at the highest level of institutional importance and as a foundation in all that we strive to do. Our over-arching goal for Inclusive Excellence is to adopt a university-wide Inclusive Excellence approach to academic, administrative support, and service functions of the university. We believe Inclusive Excellence must be infused in every step we take.