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Position	Department	Location
Assistant Extension Professor	190500 - Water Resources Research Institute	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute invite applicants to a 12-month, Assistant Extension Professor faculty position in the area of water science and management. We are specifically looking for candidates with expertise in drinking water and wastewater management (public or private), public health engineering, and watershed science/management. Candidates with strengths in research and communication are preferred. Applicants should be able to articulate a prospective research program that has promise for sustainable external funding and regional/national recognition. The faculty member will be administratively responsible to the Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute with a joint appointment in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department or Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. The faculty member will work in concert with faculty and staff from their home department at Mississippi State University and other departments across campus as well as other institutions.
Extension/Research Associate	080300 - FWRC-Wildlife,Fisheries&Aquaculture	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture is seeking two full-time Extension Associates to assist with a broad portfolio of field, research, and outreach activities as part of the Mississippi State University Extension Gamebird Program. These positions will support waterfowl and upland gamebird monitoring, GPS telemetry research, Extension programming, landowner outreach, and digital content development aimed at conservation delivery and education across Mississippi and the Southeastern U.S.
Assistant Professor	320100 - General Library	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Mississippi State University Libraries seek a dynamic, visionary, and collaborative scholar to serve as an Assistant Professor. This 12-month, tenure-track faculty position offers an extraordinary opportunity to lead one of the most significant collections of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War materials in the nation - the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana - housed alongside the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Museum at Mississippi State University. The successful candidate will provide intellectual, curatorial, and scholarly leadership for the collection; foster research, teaching, and public engagement; and supervise a full-time professional staff member responsible for archival processing and collection management. The faculty member will hold the Assistant Professor rank within MSU Libraries and report to the Frank and Virginia Williams Endowed Chair for Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Studies.
Intermittent Worker	080300 - FWRC-Wildlife,Fisheries&Aquaculture	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The MSU Deer Lab at Mississippi State University is seeking an intermittent technician to collect environmental samples from scrapes, food plots, and feeders to assess the occurrence of chronic wasting disease in Mississippi and Tennessee. The selected candidate will be responsible for logistics associated with sample collection and processing. This position will start in November, 2025 and last through March 2026.
Customer Services Assistant	730100 - Transportation	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Serves as the front-line contact person for all customers, including telephone, walk-in, departmental and general public customers of Parking & Transit Services at not only the Parking and Transit Services central office in the Roberts Building, but in the secondary Customer Service locations at the MSU Welcome Center and Old Main Academic Center. Serves as the primary intake for customer service-related request. Works with others in the Parking and Transit Services Customer Service unit by assisting with customer service events, including trainings, presentations, Orientations, and other outreach efforts. Also works within their unit to compile and present to the Parking and Transit Services administration timely reports related to permits, citations, and other Parking, Transit, or Customer Service-related metrics. Intake and compilation of incident reports related to any and all Parking or Transit related assistance include but not limited to towing, jump-offs, tire assistance, gate breaches or issues, wheel locks, etc. Provides advice and assistance to the university community and its visitors regarding parking & transit matters.
Postdoctoral Associate	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Miami, FL
The Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) at Mississippi State University is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Associate to spearhead a large-scale marine biodiversity assessment project using environmental DNA (eDNA) collected across the global ocean through the Bio-GO-SHIP project. This position is based at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of this major initiative to generate and analyze metabarcoding data from thousands of marine water samples, significantly advancing our understanding of ocean life. This role involves extensive laboratory work in development of high-throughput metabarcoding assays; library preparation using those assays; bioinformatics data analysis, including taxonomic database improvement and the evaluation of novel assignment tools; and data publishing to global biodiversity repositories. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with leading scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), University of California – Irvine, and the Minderoo Foundation, and to make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring and open data infrastructure.
Postdoctoral Associate	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The postdoctoral research associate will contribute to an ONR sponsored research project that examines air-sea-wave processes that relate to momentum flux variability in the tropical cyclone environment. The successful candidate will conduct and analyze numerical sensitivity modeling experiments utilizing the Navy’s coupled tropical cyclone modeling system and other coupled modeling systems to verify against field observations to identify momentum exchange processes that influence tropical cyclone intensity change. The postdoc will be based at the Northern Gulf Institute at Mississippi State’s campus and have access to MSU High Performance Computing Collaboratory supercomputing servers to conduct experiments. Funding is available for 18 months with opportunity for extension. Funds for conference travel are included. Anticipated start date of June 1, 2025 with some flexibility.
