Post-Doctoral Appointee - Economic Resilience
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Location: Lemont, IL
- Job Number: 7117508 (Ref #: 414530)
- Posting Date: Dec 6, 2022
- Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
The Decision and Infrastructure Science (DIS) Division researches, designs, and delivers scientific tools and methodologies to inform decision-making regarding the most challenging security, risk, and resilience problems. DIS experts have developed methods to understand dependencies and interdependencies, build resilient infrastructure, and respond to emergencies. DIS recently established a new, cross-disciplinary National Economic Research and Resilience Center (NERRC), which provides innovative and transparent economic data access, research, and analysis to support and strengthen economic development and resilience in communities across the nation. In addition to providing world class research, NERRC is dedicated to providing aspiring researchers with long-term career pathways in the economic development field.
DIS is seeking a passionate and innovative post-doctoral candidate to serve as its first National Economic Resilience Post-Doctoral Fellow.
As a multidisciplinary national laboratory, Argonne offers an exciting atmosphere in which to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects, enabling complex technical problems to be explored through the integrated application of natural, social, and computer science practices.
In this position, you will:
Support research projects related to economic development, resilience, innovation, entrepreneurship, and other related topics.
Apply quantitative and qualitative decision-science techniques in the development of analyses, models, or reports.
As needed, provide economic development subject matter expertise for NERRC and DIS disaster recovery and resilience projects.
Support NERRC’s economic resilience applied research network, including developing and publishing regular research reports, assisting in the facilitation of webinars, and supporting other partnership events.
Support the development and implementation of NERRC’s annual conference, including but not limited to facilitating and coordinating the development of the agenda, recruiting speakers, and coordinating logistics with Argonne’s events team.
Position Requirements
To be considered you must have:
A PhD in economics, urban and regional planning, business, or a related field.
Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial economic development programs, policies, and best practices.
Excellent people skills.
Strong oral and written communication skills. This includes the ability to clearly articulate complex information in a way that is accessible to broad audiences, as well as the capability to interact with team members and sponsors on all aspects of sponsored research activities.
Ability to model Argonne’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.
All candidates must pass a general background check and drug screening for employment and may be required to obtain a “L” clearance.
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