- BS/BA and 2 years of relevant experience -OR-
- MS/MA -OR-
- PhD
- National lab experience
- Master's degree preferred
- Experience with emergency planning and response protective action information approaches, including Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits.
- An understanding of the Nuclear Incident Response Environment as it applies to health and human safety.
- Have a demonstrated commitment to data quality and accuracy, strong written and oral communication skills, work independently, and in a team setting.
- Use of stakeholder engagement tools and decision science tools
- Involvement in engagement opportunities for diverse stakeholder communities (e.g., meetings and webinars)
- Strong written and presentation skills for diverse audiences
- Excellent organizational skills Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment
Social Scientist 2 - Richland, United States - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Description
Responsibilities
Do you want to be challenged with hard real-world problems in the areas of national security, environmental responsibility, and energy reliability? Do you want to be the innovator and problem solver that makes our nation safer and stronger? Does the thought of working on cutting-edge applied research around some of our nation's top applied decision topics sound compelling to you? Do you want to work side by side with world class scientists and engineers?
If you answered yes, please join us in the Applied Decision Systems & Analytics Group. We're looking for smart, creative and motivated people who have a passion for solving critical national challenges. We are seeking highly qualified candidates with expertise in decision science, social science, systems science, and with the drive to apply their skills to an eclectic mix of national challenges. The qualified candidate will become part of a world-class team helping assess and manage the risk to resilient energy production and delivery, to a sustainable global environment, and to effective national security. The successful candidate will also be supporting others in the development of new sponsor opportunities.
Applies quantitative and qualitative theories, methods, and techniques across social sciences to analyze human, organizational and social phenomena and to address emerging and prevailing societal issues concerning energy, environment, technological innovation, health and human safety, national defense and security, and public policy. Areas of research include sociology, psychology, behavioral science, computational social science, economics, political science, human geography, demography, anthropology, history, linguistics, and law.
QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Not Applicable.
Additional InformationDue to business needs and client space, US Citizenship is required.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is subject to the Department of Energy Unclassified Foreign Visits & Assignments Program site, information, technologies, and equipment access requirements.
Testing Designated PositionNot a Testing Designated Position.