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Research Assistant

Position Information

Posting Details


Posting Number
046547

Position Title
Research Assistant

Number of Vacancies
1

School/College/Division/Institutes/Centers
07 - Law School

Primary Department
H0701-Deans Office Law School

Working Conditions
Normal office environment.

Wayne State University requires all students, faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with limited exceptions. Learn more at: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus.

Essential Functions (Job Duties)
The Ideal Research Assistant and Communications Specialist, in support of the State Oversight Academy, will research and write oversight briefs and other communications about developments in the oversight field in Congress, around the United States, and overseas.

Research, write, and edit content to support the Levin Center's media, online, and public relations efforts.

Research and write summaries of oversight related databases and academic articles to make them usable for practitioners and the public.

Serve as Levin Center's in-house information science/database expert, assisting the Associate Director with efforts to assemble, interpret, and market the Center's growing collection of data and resources relevant to oversight and related topics.
Research, write, and edit content for the Levin Center's Learning by Hearings program.

Research and write new entries in the Levin Center's Portraits in Oversight online series.

Conduct research on various oversight issues as needed.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Unique Duties

Qualifications
Graduate degree in social science or history and or library or information science preferred.

Experience conducting social science or historical research, including archival research, and writing and editing materials for use by scholars, oversight practitioners, and the public required. Experience in digital curation and preservation of historical documents, website design, and grant writing preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Excellent research, writing, and editing skills required. Expertise preserving, coding, and organizing archival material and developing curated databases for use by professional researchers required.

Preferred Qualifications

Testing Requirements
Not Applicable

Test Scheduling

Job Type
Full-Time

Job Category
Research Assistants/Associates

Duration of Posting

Fiscal Year of Job Open Date
2022

Job Open Date
(When job is posted in the system)
06-17-2022

Job Close Date
(or until suitable candidate is found)
Until Suitable Candidate is Found

Is this position reposted?
No

Reposting Reason:
None (New Posting)

Application Information

Background Check Requirements
University policy requires certain persons who are offered employment to undergo a background check, including a criminal history check, before starting to work. If you are offered employment, the University will inform you if a background check is required.

Instructions for submitting your application:

Represented Position Message


Funding/Salary Information

Salary (Minimum)
(Non-Academic Only)

Salary (Hire Max)
(Non-Academic Only)

Salary (Maximum)
(Non-Academic Only)

Hourly Rate
(Non-Academic Only)

Salary Range
(Academic Only)
TBD

Is Position Bump Ineligible?
(Non-Academic, Represented positions only. Select 'No' for Academic. Select N/A if Non-represented.)
**NOTE: If 'Yes' is selected, then this is a Bump Ineligible Position (BIP). The person who bids or hires into this 100% grant funded position has no bumping rights upon grant expiration or in a reduction of force.
N/A

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