Dear OB colleagues,
The Institute of Coaching is seeking a part-time researcher to help shape and carry out its human-centered leadership and coaching research agenda. Please pass the announcement below along to those who might be interested.
Thank you,
Angela
Position Announcement at the Institute of Coaching
Senior Scientist
The Institute of Coaching at McLean, Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring scientific integrity in the field of coaching. Our mission is to disseminate the best coaching science, foster coaching research, and catalyze positive change in the world.
We are seeking a part-time researcher to join our team. The senior scientist will work closely with the Director of Research to carry out research activities related to our human-centered leadership and coaching (HCLC) research agenda. The HCLC initiative seeks to build on insights from the IOC's Leading with Humanity report as we explore the role of coaching in the turn toward human-centeredness in leadership, healthcare, business, and organizational life. We seek to explore phenomena at the intersection of coaching and leadership in order to better understand what gives rise to sustained wellbeing, generativity, and vitality at multiple levels of human systems, and equip coaches to skillfully intervene. The 4-year HCLC research project is externally funded by a consortium with an initial pledge of $500,000, and more is being raised.
Job responsibilities include:
- Conduct systematic literature review
- Develop and conduct basic and applied research protocols
- Design, lead and implement data collection efforts (both qualitative and quantitative approaches)
- Conduct qualitative interviews and focus groups
- Design and implement survey and field research
- Analyze data using appropriate analytic techniques, demonstrating fluency in both qualitative and quantitative approaches
- Support knowledge dissemination and 'impact' activities, such as contributing to scholarly manuscripts and presenting findings in practitioner-oriented outlets like videos and podcasts
- Write for both scholarly and practitioner audiences
- Collaborate on interdisciplinary research teams (often with a leadership role)
- Assist with research-track at annual conference
Qualifications: The successful candidate will have
- A doctoral degree in leadership, positive psychology, organizational behavior, and or I/O psychology is preferred. However, masters-level candidates with significant research experience will be considered.
- Excellent organizational skills, with strong oral and written communication skills
- Comfort with mixed-method research
- Capability for remote work with some travel (2-3 times per year)
Engagement: 20-25 hours per week; 4-year part-time contract appointment (annually renewed, contingent on funding and performance)
Compensation: $4000 per month
Location: Virtual position, with occasional travel.
How to apply: Interested candidates should email a cover letter with a statement of interest, CV, writing sample, and the names of three references who can be contacted if necessary. (References will only be contacted at the final stage of interviews and with permission.)
Please submit all materials to grants@instituteofcoaching.org. Review of applicants will begin May 1st and continue until the position is filled.