Position Information:
Position Type: Permanent Staff (EPA NF)
Department: Environment Sciences & Engi-4630
Working Title: Senior Scientist
Appointment Type: EPA Non-Faculty Research
Position Posting Category: Research Professionals
Salary Range: Dependent on experience
Full Time/Part Time?: Full Time
Vacancy ID: NF0000945
Position ID: 1004955
Posting Open Date: 04/17/2014
Application Deadline: 05/18/2014
Open Until Filled: No
Proposed Start Date: 08/01/2014

Position Summary:
The Water Institute at UNC (WI) was established in 2009. It is hosted within the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. The WI: focuses on the interfaces between water, health and development; fosters partnership across UNC nationally and worldwide; works with government, industry and civil society; pursues quality in its work; tackles issues of major importance to global public health; acts inter-disciplinarily and inter-sectorally; and recognizes and enhances the contributions of science, technology, management, enterprise, policy and practice. In its first three years of operations, the Water Institute received 33 funded grants and awards, ranging in value from 15,000 to 1.5million, to a total value of 4,405,920, from 28 different awarding bodies; produced 60 research papers and delivered three large international conferences. For FY2012-13 the Water Institute had approximately 1.5M expenditure of which around 900,000 was research. The Water Institute has 5 associated faculty, approximately 20 affiliated students, 5 Post-Doc researchers, 10 research staff, and approximately 7-8 temporary positions. The WI pursues around five thematic Focus Areas at any one time. They are cross-cutting subjects in WaSH-health-development in which there are identifiable ongoing problems, and in which the Water Institute can contribute to accelerating progress. Our Focus Areas reflect the ‘elephants in the room’ complex issues that are too readily ignored in favor of simpler and easier to answer questions. We aim to work with others to identify them, understand them, and find creative, added-value, ways forward. This is a professional position providing services to the Water Institute in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. The individual in this position provides leadership, coordination, and management in a Focus Area, working across the WI core functions of: research, teaching and learning, networking and partnership development and knowledge management and in cooperation with the Directors of those core functions and the Director of the Water Institute.

Educational Requirements:
Ph.D. degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, atmospheric science, public health or other field relevant to studying the relationships between climate change and future water supplies.

Qualifications and Experience:
Knowledge of accepted practices, standards, and systems for analyzing the interrelationships between climate, WaSH and water resources. Demonstrated skill in managing large projects with multiple internal and external partners. At least seven years of post-doctoral experience in studying the impacts of climate change on water resources. Demonstrated experience in supervising multiple staff and projects. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, professional staff, and researchers. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. Knowledge of water resource challenges facing developing and developed nations, particularly in the context of climate change would be helpful. Prefer working knowledge of ArcGIS and data management.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and welcomes all to apply regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We also encourage protected veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply.

Special Instructions:
Please include a list of three references with contact information.

Quick Link: unc.peopleadmin.com:80/postings/42094

Department Contact Information:
Department Contact Name and Title: Janet Scearce, HR Consultant
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Contact Information:
If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the University’s Equal Employment Opportunity office at (919) 966-3576 or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Supplemental Questions:
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
1. What is your highest level academic qualification? •Doctoral
•Masters
•Bachelors
•other

2. How many years of post doctoral work experience do you have?
(Open Ended Question)

3. How many successful (funded) proposals have you played a major role in preparing? Of what financial value?
(Open Ended Question)

4. How many years work experience do you have with your principal activities on WaSH and/or climate?
(Open Ended Question)

5. Do you have substantive experience with ArcGIS or similar software? •yes
•no

Applicant Documents:
Required Documents1.Curriculum Vitae / Resume
2.Cover Letter
3.List of References
Optional Documents

Organization website: waterinstitute.unc.edu/


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