Department: College of Public Health - Social Work
Classification: Post Doc 12 month
Job Category: Postdoctoral Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Restricted: Yes
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The Department of Social Work has internationally recognized faculty for their expertise in areas of behavioral health, violence prevention, older adults, children and youth, and immigration, with a proud history of faculty-student-community research collaborations. The Department has received a HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) grant to train the next generation of social workers in evidence-based approaches for behavioral health and is involved in a Workforce Resiliency Training Program. Additionally, faculty are engaged in innovative, collaborative research projects that leverage university partnerships to incorporate digital technology solutions and computing techniques in developing service interventions. The Department of Social Work offers BSW and MSW degree programs (including a fully online MSW program) with an educational and research mission focusing on practice and policy interventions that improve health and well-being and promote economic and social justice, particularly for individuals, families, and communities who have been historically oppressed and minoritized. The department includes 20 full-time faculty, enrolls approximately 200 undergraduate and 450 graduate students, and is building a Ph.D. program.
About the Position:
The postdoctoral research fellow position fills a critical need to develop the deliverables expected by the funder, as well as to help with the drafting of manuscripts and conference presentations on a grant project consisting of multi-phase series of studies that explores intimate partner violence experiences of minoritized men.
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Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Interpersonal Violence at https://jobs.gmu.edu/, complete and submit the online application which includes a list of three professional references with contact information.
Applications should provide:
1. A letter of application
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Names and contact information for three professional references
4. Writing sample
Posting Open Date: March 1, 2024
For Full Consideration, Apply by: April 16, 2024
Open Until Filled?: Yes