Research and Education position

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** I am posting this ad for a colleague at the National Center for PTSD. It
seems like a great opportunity for a recent Ph.D. interested in the
traumatic stress field. Though the National Center's primary mission is to
serve veterans, the staff and leadership are very aware of the role of
childhood abuse as a traumatic stressor and have done much work in this
area.  For example, Matthew Friedman, the Executive Director of the NC-PTSD
is one of the co-editors of  "Childhood Trauma Remembered: A Report on the
Current Scientific Knowledge Base and Its Applications" - the recently
published report from the International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies.

Please share the job ad with any likely candidates you know.
-- Eve Carlson **


The Executive Division of the National Center for PTSD in White River
Junction, VT, has created a new position, Associate Director for Research
and Education. The appointment is graded as a Health Sciences Specialist,
GS -11 ($37,507 at Step 1).

Please contact Paula Schnurr at (802) 296-5132, or
Paula.Schnurr@Dartmouth.edu for more information.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The incumbent serves as Associate Director for Research and Education at
the Executive Division of the National Center for PTSD, and in this
capacity assists in the conduct of research that is relevant to the
Center's mission.

The National Center for PTSD was established by Public Law 98-528 to
provide professional advice, guidance, and the development of policy and
procedure for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the nation as a whole
regarding diagnosis, treatment, education, and research services for
treatment providers of veterans with PTSD.  The is a collaborative
consortium consisting of seven divisions at five sites.

Overall, the Associate Director's primary responsibility is to provide
administrative support to the Executive Director, the Deputy to the
Executive Director, and the Deputy for Education and Clinical Networking in
designing and implementing research, education, and networking activities
across the seven divisions.  This will include but not be limited to the
following:

1. Research
A. Participating in the design of consortium research projects.
B. Monitoring and facilitating consortium projects.
C. Overseeing the scheduling of telephone, video, and in-person research
meetings.
D Assisting in the preparation of manuscripts and proposals relevant to the
Center's mission.
E. Participating in the planning of statistical analyses that need to be
conducted for research projects relevant to the Center's mission.
F. Performing statistical analysis of data.

2. Education
A. Participating in the design of consortium education projects.
B. Monitoring and facilitating consortium projects.
C. Overseeing the scheduling of telephone, video, and in-person education
meetings.
D. Assisting in the preparation of products, manuscripts, and proposals
relevant to the Center's mission.

3. Data management
A. Designing, monitoring, and implementing procedures needed to collect
information across sites for report preparation.
B. Design and participation in the design of databases needed to track
consortium research and education projects.
C. Management of databases compiled in the course of the aforementioned
projects.

4. Liaison with outside groups
A. Representing the National Center in outreach activities to professional
and non-professional groups.
B. Representing the National Center in collaborative research and education
activities with other Center sites, other VAs and outside academic
institutions.

Knowledge Required

The Associate Director must have previous experience that has provided a
theoretical and practical understanding of research methods and statistical
analysis.  He or she also must have previous experience that has provided
an advanced level of clinical assessment and interviewing skills.
Qualified individuals will have either a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical
psychology from an APA-accredited program and at least 1 year of relevant
professional experience, or an M.A. or M.S. in clinical psychology from an
APA-accredited program and at least 2 years of relevant professional
experience

The incumbent must have therapeutic and treatment skills relevant to
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and related conditions.  Proven writing
ability is necessary, as is previous experience in writing research
reports.  The incumbent must be able to orally communicate research
findings and methodological and statistical concepts.

The incumbent must be familiar with the design and management of databases
using software such as Filemaker Pro and statistical packages such as SAS
or SPSS.  Experience with Macintosh systems is preferred.