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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW POSITION DESCRIPTION FORM

Position Title: / Click here to enter text. / Position Number: / POST40
DEPARTMENT Information:
Name of Position’s Supervisor: / Click here to enter text. /
Supervisor Title: / Click here to enter text. / Supervisor Position Number: / Click here to enter text. /
School/Division: / Click here to enter text. / Department : / Click here to enter text. /
Primary Purpose of Position:
The employee will carry out research on ______, funded by ______.
Hours per week:
The appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship at 1.0 FTE.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The employee will report to Professor ______and will be a senior member of Professor ______’s research group, supporting projects through original research, collaboration with other team members, and mentoring of students. The employee will also contribute to additional proposal efforts, thereby strengthening UNC Charlotte’s ability to attract external funding.
The employee’s principal research responsibilities will be ______. The employee will confer with Professor ______on overall research direction and strategy but will exercise a considerable amount of independent judgment and original thinking in carrying out research that contributes to original knowledge and advances the University’s reputation in research. The employee will publish research results, in collaboration with Professor ______, in recognized journals. The employee will share student mentoring with Professor ______and will participate in departmental seminars and other professional activities as assigned. /
Discretion and Independent Judgment:
The employee will have already acquired a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and should be able to exercise scientific judgment on a day-to-day basis. He or she will evaluate incoming information in the form of experimental data and observations, written literature documentation, and oral communications, and will use this information to make judgments about what step(s) will next lead to progress in the project(s).
Supervision:
This employee will not supervise other employees or student workers.
Supervision Received:
Position will act independently and receive general guidance from Professor______/
Education, Skills and Experience Requirements:
1.Ph.D. in ______, specializing in ______. /
2.A strong (experimental) (theoretical) background with evidence of (experimental) (theoretical) skills related to ______.
Certification:
I certify that the information on this Job Description has been reviewed and constitutes an accurate reflection of the duties of the position.
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