Postdoctoral Associate	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Miami, FL
The principal function of the postdoc is to contribute to configuring an Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) water quality model for the South Florida region and use this model to simulate and analyze past and projected regional patterns, with a focus on net primary production and subsequent carbon transport and settlement rates in and out of Biscayne Bay. The outputs of the coastal model will be used to characterize climate change impacts on water quality and carbon transport in and out of the estuary. Addition to the modeling efforts, the position will also have the tasks of constructing literature reviews and providing carbon data input for NOAA databases. The postdoc will be based at the NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida. She/he will be part of a multidisciplinary team, which includes researchers at NOAA, Mississippi State University, University of Miami, University of South Florida, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, and Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association.
Chief Human Resources Officer	460300 - Human Resources Management	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Provides leadership and vision to ensure effective operations of HRM units that include employment, employment based visa processing, compensation (including salary administration and job evaluation), benefits, learning and development, employee data services, performance management, employee relations, organization development, EEO, workers compensation, employee assistance program, wellness program, drug testing and background screening programs, new hire orientation and onboarding programs, and areas of ethics\compliance related to state and federal laws, IHL Board policies and procedures, and university policies and procedures.
Research Associate I-III, and Senior	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Hancock County
Provide computer science support in the development of data management capabilities and visualization techniques for NOAA and its partners. An experienced computer scientist with extensive development experience and cloud-based programming is required to complete this work.
Project Coordinator I or II	051900 - Mississippi Institute on Disabilities	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
This position plans and manages the work of the Career Horizons Project, a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Disability Innovation Fund that aims to provide placement and retention services for Competitive Integrated Employment – connecting people with disabilities with meaningful jobs and fair pay in a work environment alongside others. While specific duties will vary based on assignment, the Project Coordinator will coordinate project activities through planning, delivery, and reporting and will support the project team members by enhancing project communication, organization, delivery, and evaluation.
Research Associate I, II, III, or Sr	182000 - Department of Comparative Bio Scien	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Plans, executes, facilitates and promotes advanced scientific research projects in Nancy Fair Link Laminitis Research Center. Incorporates innovation and develops advances in research concepts, methodologies and approaches as needed. Designs, develops and tests new equipment, instruments, reagents, and/or experimental protocols for research (including hardware, software, statistical methods, etc.). Collaborates with researchers as appropriate. Participates in the preparation and writing of grant/contract applications and reports and may serve as coauthor of scientific research manuscripts. May supervise other research staff.
Postdoctoral Associate	182000 - Department of Comparative Bio Scien	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Nancy fair Link Laminitis Research Center (NFL-LRC) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Equine Laminitis, beginning as early as Spring 2026 with the option to postpone the start date to August 2026. The initial appointment is for two years. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of NFL-LRC faculty. Interested candidates are encouraged to explore the profile of tenured and tenure-track faculty to identify potential matches with their research interests. Strong applicants from all aspects of laminitis are encouraged to apply; however, the greatest interest is for applicants with interest in one or more of the following topics: genetics, metabolomics, proteomics, molecular biology and endocrinology.
Defensive Analyst (Football)	890105 - Athletics - Football	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Provides high-level administrative support to the football coaching staff as assigned in support of the defensive initiatives of the football program at Mississippi State University as well as assist in maintaining relationships with high school coaches around the state.
Campus Transit Bus Driver Trainee	730100 - Transportation	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Intermittent Campus Transit Bus Operator Trainee is responsible for providing support to the Transportation Department by being actively engaged in the training required to meet the qualifications of the Campus Transit Bus Operator within a five-week period. Selected trainees are expected to meet all training requirements and after the successful completion of the five-week training period, trainees will be immediately placed in either an intermittent worker, student worker or full-time (9-month or 12-month) driver position. Employees hired into Intermittent positions are limited to working no more than 720 hours per fiscal year.
Animal Health Technician I, II, or Sr	182000 - Department of Comparative Bio Scien	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The function of the Animal Health Technician is to perform a variety of duties involved in providing technical support to the Nancy Fair Link Laminitis Research Center. This position provides instruction to graduate students and supervision to student workers.
Assistant Academic Affairs Manager	181000 - CVM Academic Affairs	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Coordinate the duties and responsibilities associated with the daily operations of the Academic Affairs Office in the College of Veterinary Medicine. To supervise the staff in the implementation of their responsibilities associated with this office.
Assistant Director of Olympic Sports Nutrition	890120 - Athletics - Sports Nutrition	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Assist the Assistant AD of Sports Nutrition and the Associate Director of Sports Nutrition with the assessment and counseling of student-athletes on optimal nutritional practices for exercise training, competition, recovery from practice, recovery from injury and illness, weight management, hydration, and supplementation.
Assistant Director of Video Content	890137 - Athletics-Creative Strategy	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Assistant Director of Video Content supports the development, production, and execution of creative video content across assigned sports, with a primary creative focus on the women’s basketball program
Campus Transit Bus Operator	730100 - Transportation	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
To drive a campus transit bus to transport passengers around Starkville/MSU area. This position is a full-time position employed for 12-months of the year.

