Postdoctoral Researcher for Social Science Analysis in Transportation

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 27

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Research & Development
$73.2K - $120.8K
Golden

Requirements

Must be a recent PhD graduate within the last three years.* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Responsible for project management, project planning and project execution, including goal setting and evaluation
Designs, conducts and documents discussions, meetings, interviews, and focus groups
Helps identify metrics and develop methodologies for the metrics
Supports with design of survey questions and coordination with survey company
Engages in community mapping of key Environmental Justice concerns with stakeholders
Analyzes data from the qualitative research components (meetings, surveys, etc.)
Writes literature review(s)
Develops feedback loop methodology
Analyzes qualitative data for the technical memos
Works well within a highly collaborative environment

Responsibilities

As the only national laboratory solely dedicated to energy efficiency and renewable energy research, NREL focuses on creative answers to today's energy challenges. To help us answer the challenge, we are seeking a proactive postdoctoral researcher to support the development of social science capabilities for the laboratory focused on more equitable clean energy research and deployment. Specifically, the successful candidate will support the design and evaluation of strategies and pathways to achieve just energy outcomes. The strategies will provide details on the suite of policy, regulatory, and programmatic actions that can enable more equitable energy outcomes, with a more just distribution of costs and/or benefits.
A successful candidate will have experience and demonstrated success in community engagement, applied ethnographic methods, participatory planning methods, urban infrastructure projects, be proactive by nature, laser focused on details, and work well in multidisciplinary diverse teams. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to conduct and analyze qualitative interviews as well as translate qualitative data into quantitative inputs and actionable findings and metrics. This person will demonstrate an ability to communicate well with a diverse range of stakeholders (i.e., local communities, environmental justice groups, government authorities). The successful candidate will be fluent in English and Spanish. The candidate will also be well versed in project management and stakeholder engagement. Some familiarity with urban design software tools and community mapping methodologies is preferred.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Science & Healthcare

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1977

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a Department of Energy national lab, is #TransformingEnergy as the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL's Mission: NREL develops renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advances related science and engineering, and transfers knowledge and innovations to address the nation's energy and environmental goals. NREL's Strategy: NREL has forged a focused strategic direction to increase its impact on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) and our nation's energy goals by accelerating the research path from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions.