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| Subject: | [FellowsCareers] cultural anthropologist job posting |
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| Date: | Thu, 19 Jan 2017 22:53:32 +0000 |
| From: | Cynthia Robinson <crobinso@aaas.org> |
| To: | FellowsCareers@listserv.aaas.org <FellowsCareers@listserv.aaas.org> |
Recruiter: Patricia Todd, ptodd@excellencconsultingllc.com, 240-338-1632
Cultural Anthropologist Position Description
Cultural anthropologists study living peoples within their social settings — their beliefs, practices, values, ideas, technologies, economies and more. The Cultural Anthropologist will bring specialized subject matter knowledge and expertise in the areas of human cultures and society and the factors that contribute to beliefs, practices, values, ideas, behaviors, motivations, perceptions and changes to these over time, particularly what influences/stimuli can affect change. The Cultural Anthropologist will work with R/PPR professionals to assess the data collected by current processes and contained in automated systems, determine the desired data R/PPR wishes to collect, and thereafter, with the IT team to help design the data that needs to be collected, identify data interactions and assist with correcting current data to bring it to the desired state. The Cultural Anthropologist may be involved with reporting and data visualization design and similar related tasks.
Qualifications Education:
Degree from accredited college/university in related subject matter field required
Experience
15+ years active, hand-on work experience in capital planning, project management and/or portfolio management office operations.
Responsibilities
Engage with R/PPR and other identified staff to understand data requirements and to discern if R/PPR is collecting the right data to produce the information needed to successfully engage in public diplomacy activities. Examine, analyze, and compare data currently gathered by the different R/PPR processes and systems Compare and contrast information and provide recommendations to R/PPR on data needs, e.g. write reports and papers on findings relating how and why different groups of people behave the way they do and their scope of influence Work with the IT team to define and implement data requirements Work with the IT team to design reports, data visualizations and user interfaces.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Expert knowledge of foreign country human culture and explaining why certain behaviors, beliefs, practices, values and ideas exist; ability to identify causes of changing behaviors and relationships among individuals and groups "Systems thinking" - the ability to see how parts interact with the whole (big picture thinking) Ability to strategize, design and illustrate business data requirements Ability to analyze and synthesize information and prepare reports and recommendations Ability to suggest approaches and solutions to improve R/PPR's data collections Excellent interpersonal, coordination, and communication (oral and written) skills Ability to work cooperatively and collegially with others and to establish professional working relationships Excellent organizational skills with ability to organize and prioritize work and work independently as well as in multidisciplinary teams Ability to complete assignments correctly and in a timely manner Knowledge and expertise with current Microsoft Office Suite products such as: Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint.
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