• Job Description

  Req#: R131526

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  Job Title:

  Research Technician 3

  Department:

  FAES | Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

  Description:

  The Ohio State University seeks a full‐time researcher for one year to conduct stakeholder needs assessment for the project entitled—"UNIFY: Universal Feedstock Supply Chain Logistics for Sustainable, Climate-Smart Feed, Fiber, and Fuel”. This project is focused on harvest and post-harvest logistics and preprocessing of major U.S. crops for sustainable production of feed, fiber and biofuels.

  Key responsibilities: The successful applicant will lead research design, collect data, conduct data analysis, and write up results of comprehensive needs assessment of stakeholders engaged in the biomass supply chain (producers, equipment manufacturers, processors, educators, commodity groups, agency personnel, etc.).

  Duty Pct

  Duty Description

  25%: Research design: Design and implement systematic literature reviews to inform research design.

  35%: Conduct needs assessment: Initiate and lead new research culminating in a needs assessment of target stakeholders. This will involve design, recruitment and data collection for interviews, focus groups, and sequential questionnaires with identified stakeholders.

  25%: Data analysis: Code and analyze qualitative data.

  15%: Reporting: Write descriptive report of the methods used and results obtained.

  Required qualification:

  • Bachelor’s degree in social science or a relevant field
  • Significant social science research experience
  • Ability to conduct independent qualitative research
  • 4 years of relevant experience

  Desired qualification:

  • Understanding of agriculture contexts/systems and stakeholder types

  Additional Information:

  This job profile is a Research Technician 3 (T3 level) position on the career roadmap.

  The salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limit to, education, years of experience, internal equity, etc.

  Location:

  Food Agriculture and Biological Engineering (9401)

  Position Type:

  Term (Fixed Term)

  Scheduled Hours:

  40

  Shift:

  First Shift

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