Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Scientist

Job Summary

The Juvenile Justice Research and Reform (JJR&R) Lab in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Drexel University is hiring an individual to fulfill a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Scientist role. This is anticipated to be a 2-year position, with the possibility to extend contingent upon fit and funding. The successful candidate will have a primary role in the cross-county evaluation of juvenile diversion reforms.

Essential Functions

• Serve as a key contributor to a foundation grant meant to evaluate the impact of cross-county initiatives to expand eligibility and support for prosecutor-operated juvenile justice diversion from formal court processing.
• Work closely with community partners (e.g., District Attorney’s offices, community-based youth-serving organizations).
• Facilitate data transfer, manage project databases to structure, clean, and prepare data for analyses, conduct basic analyses, and collaborate with lab statistician for high-level analyses.
• Collaborate with project partners to disseminate findings and generate policy and practice recommendations.
• Author/co-author publications and contribute to grant applications and project deliverables.
• Supervise research assistants who work on this project.
• Serve as a core member of the JJR&R Lab team and collaborate with several other lab project teams, which include faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate research assistants.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a master’s degree or Equivalent
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in related field.
• The ideal candidate will have strong quantitative skills for data management and statistical analyses, organizational skills needed to successfully manage data-related components of this project, and excellent interpersonal skills needed to successfully collaborate with funders, justice stakeholders, and lab colleagues.

Preferred Qualifications

The JJR&R Lab seeks a candidate with a doctoral or master’s degree in statistics, criminology, public health, psychology, public policy, or a related discipline.

Location

University City, Philadelphia PA

Additional Information

This position is classified as Exempt with a salary grade of I. For more information regarding Drexel’s Professional Staff salary structure, https://drexel.edu/hr/career/ducomp/salstructure/

Please review the Benefits Brochure for some information on our benefits offerings.

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.

Review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.

Advertised:Jan 26 2023 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:Apr 30 2023 Eastern Daylight Time