Postdoctoral Employee - Psychology/Sociology - Physical Sciences Dean's Office
Company: University of California-Berkeley
Location: Berkeley
Posted on: January 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
The UC postdoc salary scales set the minimum pay determined by
experience level at appointment. See the following table(s) for the
current salary scale(s) for this position:
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/oct-2024-scales/t23.pdf.
The current minimum salary range for this position is
$66,737-$74,425. Salaries above the minimum may be offered when
necessary to meet competitive conditions.
Percent time:
100%
Anticipated start:
January 2025
Position duration:
2 years with possibility of extension
Application Window
Open date: November 27, 2024
Next review date: Friday, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the
committee.
Final date: Friday, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position description
The MPS Dean's Diversity Office provides resources to the MPS
community at Berkeley to increase diversity, sustain an inclusive
climate, and ensure equitable educational and career opportunities
for all. We advise and support undergraduates and graduate
students, prospective students, student organizations, postdoctoral
fellows, faculty, staff, department managers, and Department Chairs
in the mathematical and physical sciences. We generate and lead
programs, educational activities, and services, and research and
program assessments for the MPS departments. We work with and
represent Berkeley MPS to statewide and national partners and
organizations. Our scholarly research is both local and national in
scope, and informs the development of new initiatives in and for
MPS.
Project Description
The California Prospective Faculty Gender Equity Initiative
(CPFGEI) Postdoctoral Fellow's work will support Berkeley-led
research conducted with a cohort of peer institutions in California
(UC Berkeley, Caltech, Stanford, and three national laboratories)
to investigate the underrepresentation of women at the faculty
level in the mathematical and physical sciences (MPS) fields. The
project will focus on these questions: (1) what factors determine
whether prospective faculty decide to apply for academic positions?
(2) what determines which advertised positions they respond to? (3)
what factors affect their success in being offered positions? and
(4) what factors affect their decisions to accept those positions,
once offered? We will use both qualitative and quantitative
interviews and surveys, and assemble the postdocs at the partner
institutions annually to communicate the findings and
recommendations. Findings, recommendations, and results will be
disseminated, with the goal of promoting fair and equitable
outcomes in faculty hiring.
Supervision
The Postdoctoral Fellow will work with the UC Berkeley PI, Steven
Kahn, and Co-PIs, as well as the institutional partners' PIs. The
Postdoctoral Fellow will work under the supervision and mentorship
of Steven Kahn. The Assistant Dean, Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, &
Access in the Mathematical & Physical Sciences at UC Berkeley will
provide day to day oversight of the Postdoctoral Fellow.
Job Duties
1) The Postdoctoral Fellow is responsible for assisting the PIs and
Co-PIs in the conceptualization of the research, managing the IRB
process, and implementing the qualitative and quantitative
components of the research.
2) The Postdoctoral Fellow will collect institutional data from
each of the partner institutions, and possibly at other
universities and federally funded research and development
facilities (FFDRCs) as well, allowing us to examine equity-related
outcomes across the partners and comparatively with other
institutions.
3) The Postdoctoral Fellow will collect and/or support a process of
collecting, analyzing, and integrating qualitative data, and
linking it to quantitative data.
4) As a full-time researcher on the topic, the Postdoctoral Fellow
will recruit, schedule, interview, and lead analytic coding for all
interviews.
5) In addition, the Fellow will become immersed in salient
literature (from sociology, social, educational, and
industrial/organizational psychology, and other fields as needed),
to inform the research and assist in constructing theoretical
arguments.
6) The Postdoctoral Fellow will be responsible for data management,
storage, and protection according to the IRB-approved protocols and
university policy.
7) The Postdoctoral Fellow will assist the Co-PI, PI, management
team, and affiliated staff in managing meetings and organizing the
project's conferences.
8) The Postdoctoral Fellow will work with the PI, Co-PI and
management team to write-up, publish, and disseminate findings from
the research.
Project Timeline
Year 1: (1) Set schedule of standing meetings and convene-
management team, internal steering committee, collaborative
meetings.(2) Gain IRB approval. (3) Develop the website and
generate media announcements for dissemination at partner and
affiliated universities and FFRDCs. (4) Generate Year 1 database
with partner institutions. (4) Conduct qualitative study. (5) Hold
the first conference. (6) Develop and administer a year 1
survey.
Year 2: (1) Analyze Year 1 survey results. (2) Administer and
analyze Year 2 survey. (3) Hold the first conference. (4) Begin to
write up and communicate preliminary results at partner and
affiliated institutions and FFRDCs. (5) Hold standing meetings of
the management team, internal steering committee, collaborative
meetings.
Year 3: (1) Analyze Year 2 survey results. (2) Administer and
analyze Year 3 survey. (3) Hold the second conference. (4) Convene
management team etc. as needed. (5) Write up final results and
submit them for publication. (6) Engage in widespread communication
of results at partner and affiliated institutions and FFRDCs,
professional society meetings and other outlets.
Union:
https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/resources/employment-policies-contracts/bargaining-units/postdoctoral-scholars/contract/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD or equivalent international degree, or enrolled in a PhD or
equivalent international degree granting program
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Preferred qualifications
Application Requirements
Document requirements
(Optional)
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04684
Help contact: Colette@berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and
belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an
environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students,
and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will
demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and
inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g.,
teaching, research, and service, as applicable).
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
Please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action
Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination
Policy.
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will
be treated as confidential per University of California policy and
California state law. Please refer potential referees, including
when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service
or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality
prior to submitting their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for
misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged
misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
Job location
Berkeley, CA
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