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Position	Department	Location
Assistant Extension Professor	190500 - Water Resources Research Institute	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute invite applicants to a 12-month, Assistant Extension Professor faculty position in the area of water science and management. We are specifically looking for candidates with expertise in drinking water and wastewater management (public or private), public health engineering, and watershed science/management. Candidates with strengths in research and communication are preferred. Applicants should be able to articulate a prospective research program that has promise for sustainable external funding and regional/national recognition. The faculty member will be administratively responsible to the Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute with a joint appointment in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department or Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. The faculty member will work in concert with faculty and staff from their home department at Mississippi State University and other departments across campus as well as other institutions.
Extension/Research Associate	080300 - FWRC-Wildlife,Fisheries&Aquaculture	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture is seeking two full-time Extension Associates to assist with a broad portfolio of field, research, and outreach activities as part of the Mississippi State University Extension Gamebird Program. These positions will support waterfowl and upland gamebird monitoring, GPS telemetry research, Extension programming, landowner outreach, and digital content development aimed at conservation delivery and education across Mississippi and the Southeastern U.S.
Assistant Professor	320100 - General Library	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Mississippi State University Libraries seek a dynamic, visionary, and collaborative scholar to serve as an Assistant Professor. This 12-month, tenure-track faculty position offers an extraordinary opportunity to lead one of the most significant collections of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War materials in the nation - the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana - housed alongside the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Museum at Mississippi State University. The successful candidate will provide intellectual, curatorial, and scholarly leadership for the collection; foster research, teaching, and public engagement; and supervise a full-time professional staff member responsible for archival processing and collection management. The faculty member will hold the Assistant Professor rank within MSU Libraries and report to the Frank and Virginia Williams Endowed Chair for Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Studies.
Intermittent Worker	080300 - FWRC-Wildlife,Fisheries&Aquaculture	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The MSU Deer Lab at Mississippi State University is seeking an intermittent technician to collect environmental samples from scrapes, food plots, and feeders to assess the occurrence of chronic wasting disease in Mississippi and Tennessee. The selected candidate will be responsible for logistics associated with sample collection and processing. This position will start in November, 2025 and last through March 2026.
Customer Services Assistant	730100 - Transportation	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Serves as the front-line contact person for all customers, including telephone, walk-in, departmental and general public customers of Parking & Transit Services at not only the Parking and Transit Services central office in the Roberts Building, but in the secondary Customer Service locations at the MSU Welcome Center and Old Main Academic Center. Serves as the primary intake for customer service-related request. Works with others in the Parking and Transit Services Customer Service unit by assisting with customer service events, including trainings, presentations, Orientations, and other outreach efforts. Also works within their unit to compile and present to the Parking and Transit Services administration timely reports related to permits, citations, and other Parking, Transit, or Customer Service-related metrics. Intake and compilation of incident reports related to any and all Parking or Transit related assistance include but not limited to towing, jump-offs, tire assistance, gate breaches or issues, wheel locks, etc. Provides advice and assistance to the university community and its visitors regarding parking & transit matters.
Postdoctoral Associate	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Miami, FL
The Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) at Mississippi State University is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Associate to spearhead a large-scale marine biodiversity assessment project using environmental DNA (eDNA) collected across the global ocean through the Bio-GO-SHIP project. This position is based at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of this major initiative to generate and analyze metabarcoding data from thousands of marine water samples, significantly advancing our understanding of ocean life. This role involves extensive laboratory work in development of high-throughput metabarcoding assays; library preparation using those assays; bioinformatics data analysis, including taxonomic database improvement and the evaluation of novel assignment tools; and data publishing to global biodiversity repositories. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with leading scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), University of California – Irvine, and the Minderoo Foundation, and to make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring and open data infrastructure.
Postdoctoral Associate	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The postdoctoral research associate will contribute to an ONR sponsored research project that examines air-sea-wave processes that relate to momentum flux variability in the tropical cyclone environment. The successful candidate will conduct and analyze numerical sensitivity modeling experiments utilizing the Navy’s coupled tropical cyclone modeling system and other coupled modeling systems to verify against field observations to identify momentum exchange processes that influence tropical cyclone intensity change. The postdoc will be based at the Northern Gulf Institute at Mississippi State’s campus and have access to MSU High Performance Computing Collaboratory supercomputing servers to conduct experiments. Funding is available for 18 months with opportunity for extension. Funds for conference travel are included. Anticipated start date of June 1, 2025 with some flexibility.
Postdoctoral Associate	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Miami, FL
The principal function of the postdoc is to contribute to configuring an Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) water quality model for the South Florida region and use this model to simulate and analyze past and projected regional patterns, with a focus on net primary production and subsequent carbon transport and settlement rates in and out of Biscayne Bay. The outputs of the coastal model will be used to characterize climate change impacts on water quality and carbon transport in and out of the estuary. Addition to the modeling efforts, the position will also have the tasks of constructing literature reviews and providing carbon data input for NOAA databases. The postdoc will be based at the NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida. She/he will be part of a multidisciplinary team, which includes researchers at NOAA, Mississippi State University, University of Miami, University of South Florida, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, and Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association.
