Environmental Policy and Economics 2014

Environmental Policy and Economics

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==Institute for Health & Socio-Economic Policy - Research Analyst and Educator Positions ==

The Institute for Health & Socio-Economic Policy, the research arm of National Nurses United (NNU), AFL-CIO, seeks experienced Research Analysts and Educators. NNU, the nation’s largest nurses’ union and professional association, leads the Registered Nurse movement to transform the market-driven healthcare industry in the United States into a health care system driven by patient needs. NNU has negotiated the best Registered Nurse collective bargaining contracts in the nation and provided critical leadership in the AFL-CIO’s decision to endorse a single-payer healthcare system based on “updating and expanding Medicare benefits” for all Americans.

Research Analyst 

Research areas include the political economy of healthcare restructuring and the clinical and technological impacts of healthcare restructuring on both patients and the Registered Nurses who provide their care.

The ideal Researcher Candidate will have the following qualities:

Educator 
 * Strong commitment to social justice
 * At least one advanced degree
 * Econometric modeling experience highly desirable
 * Strong quantitative ability highly desirable
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Experience in power structure research
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Familiarity with corporate research and/or corporate campaigns
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Strategic research skills
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">An understanding of market concentration and complex organizational issues
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Background in evaluating and reviewing corporate statements

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">After appropriate orientation, the Educator will design and teach one day courses on health care restructuring, issues impacting nursing practice, and basic principles of political economy for Registered Nurses. Additionally, the Educator may design and teach semester length courses for the National Nurses United joint online certificate program in Global Women’s Health Leadership at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">This is not a traditional labor educator position.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The ideal Educator Candidate will have the following qualities:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Highly desirable attributes include familiarity with the epistemological problematic inherent in computerized expert systems and the impact on worker control, workplace power and skill, labor process studies, complex organizational analysis, the philosophy of science generally, and the social aspects of technological design and implementation.
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Strong commitment to social justice
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">At least one advanced degree, doctorate highly desirable
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Ability and willingness to travel
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Excellent qualitative social research skills
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Experience in working closely with others as part of a successful team
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Familiarity in teaching successful intensive workshops
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Ability to teach complex material in a way that is accessible to a broad audience
 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Experience teaching complex global issues of political economy

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The positions are based in the San Francisco Bay area and offer an excellent salary and benefits package that includes a pension and full family medical and dental coverage, including coverage for domestic partners.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Please submit a résumé, cover letter, and writing sample in PDF or Word format and complete the online application form.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Educator applicants may submit an optional outline of a one day educational workshop and/or a one to three page description of the best training session, class or workshop you have conducted and the audience you were reaching. Please click APPLY button.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">NNU is committed to Equal Opportunity, and considering applicants of all ages, races, sexual orientations, national origins, ethnicities, and religions. We urge people of color and women, researchers and educators of all backgrounds, to apply.

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 * <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:     12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">DEADLINE: March 1, 2014