Apprentice Sociology Postdoctoral Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Position Information
General Information
Position Number
POST40
Working Title
Postdoctoral Fellow in Suicide Prevention Training
Division
Academic Affairs
Department
College of Health & Human Svc (Col)
Work Unit
Public Hlth & Hlth Admin
Work Location
Vacancy Open To
All Candidates
Position Designation
Post Doc
Employment Type
Temporary - Full-time
Hours per week
40
Work Schedule
Pay Rate
60,000 - 70,000
Minimum Experience/Education
The Postdoctoral appointee must have recently (within the last eight years) been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.). Demonstrated experience and interest in mental health, suicide prevention, health professions training, and/or military health, as demonstrated through any or all of the following:

• A record of scholarly publication and presentation in these areas
• Suicide or military lived experience (e.g., active duty military service)
• Work experience in mental health, suicide prevention, health professions training, and/or military health focused settings

Experience in quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods, as demonstrated through any or all of the following:

• Competency in statistical programs, such as SPSS, R, STATA, or MPlus
• Competency in qualitative software, such as NVivo, Dedoose, or MaxQDA
• A record of publication including data cleaning (e.g., multiple imputation) and analysis (e.g., thematic analysis, repeated measures analysis) experience
• Familiarity with virtual data collection platforms (e.g., RedCap, Qualtrics)

Comfort and demonstrated ability in all of the following:

• Developing training curricula and programs
• Written and oral communication
• A team science model
• Collaborative approach to research and training
• Initiative, independence, and integrity
• Ability to work on sensitive subject matter in a mature manner

Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:
Ph.D. or equivalent in a field relevant to suicide prevention, military health, health professions training, and/or quantitative methods. Fields of interest include, but are not limited to, public health, psychology, sociology, social work, nursing, education, prevention science, statistics/decision sciences, epidemiology, and/or community health.
A Postdoctoral Fellow ("postdoc") is a professional apprenticeship designed to provide recent Ph.D. recipients with an opportunity to develop further the research skills acquired in their doctoral programs or to learn new research techniques, in preparation for an academic or research career. In the process of further developing their own research skills, it is expected that Postdoctoral Fellows will also play a significant role in the performance of research at the University and augment the role of graduate faculty in providing research instruction to graduate students. A Postdoctoral Fellow works under the supervision of a regular faculty member, who serves as a mentor to the Fellow, and it is expected that the faculty mentor will impart the realities, and variety, of scientific careers, and will encourage experiences outside the laboratory to broaden postdocs' aspirations. Within the confines of the particular research focus assigned by that faculty member, the Postdoctoral Fellow functions with a considerable degree of independence and has the freedom (and is expected) to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment. Thus, the role of Postdoctoral Fellows is clearly differentiated from full-time technical employees.
Postdoc appointments are characterized by all of the following conditions:

• The appointee was recently (within the last eight years) awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.);
• the appointment is temporary;
• the appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship;
• the appointment is viewed as preparatory for a full-time academic and/or research career;
• the appointee works under the supervision of a faculty member; and
• the appointee has the freedom and is expected to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment.

Duties and Responsibilities
This position is not remote-eligible. The holder of the postdoctoral fellowship will:

1. Coordinate multi-site team meetings and communication.
2. Oversee feasibility/acceptability data collection efforts in coordination with Ohio State University partners.
3. Prepare datasets for and support the execution of data analysis.
4. Co-author project-related institutional review board (IRB) and other regulatory documents.
5. Co-author project-related scholarly and other outputs.
6. Co-develop training materials and recordings the suicide prevention training program.
7. Participate in weekly supervision and mentoring meetings with the project PI Dr. Cramer.
8. Participate in periodic co-supervision meetings with project Co-Is (Dr. Sam Cacace, Dr. Jessamyn Moxie, Dr. Annelise Mennicke).
9. Conduct an individualized mentoring plan (IMP) to establish their own research agenda within the Violence Prevention Center.
10. Support Violence Prevention Center research and operations.
11. Participate in other interprofessional team science research in areas such as suicide prevention, military health, sexual and gender minority (SGM) health, violence prevention, and/or other areas.
12. Participate in the UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health and Health Administration meetings and professional development opportunities.

As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups. Applicants subject to criminal background check.
The candidate chosen for this position will be required to provide an official transcript of their highest earned degree.
Other Work/Responsibilities
Necessary Licenses or Certifications
Proposed Hire Date
01/01/2026
Contact Information
Expected Length of Assignment
12 months
Posting Open Date
11/01/2025
Posting Close Date
Special Notes to Applicants
Please upload the following documents with your electronic submission:

1. Cover letter
2. A detailed Curriculum Vitae
3. List of three references with email and phone contact information, and summary of relationship with each reference.
4. A research statement (not more than one page) describing your previous research work and future goals.
5. Writing sample (AI generated writing samples will be screened out of eligibility).