**Job Description**

**The UW Climate Impacts Group (CIG) has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist 2 – Social Scientist to join their team.**

**About this Opportunity**
Reporting to one of CIG’s Principal Investigators, the Research Scientist 2 – Social Scientist is responsible for expanding the CIG's social science, policy, and governance capabilities. We are seeking a candidate with a social science or policy background and project management experience who can add breadth to the work we do and support CIG’s senior researchers on climate change adaptation projects with our federal, tribal, state, and local partners. While educational attainment is valued, we also encourage applications from practitioners who have worked in government, non-profits, and consulting who can bring a practical social science orientation to the CIG team.

This is a full-time research position with no teaching expectations and no path to university tenure. This posi...