Chief Human Resources Officer	460300 - Human Resources Management	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Provides leadership and vision to ensure effective operations of HRM units that include employment, employment based visa processing, compensation (including salary administration and job evaluation), benefits, learning and development, employee data services, performance management, employee relations, organization development, EEO, workers compensation, employee assistance program, wellness program, drug testing and background screening programs, new hire orientation and onboarding programs, and areas of ethics\compliance related to state and federal laws, IHL Board policies and procedures, and university policies and procedures.
Research Associate I-III, and Senior	191001 - Northern Gulf Institute	Hancock County
Provide computer science support in the development of data management capabilities and visualization techniques for NOAA and its partners. An experienced computer scientist with extensive development experience and cloud-based programming is required to complete this work.
Project Coordinator I or II	051900 - Mississippi Institute on Disabilities	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
This position plans and manages the work of the Career Horizons Project, a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Disability Innovation Fund that aims to provide placement and retention services for Competitive Integrated Employment – connecting people with disabilities with meaningful jobs and fair pay in a work environment alongside others. While specific duties will vary based on assignment, the Project Coordinator will coordinate project activities through planning, delivery, and reporting and will support the project team members by enhancing project communication, organization, delivery, and evaluation.
Research Associate I, II, III, or Sr	182000 - Department of Comparative Bio Scien	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Plans, executes, facilitates and promotes advanced scientific research projects in Nancy Fair Link Laminitis Research Center. Incorporates innovation and develops advances in research concepts, methodologies and approaches as needed. Designs, develops and tests new equipment, instruments, reagents, and/or experimental protocols for research (including hardware, software, statistical methods, etc.). Collaborates with researchers as appropriate. Participates in the preparation and writing of grant/contract applications and reports and may serve as coauthor of scientific research manuscripts. May supervise other research staff.
Postdoctoral Associate	182000 - Department of Comparative Bio Scien	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Nancy fair Link Laminitis Research Center (NFL-LRC) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Equine Laminitis, beginning as early as Spring 2026 with the option to postpone the start date to August 2026. The initial appointment is for two years. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of NFL-LRC faculty. Interested candidates are encouraged to explore the profile of tenured and tenure-track faculty to identify potential matches with their research interests. Strong applicants from all aspects of laminitis are encouraged to apply; however, the greatest interest is for applicants with interest in one or more of the following topics: genetics, metabolomics, proteomics, molecular biology and endocrinology.
Defensive Analyst (Football)	890105 - Athletics - Football	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Provides high-level administrative support to the football coaching staff as assigned in support of the defensive initiatives of the football program at Mississippi State University as well as assist in maintaining relationships with high school coaches around the state.
Campus Transit Bus Driver Trainee	730100 - Transportation	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Intermittent Campus Transit Bus Operator Trainee is responsible for providing support to the Transportation Department by being actively engaged in the training required to meet the qualifications of the Campus Transit Bus Operator within a five-week period. Selected trainees are expected to meet all training requirements and after the successful completion of the five-week training period, trainees will be immediately placed in either an intermittent worker, student worker or full-time (9-month or 12-month) driver position. Employees hired into Intermittent positions are limited to working no more than 720 hours per fiscal year.
Animal Health Technician I, II, or Sr	182000 - Department of Comparative Bio Scien	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The function of the Animal Health Technician is to perform a variety of duties involved in providing technical support to the Nancy Fair Link Laminitis Research Center. This position provides instruction to graduate students and supervision to student workers.
Assistant Academic Affairs Manager	181000 - CVM Academic Affairs	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Coordinate the duties and responsibilities associated with the daily operations of the Academic Affairs Office in the College of Veterinary Medicine. To supervise the staff in the implementation of their responsibilities associated with this office.
Assistant Director of Olympic Sports Nutrition	890120 - Athletics - Sports Nutrition	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Assist the Assistant AD of Sports Nutrition and the Associate Director of Sports Nutrition with the assessment and counseling of student-athletes on optimal nutritional practices for exercise training, competition, recovery from practice, recovery from injury and illness, weight management, hydration, and supplementation.
Assistant Director of Video Content	890137 - Athletics-Creative Strategy	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
The Assistant Director of Video Content supports the development, production, and execution of creative video content across assigned sports, with a primary creative focus on the women’s basketball program
Campus Transit Bus Operator	730100 - Transportation	Main Campus - Starkville, MS
To drive a campus transit bus to transport passengers around Starkville/MSU area. This position is a full-time position employed for 12-months of the year.

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