Building for Scale Scholar

Requisition #: A-139007-4

Status: Full Time

Type: Other

School: School of Nursing

Location City: Baltimore

Location State: MD

Location Zip Code: 21205

Closing Date: 05/24/2024 at 11:59 PM US Eastern Time

To apply: apply.interfolio.com/139007

General Description

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Building for Scale Scholars Program is a six-month online program designed to support talented behavioral researchers committed to developing or adapting, testing, and scaling an innovative, evidence-based program or technology that promotes the health and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities and their families. Scholars will participate in intensive learning experiences focused on designing or adapting testable and scalable innovations that will best meet the needs of individuals and families in the disability community. Researchers seeking to develop or adapt innovations that contribute to equity, inclusion and opportunities to maximize health in individuals with disabilities across the lifespan and their families are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research doctoral degree
• Working in an academic, practice or policy organization
• Proposed program or technology should be designed to improve equity, inclusion and opportunities to maximize health in individuals with disabilities and their families. The innovation should be clear and focused, although the design and implementation strategies may not yet be fully developed.
• Applicant must hold either U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.
• Applicants with disabilities and/or from other diverse, under-represented, or marginalized backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 

Application Instructions

Prior to submitting your application, please refer to the Building for Scale Scholars brochure here for program information and application instructions. Submit/upload the following items along with a completed electronic application (including all required fields*) by April 15, 2024. Application submissions missing these required documents/materials will not be processed.

• Current Curriculum Vita or Resume
• Personal Statement (300-word limit), describing your current work in the field of disability and/or rehabilitation research and the experiences that led you to your current work and role and how your work aligns with your career goals and how those goals will be advanced through this opportunity.  
• Research Statement (750-word limit), providing a brief overview of the state of the evidence, current work and proposed innovation or intervention, anticipated benefit of proposed work to individuals with disabilities and families. 
• Letter of Recommendation 

If you have any application questions, please email [email protected].

The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.

Pre-Employment Information

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at [email protected]. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit accessibility.jhu.edu.

Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.