Postdoctoral-Data-Driven Organizational Skill Networks

Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ seeks a Postdoctoral researcher to advance data-driven skills mapping. The role focuses on NLP, AI, ML, and network analytics to extract and analyze workforce skills from diverse datasets.

You will build computational methods to construct organizational skill networks and a Master Skill Map, and contribute to research reports and scholarly publications while collaborating with data collection and validation efforts.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and programming skills with Python.
• Familiarity with data science, network analysis and computational research methodologies.
• Experience with NLP/AI/ML in research settings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research involving NLP, AI, ML, and network analytics to identify and analyze workforce skills.
• Develop computational methods for constructing organizational skill networks and a Master Skill Map.
• Design quantitative metrics to assess skill coverage, strengths, emerging capabilities, and gaps.
• Prepare technical documentation, research reports and scholarly publications.

Skills

Python

NLP

AI

Machine Learning

Network Analytics

Data Science

Computational Research

Job description

Job Description The proposed PosDoc position will support the project Data-Driven Organizational Skill Networks: Developing a Master Skill Map for Workforce Capability and Gap Analysis. The individual will conduct research involving natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and network analytics to identify, extract, normalize, and analyze workforce skills from heterogeneous organizational datasets. Responsibilities will include developing computational methods for constructing organizational skill networks, integrating these networks into a Master Skill Map, and designing quantitative metrics to assess skill coverage, organizational strengths, emerging capabilities, and workforce skill gaps. The researcher will also contribute to data collection and validation, comparative organizational analyses, interactive visualizations, technical documentation, research reports, and scholarly publications. The position requires strong analytical and programming skills, particularly in Python, along with familiarity with data science, network analysis, and computational research methodologies.

Department Enterprise Science and Engineering Compensation Range In compliance with the New Jersey Wage Transparency Act, the annual base range for this position is $60,000. This range represents the University’s good faith estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Stevens Institute of Technology determines compensation based on factors including the position’s scope and responsibilities, the candidate’s experience, education, skills, internal equity, market data, and organizational considerations. The final salary will be set considering departmental budget, qualifications, and relevant credentials. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes additional forms of compensation, such as incentives, stipends, or other applicable pay components.

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Stevens Institute of Technology is a premier, private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Stevens prepares its more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students for an increasingly complex and technology-centric world, leveraging finance, computing, engineering and the arts to confront the most challenging problems of our time with innovative teaching and research. The university is in the top 1% nationally of colleges with the highest-paid graduates.