Postdoctoral Fellow / Full-Time / Days – Remote Work Opportunity!

Lighthouse Institute, a division of Chestnut Health Systems, is seeking a full-time, Postdoctoral Fellow for our Chicago, IL facility.

Chestnut Health Systems is a leading provider of behavioral and primary health care services. Over four decades, Chestnut has grown to over 700 committed, compassionate employees providing substance use, mental health and primary care treatment to patients in Central and Southern Illinois. We provide fully integrated care for all of our patients by combining behavioral health care services with our community-based primary care health centers. Chestnut also conducts research and training throughout the U.S.A.

**Please note to be considered for a position you must attach a CV/resume and cover letter indicating your interest in the job and why you are a strong fit, complete the application, and answer all screening questions. Please upload your cover letter and resume as a single file. 

• Work with senior LI staff to conduct advanced grant-funded research (e.g., plan data collection and advanced statistical analysis, ensure fidelity of intervention implementation and community partner engagement, develop training curricula and supervise intervention implementation, collaborate with a project coordinator on project-related tasks, assist in training and supervising data collection staff, assist with dissemination of research results).
• Be supported in pursuing own extramural funding (e.g., NIH K-series award or diversity supplement) and attend trainings designed to launch own independently-funded research career within LI’s scope of practice.
• Attend professional conferences for continuing education and for dissemination of study results Support or serve as primarily presenter on products stemming from work.
• Write or assist with writing grant progress reports and new grant applications.
• Support the submission of funding proposals, including leading major components of large proposals or leading smaller grant applications.
• Work with mentor to advance to qualifications for Research Scientist I.
• Promote Chestnut’s culture of customer service excellence through the adherence to Chestnut’s behavioral standards for customer service.

• Doctorate in health services or other applied substantive area (e.g., criminology, economics, epidemiology, nursing, psychology, psychiatry, public health, social work, sociology); demonstrated experience in measurement, statistics, psychometric analyses, methodology, advanced qualitative analysis, or mixed methods analysis.
• Training in human subjects’ research protocols and ethical conduct of research.
• Excellent organizational, oral, and written communication skills.
• Preferred experience working as part of an investigative team, training and supervision of clinical and/or research teams, writing journal articles.
• Preferred ability to communicate with both non-technical, clinical, administrative, and
• statistical staff, good customer service approach and flexibility, strong technical skills and attention to detail, able to meet deadlines.
• Preferred proficiency with spreadsheets (e.g., excel/lotus), data bases (e.g., Access, Dbase), data collection and survey design platforms (e.g., Qualtrics), statistical software (e.g., SPSS, SAS), qualitative data analysis software (e.g., NVIVO, MAXQDA), advanced software (e.g., AMOS, MixORD), and analysis of repeated measures/longitudinal data as appropriate for area of research expertise.
• Willingness to work after hours to meet key project deadlines and to travel to research
• sites and/or professional meetings when necessary.
• Preferred people with lived experience (i.e., in recovery from substance use and/or formerly involved with the adult or juvenile justice system) and/or applicants from underrepresented populations.
• Also preferred is experience with or a strong interest one or more of the following areas: qualitative methods, mixed methods, implementation science, harm reduction, recovery support services, integrated behavioral health and primary care.
• This position requires on-site work 2-3 days a week. 

Full-time regular positions include an excellent compensation and benefits package including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan with company match, generous paid time off benefits, and more.   

For more information on the Lighthouse Institute, see https://www.chestnut.org/lighthouse-institute/  

Chestnut welcomes applications from qualified individuals with recovery experience.

EOE – Minorities/Females/Vets/Disabled