Description

The Population Research Center is an interdisciplinary public service, research, and training unit for population-related data and research for the State of Oregon.

Position Summary:
The Research Scientist will have primary responsibility to produce population estimates and projections for Oregon’s UGB areas and tribal lands wholly within the state, and county level projections by age/sex, race/ethnicity, and disability status.

Responsibilities will include:

• Selecting or developing appropriate methodologies and planning and implementing a research design commensurate to program requirements and best practices;
• Conducting surveys and direct consultations with stakeholders and data users to collect and evaluate all necessary data and contextual information;
• Documenting methodology, assumptions, and results in reports and presentations, and ensuring compliance with applicable statutes (eg ORS 195.033) and standards (eg PSU 577-050).

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate or equivalent degree in demography, statistics, sociology, ecology, geography, economics, or a related quantitative social science discipline OR in mathematics, physics, or a quantitative natural science field with a minimum of 1 year of experience in applied social science research.
• Ability to travel for required meetings or events that are essential for the role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Six or more years of progressively responsible research or evaluation experience;
• Demonstrated ability to independently develop funding for and take a lead role in high impact research or evaluation studies, of which, two or more years of experience developing population projections or related statistical modeling of human fertility, mortality, or migration.