Position overview Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar - Employee
Salary range: The UC postdoc salary scales set the minimum pay determined by experience level at appointment. See the following table for the current salary scale for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/april-2023-ase-gsr-postoc-salary-scales/t23.pdf . The current minimum salary range for this position is $60,000-$69,385. Salaries above the minimum may be offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
Percent time: 100%
Anticipated start: August 2023
Position duration: 2 years with potential for renewal based on performance and funding
Application Window
Open date: April 25, 2023
Most recent review date: Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Wednesday, Jul 5, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Terner Center formulates bold strategies to house families from all walks of life in vibrant, sustainable, and affordable homes and communities. Established in 2015, the Terner Center has quickly become a leading voice in identifying, developing, and advancing innovative public and private sector solutions to achieve broader housing affordability for American communities. The Terner Center is focused on identifying ambitious, yet pragmatic solutions to today's most pressing housing challenges, supported by rigorous, action-oriented research. Our success is measured in part by the extent to which our ideas, research, and solutions influence dialogue, decision-making, and practice among policymakers and private sector leaders. With a focus on high-cost regions and solutions that can help address their unique challenges, the Terner Center pursues ideas that can help expand the supply of housing and lower the cost of production; increase access to homes and opportunity-rich communities for people across the income spectrum; align housing and climate change priorities; and improve the outcomes of major housing policies and programs through rigorous impact assessment.
Applications are sought for a full-time Postdoctoral Scholar on land use, housing supply and climate policy. The postdoc's primary role will be to support data analysis and writing on Terner Center research projects that seek to inform state and federal policy at the intersection of land use planning, housing production, and climate mitigation. These projects could include evaluations of state policies to streamline or increase the supply of infill housing, assess the relationship between housing production and areas impacted by climate events, and/or research that explores the role of housing on GHG emissions (either through location or design and construction materials).
The above will account for about 80% of the appointment. The remaining 20% of time will be available for the successful applicant's own research. In addition to salary, the Terner Center will provide the postdoc with $4,000 to attend academic or professional conferences. The term will be two years with the possibility for additional renewal.
Terner Center seeks candidates with the skills and experience to contribute to our goals for diversity, equity, and inclusion in our internal management practices and to produce research and policy work that furthers equity goals. We welcome and encourage applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, ideology, lived experience of housing challenges, and other statuses protected by law.
This position will be located at the Terner Center's offices in Oakland, California but flexibility may be available for hybrid work.
Labor Contract : https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/px/index.html
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD (or equivalent international degree) program
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
PhD (or equivalent international degree)
No more than three years of post-degree research experience by start date
Preferred qualifications
Demonstrated interest and knowledge of housing and land use policy, including through research publications and presentations, or other policy-relevant professional experience
Experience in quantitative data analysis with varied data sources
Record of peer-reviewed publications in the fields of urban planning, housing, climate mitigation, or related areas
Familiarity with designing and executing causally identified quantitative research
Experience working in collaborative research teams
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at Berkeley. More Information and guidelines .
(Optional)
Representative manuscript - Either published or unpublished
Reference requirements
3 required (contact information only) Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03931
Help contact: ben.metcalf@berkeley.edu
Campus Information
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and academic and non-academic staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our academic positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and belonging.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.
As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs - With Updated Interim Amendments . All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, Religious Objection, and/or Deferral based on pregnancy or recent COVID-19 diagnosis and/or treatment) no later than the applicable deadline. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of receiving the most recent CDC-recommended COVID-19 booster or properly decline such booster no later than the applicable deadline. New University of California employees should refer to Exhibit 2 , Section II.C. of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Attachment for applicable deadlines. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of being Up-To-Date on seasonal influenza vaccination or properly decline such vaccination no later than the applicable deadline. Please refer to the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program Attachment . (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.) Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.
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Job location
Berkeley, CA
To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03931
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