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Research Associate

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Middlebury College
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Research Associate
Middlebury College



Posting Number: S01507

Position Summary:
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) is seeking to appoint a high-caliber, early-career Research Associate to work full-time in its Washington, DC office, and in particular to assist the Center's projects on global trade in proliferation-sensitive commodities, sanctions and country-specific proliferation issues. The position is fixed-term position for at least 12 months but may be renewed based on available funding. This is a regular, full-time staff position.


Essential Functions:
The Research Associate will be responsible for contributing to ongoing projects, particularly those examining global trade in proliferation-sensitive commodities, sanctions and country-specific proliferation issues. They will work closely with senior research staff to conduct original open-source research and analysis.

To support these programs, the Research Associate will be responsible for conducting independent research and analysis, to include open source information collection, assessment, and data analysis.

In order to complement CNS’ existing range of foreign language expertise, the Center is particularly interested in candidates who meet the other criteria and have a Chinese (mandarin) language capability. Consequently, the job holder will also be responsible for conducting some research using Chinese language sources.

The Research Associate also will be responsible for the following tasks:
• Building network models of proliferation trends and activities;
• Assisting with research related to the maritime sanctions implementation as well as issues surrounding flags of convenience;
• Collection, cleaning, analysis and assessment of open source information and data including from Chinese language sources;
• Liaising with funders, customers, stakeholders and other parties to promote research findings and ensure policy impact; and,
• Aiding in the dissemination of research findings including by drafting research papers, reviewing research papers, engaging in social media dissemination and otherwise presenting the findings of research to the stakeholder community.
• Acting as a trainer in practitioner-focused training on topics of relevance to the role

The Research Associate will also be responsible for assisting in preparing grant proposals, quarterly reports, and large-scale final reports. Additionally, they will assist in preparing briefing materials to update project sponsors and other interested parties and on a case-by-case basis will be required to interact with project sponsors.


General Responsibilities:
Ability to set and maintain high standards for the quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Ability to assist in managing a large project spanning multiple CNS programs and offices. This may include monitoring deliverable schedules, taking the lead on internal project team communications, compiling budgets, coordinating with partner organizations, planning travel, and producing grant-related reports. Additionally, they will assist in preparing briefing materials to update project sponsors and other interested parties.

The job holder may be required to travel internationally.

Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications
Education:

The job holder will have a Master’s degree in political sciences, international relations, history, or a related discipline, or relevant previous professional experience.


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
The job holder should be proficient in data collection and analysis. Python coding or data science skills and experience are particularly desirable.

Candidates ideally should be a proficient Chinese (mandarin) speaker. Other foreign language skills are also desirable.

Candidates should also have a demonstrated interest in international security and non-proliferation issues, either through coursework or professional work experience. They must be an original thinker, motivated to conduct innovative research, particularly using primary open sources. They should be a skilled oral and written communicator, able to organize and synthesize complex and sometimes technical content.


Experience:
Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to work as part of a team to deliver research outputs on deadlines. The ideal applicant will also have a proven ability to manage datasets.


Physical Demands:
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey maintains a smoke-free workplace and complies with the Federal Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and Drug-Free Workplace Act. Position requires light to moderate physical effort and the ability to work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time.

This role may involve international travel in the post-COVID 19 period.


Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information on our background check policy can be found here: http://go.middlebury.edu/backgroundchecks

To apply, visit https://middlebury.peopleadmin.com/postings/22660

Middlebury is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, Middlebury recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. Middlebury also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.





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Organization

Middlebury is one of the country's top liberal arts colleges. It offers its students a broad curriculum embracing the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences. Middlebury is an institution with a long-standing international focus, a place where education reflects a sense of looking outward, and a realization that the traditional insularity of the United States is something of the past. We seek to bring to Middlebury those who wish not only to learn about themselves and their own traditions, but also to see beyond the bounds of class, culture, region, or nation. Indeed, the central purpose of a Middlebury education is precisely to transcend oneself and one's own concerns. This transcendence may come for some through the study of other cultures; for some through the study of the environment; for others it will come through inquiry into such fields as physics or philosophy, mathematics or music.

Middlebury's undergraduate college is enriched by its other programs. Every summer, the main campus in Vermont is transformed into an institution single-mindedly devoted to the study of nine foreign languages and cultures, and the use of English is virtually banned for the participants, among whom are many Middlebury undergraduates. In the Green Mountains lies Middlebury's Bread Loaf campus, where for six weeks each summer the Bread Loaf School of English is in session. This is followed by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, which brings together 200 authors and aspiring authors for 11 days of intensive exchange about the art of writing. The Bread Loaf School of English is in session each summer not only in Middlebury but also at Lincoln College, Oxford, in the United Kingdom; at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

There is also an overseas dimension to Middlebury College. The C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad are located in Belo Horizonte, Berlin, Bordeaux, Buenos Aires, Concepción, Córdoba, Ferrara, Florence, Getafe, Guadalajara, Hangzhou, Irkutsk, La Serena, Logroño, Madrid, Mainz, Montevideo, Moscow, Niterói, Paris, Poitiers, Santiago, Temuco, Tucumán, Valdivia, Valparaíso, Xalapa, and Yaroslavl. These schools enroll more than 300 undergraduate and graduate students who seek to further their foreign language skills and immerse themselves as fully as possible in the host culture through academic study as well as direct experience.

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