Req #: 238712 Department: COLLABORATIVE FOR SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT Job Location Detail: Hybrid - 2 days a week telework Posting Date: 09/23/2024 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: 50% of $10,167 - $10,583 per month Limited Recruitment: **Open to UW Employees only** 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 ) **Although open until filled, priority application date is October 7, 2024.** 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. **This is a grant-funded position with supplemental start-up funding from the VCAA’s office. The continuation of this position beyond five years is contingent upon future funding.** We are seeking a 0.5 FTE senior research scientist to serve as the **Director for the Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement (CSEE)** for a 5-year term. CSEE is a UW tri-campus interdisciplinary research center focused on creating knowledge that advances our understanding of the dynamic connections that exist between ecological systems (e.g., ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources) and social systems (e.g., human communities, institutions, and cultural norms). The institutional home for CSEE is at UW Bothell while the research center operates out of the Environmental Education and Research Center (EERC) at Saint Edward State Park (SESP), approximately six miles from the UW Bothell campus. The facility includes a 2,000 square-foot indoor space and an adjacent 700 square-foot outdoor space that support field-based research. CSSE is intended to be fiscally self-sustaining via grant, gifts, program revenue, and similar funding sources. CSEE advances interdisciplinary, equity-centered, and place-based research programs in Bothell-Kenmore-Kirkland with a broad reach to the surrounding urban communities. CSEE engages in initiatives that investigate the diverse and complex relationships between the environment and human societies. CSEE’s research focus includes: the causes of environmental degradation and their impact on societies, the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on communities and the environment, sustainable resource management practices, environmental and social justice issues, adaptation and resilience in the face of environmental challenges and pedagogical practices that advance these research areas. CSEE’s strength comes from fostering participatory, multi-disciplinary, and place-based research among stakeholders with varied historical backgrounds and cultural norms. Such an approach to research emphasizes the sharing of socio-ecological questions while recognizing the values we have in common. We anticipate that these efforts will significantly bolster the promotion of sustainability across various spheres. CSEE accomplishes this goal through community-engaged and participatory research, place-based and participatory creative practice, undergraduate field study, community science, and co-curricular partnerships with K-12 schools and other partners. The director of the research center will report to the Vice chancellor for Academic Affairs (VCAA) at UW Bothell. In addition to serving as the Principal Investigator (PI) for Center grants, this position is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight of the Center’s operations while ensuring a commitment to integrating diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. The PI is also responsible for securing and managing the financial resources and staffing that actualize the research mission for a self-sustaining research center. The expectations for the director include: Research Center Leadership + Serve as the PI on multiple grants and proposals. This includes identifying and defining research problems and funding agencies, designing the hypotheses to be tested and the methodology to be used, writing successful proposals that lead to funding, implementing the research phases, developing conclusions and future work, and publishing in peer-reviewed outlets. + Develop and expand an interactive network of partners across the region to co-design the research questions, collaborate on the research, and disseminate the results broadly for regional impact. These partners include local and regional government, the State Parks, Tribes, schools districts, community colleges, other state agencies, etc. + Develop a portfolio of funding opportunities that allows the Center to grow with these opportunities, and provide corollary benefits to the UW Bothell. + Maintain adequate funding (via grants, gifts, sponsorships, revenue generation) to support Center staff, affiliate faculty, and program activities within a regionally significant research portfolio. Since this is a new Center, the director needs to actively develop revenue-generating programs and actively fundraise in partnership with the relevant UW offices during this appointment period. + Co-write grants with faculty to expand and improve related programs. + Secure industry gifts and sponsorships to advance the research portfolio. + Maintain the interagency agreement with the Washington State Parks that allows the research center to be housed at SESP. Similarly, develop and sustain community, tribal, and K-12 research partnerships that are central to the participatory research portfolio. + Build and promote CSEE as a north Puget Sound resource for critical socio-ecological research. + Create forums for dissemination of best practices for exploring the frontiers of effective socio-ecological research. This includes, among others, a speaker series hosted by the Center. + Participate in national and international summits, symposia, and conferences in the area of socio-ecological research.Reporting and Communications + Report administratively to the VCAA + Regularly communicate with the academic affairs leadership team, the network of partners, and the associated advisory councils (faculty and philanthrophic). + Develop stories and fundraising briefs in partnership with UW Bothell communications and UW Bothell advancement. + Maintain relevant websites, social media, and other communication tools.Supervision and Mentorship + Provide direction and mentorship to 1 to 3 support staff and multiple students ensuring alignment with Center goals and UW Bothell’s mission, while addressing all human resources, purchasing, and other fiscal and administrative matters essential for the smooth functioning of CSEE while following all UW and UW Bothell policies. + Delegate work and activities as appropriate and conduct performance evaluations. + Since this is a new Center, the director needs to ensure that staffing is stabilized during this appointment period. + Other duties as necessary. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** + Doctoral Degree and at least 6 years of job-related experience beyond the Ph.D. **Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.** **ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS** + Proven track record of scholarly achievements, including publications, grants, and impactful contributions in any field that directly engages with social and ecological systems as broadly conceptualized in this job description (e.g., ecology, geography, sociology, sustainability/climate, environmental science/studies, economics, engineering, public policy, urban studies, education). + Proven track record securing external resources to advance research including grants, gifts, revenue-generating programs, among others. + Proficiency in program development and assessment with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation. + Sound financial acumen and experience managing budgets and resources within an academic setting. + Demonstrated experience leading and/or partnering with staff and supporting their professional development and success. + Dedication to the mission and values of the Center and university. + Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a talent for fostering collaboration and building consensus among diverse stakeholders inside and outside academia. + Commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia as well as community-engaged research, with a demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments. **CONDITITONS OF EMPLOYMENT** + Applicants should be current research scientists already employed with the UW with flexibility to be appointed to this 0.5 FTE role. + The Center is a self-sustaining unit, and the expectation is that all operating costs for the Center, including the director’s compensation, are covered by external funding sources by the end of the five years. If the Center is not self-sustaining by the end of the fourth year, UW Bothell will begin the process to sunset the Center. **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.