Job Title Assistant Research Scientist Agency Texas A&M University Department Bush School Of Government And Public Service Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate Job Location College Station, Texas Job Type Staff Job Description A Glimpse of the job! Texas A&M University seeks a n Assistant Research Scientist to work in College Station , Texas. The Assistant Research Scientist develops, writes, and coordinates scholarly publications and presentations in English that integrate political science theories with science and technology public policy research; collaborates with Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) colleagues and researchers from multiple disciplines to co-author manuscripts; participates in proposal writing for sponsored funding; contributes to completion of funded research tasks; and may direct student workers on specific research tasks. What You Need To Know: Salary: Compensation will be commensurate to selected hire’s experience. Special Instructions: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended. You may upload these in the CV/Resume section. MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Minimum Education required : PhD in political science with emphasis on decision making processes and political psychology and specialization in political psychology . Minimum Experience required: Appropriate PhD and experience, either through academic or professional experience, with: designing public opinion surveys related to political science theories and science and technology policy; embedded and conjoint experiments; conducting experiments online or in a social science lab; integrating survey results with relevant GIS data, and analyzing the resulting datasets utilizing multivariate and multilevel techniques as part of preparing manuscripts and reports to funders; co-authoring papers and presenting them at academic conferences; publishing articles in peer-reviewed public policy journals as well as interdisciplinary journals through collaborations with researchers in science and technology disciplines such as engineering; identifying and developing theoretical narratives, research objectives and tasks for multidisciplinary research proposals that are submitted to federal funding agencies . Responsibilities Research Scholarship: Prepares research manuscripts, presentations, and project reports (as described above) in English both as lead author and as co-author. Activities include identifying applicable theories, literature, and methodologies; conducting analyses, evaluating the results; and writing the documents. Also seeks and forms collaborations with researchers outside of ISTPP. Research Projects: Participates in ISTPP research projects including contributing to overall Institute research agenda, designing portions of survey instruments, especially embedded and conjoint experiments, managing data, and as needed, directing student workers in research tasks. Contributes to grant implementation as a member of the research team. Proposal Development: Participates in preparing research grant proposals and, as appropriate, leads portions of proposal preparation. Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned. Other Requirements and Factors: This is a full-time staff position with a typical workday schedule of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the office space provided All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.