Behavioral Scientist (Program Director, Linguistics)
BCS is responsible for the support of fundamental research in all behavioral and cognitive science fields. The Division is composed of standing programs in Anthropological, Geographical, Psychological, and Language Sciences. The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages and of natural language in general. The Linguistics program also supports projects to develop language infrastructure and advance scientific and scholarly knowledge concerning human languages. The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in theoretical perspective and/or methodological approach, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries. Linguistics program officers also manage the Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) program as part of their assigned tasks. The responsibilities of NSF Program Directors are dynamic and constantly evolve. The Program Director is guided by the goals of NSF's Strategic Plan:
(1) enable the U.S. to uphold a position of world leadership in all aspects of science, mathematics, and engineering, (2) promote the discovery, integration, dissemination, and employment of new knowledge in service to society, and (3) achieve excellence in U.S. science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at all levels. The core strategies NSF staff employ include developing intellectual capital, strengthening the physical infrastructure, integrating research and education, and promoting partnerships. Program Directors have an unparalleled opportunity and responsibility for carrying out the agency's mission to support research through a merit review process that promotes the progress of science, advances national welfare, and secures the national defense. The Program Director should have deep and broad knowledge of linguistics, be committed to high standards, be receptive to new ideas, have good inter-personal skills, value fairness, and hold a high degree of personal integrity. PROGRAM PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT o Maintains a healthy balance of support for all the needs of the research and education enterprise through all activities. o Manages program resources to provide optimal appropriate scientific judgment to insure integrity and consistency in the grant/declination process without conflict of interests, and with balance among appropriate sub-fields and institutions, and participation of all qualified scientists. o Incorporates cross-directorate responsibilities into program administration. o Manages an effective, timely merit review process, with attention to increasing the size and quality of the reviewer pools and insuring participation by women, minorities and disabled scientists. o Provides scientific expertise, evaluation and advice for other programs in NSF, including international programs, and other research programs, and cross-directorate programs. o Advises and assists in the development of short-and-long range plans, establishing goals and objectives for support of research programs. o Plans the budget for the program considering past, present and future fiscal years, allocates resources within the budget by distributing scarce resources among major competitive programs, and manages post-award evaluation. REPRESENTATION, COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP o Represents the Program, Division and the Foundation within the scientific community, with other NSF Divisions, with other appropriate agencies and organizations, and with the public, accurately reflecting NSF policy and positions. o Creates and maintains linkages to other NSF units and other Federal agencies in pursuit of the overall NSF mission. o Participates in staff, panel, committee and other meetings, providing input relevant to program area and/or Division. o Pursues affirmative action and Equal Employment Opportunity goals.o Contributes ideas and effort to improving the quality of policies and NSF's performance of the overall mission. o Develops policies and plans for strengthening support of research and education programs. o Provides information to the community on how NSF is pursuing its mission and gathers data and impressions from the community on the effectiveness of NSF's performance of its mission. o Prepares and disseminates a variety of informational documents PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT o Establishes contacts and maintains active involvement in Program and related areas through participation in professional activities. o Maintains familiarity with salient current research developments. o Pursues individual research as workload and travel funds permit. o Expands administrative capabilities through training courses or assumption of new management. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology or related fields, plus after award of the Ph.D., six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the position. Experience and expertise in basic research areas relevant to the goals of BCS and other programs such as Cultural Anthropology, Developmental Sciences, or Perception, Action & Cognition would be beneficial, as would familiarity with emerging computational methods and best practices in data management and archiving of language data. In addition to above qualifications, the ability to organize, implement and manage a proposal-driven grant program, allocate resources to meet a spectrum of goals and insure transparency and accountability in the grant award/declination management process is highly desired. Candidates should be able to communicate effectively and work productively with the scientific community, peers and co-workers at all levels to advocate program policies and plans and to fulfill NSF's mission. This position is outside the competitive civil service. You must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
(1) enable the U.S. to uphold a position of world leadership in all aspects of science, mathematics, and engineering, (2) promote the discovery, integration, dissemination, and employment of new knowledge in service to society, and (3) achieve excellence in U.S. science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at all levels. The core strategies NSF staff employ include developing intellectual capital, strengthening the physical infrastructure, integrating research and education, and promoting partnerships. Program Directors have an unparalleled opportunity and responsibility for carrying out the agency's mission to support research through a merit review process that promotes the progress of science, advances national welfare, and secures the national defense. The Program Director should have deep and broad knowledge of linguistics, be committed to high standards, be receptive to new ideas, have good inter-personal skills, value fairness, and hold a high degree of personal integrity. PROGRAM PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT o Maintains a healthy balance of support for all the needs of the research and education enterprise through all activities. o Manages program resources to provide optimal appropriate scientific judgment to insure integrity and consistency in the grant/declination process without conflict of interests, and with balance among appropriate sub-fields and institutions, and participation of all qualified scientists. o Incorporates cross-directorate responsibilities into program administration. o Manages an effective, timely merit review process, with attention to increasing the size and quality of the reviewer pools and insuring participation by women, minorities and disabled scientists. o Provides scientific expertise, evaluation and advice for other programs in NSF, including international programs, and other research programs, and cross-directorate programs. o Advises and assists in the development of short-and-long range plans, establishing goals and objectives for support of research programs. o Plans the budget for the program considering past, present and future fiscal years, allocates resources within the budget by distributing scarce resources among major competitive programs, and manages post-award evaluation. REPRESENTATION, COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP o Represents the Program, Division and the Foundation within the scientific community, with other NSF Divisions, with other appropriate agencies and organizations, and with the public, accurately reflecting NSF policy and positions. o Creates and maintains linkages to other NSF units and other Federal agencies in pursuit of the overall NSF mission. o Participates in staff, panel, committee and other meetings, providing input relevant to program area and/or Division. o Pursues affirmative action and Equal Employment Opportunity goals.o Contributes ideas and effort to improving the quality of policies and NSF's performance of the overall mission. o Develops policies and plans for strengthening support of research and education programs. o Provides information to the community on how NSF is pursuing its mission and gathers data and impressions from the community on the effectiveness of NSF's performance of its mission. o Prepares and disseminates a variety of informational documents PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT o Establishes contacts and maintains active involvement in Program and related areas through participation in professional activities. o Maintains familiarity with salient current research developments. o Pursues individual research as workload and travel funds permit. o Expands administrative capabilities through training courses or assumption of new management. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology or related fields, plus after award of the Ph.D., six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the position. Experience and expertise in basic research areas relevant to the goals of BCS and other programs such as Cultural Anthropology, Developmental Sciences, or Perception, Action & Cognition would be beneficial, as would familiarity with emerging computational methods and best practices in data management and archiving of language data. In addition to above qualifications, the ability to organize, implement and manage a proposal-driven grant program, allocate resources to meet a spectrum of goals and insure transparency and accountability in the grant award/declination management process is highly desired. Candidates should be able to communicate effectively and work productively with the scientific community, peers and co-workers at all levels to advocate program policies and plans and to fulfill NSF's mission. This position is outside the competitive civil service. You must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
- Department:
0101 Social Science - Salary Range:
$147,458 to $189,056 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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