Department: Schar School Policy and Government

Classification: 12-month Research Faculty

Job Category: Research Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Arlington, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Restricted: Yes

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The Center, with international reach, supports robust research that studies complex corruption, transnational organized crime, terrorism, and the social networks that make them possible, offering findings based on evidence-based analysis to policy and decisionmakers, law enforcement, and civil society organizations.

About the Position:

This position serves Center goals primarily in the following capacities: identifying potential grants and writing grant proposals in collaboration with Center directors; carrying out and supporting research directed by Center leaders; holding fiduciary responsibility at the grant level and ensuring administrative requirements are met, including budgets and submitting performance reports.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies potential grants and writes grant proposals as agreed with Center directors;
• Carries out and supports research in support of grant applications and revenue-generating projects;
• Holds fiduciary responsibility at the grant level and ensures administrative requirements are met, including budgets and submission of performance reports;
• Plans and coordinates Center events and revenue-generating training; liaises with partners; and
• Other related duties as assigned. 

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree;
• Demonstrated experience in writing grant proposals and managing awarded grants and budgets;
• Demonstrated experience dealing with complex research projects, conducting field research and complex and network-based research, and publishing scholarly findings;
• Experience working with governmental and international bodies, as well as with non-governmental organizations;
• Experience coding data;
• Experience working with colleagues/teams from within a university and across institutions.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills;
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and budgets accurately and efficiently in a timely fashion;
• Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines; and
• Demonstrated ability to research complex topics and publish findings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated interest in policy research and advancing policy; and
• Fluency in foreign languages.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Research Faculty at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent with CV for review. 

Posting Open Date: April 23, 2025

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  May 7, 2025

Open Until Filled:  Yes

About George Mason University

George Mason University is a public, comprehensive, research university established by the Commonwealth of Virginia located in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. Mason was initially founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1949, and became an independent institution in 1972. George Mason University is an innovative and inclusive academic community committed to creating a more just, free, and prosperous world.

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