Teach For America is in the process of transforming into a learning organization. As Director, Research Associate, you’ll be a member of the External Research team and key leaders across the organization to support our vision for engaging external researchers and contributing to the broader education landscape. You will support and/or lead external research projects and external research collaborations which contribute to our learning agenda. Your work will ensure that our organization is on the frontlines of facilitating and contributing to research that continuously improves educational equity. The role will report directly to the Managing Director, Research Scientist.
Areas of Responsibility:
Research and Evaluation
- (45%) Support the execution of rigorous federally-funded and regional evaluations, as well as regional evaluations related to national and regional AmeriCorps grants
- (5%) Monitor and process research and data sharing requests
Communication
- (20%) Critically synthesize research findings into clear learnings that are accessible and actionable for the broader Teach For America community
- (10%) Provide creative support to visualize research findings through media such as branded research briefs, infographics, PowerPoint decks, and/or web-based data visualizations
- (10%) Develop and maintain internal and external channels to push out research findings to diverse constituencies
Team Support
- (10%) Support team-wide initiatives related to research and communications
Educational Background:
Advanced degree or advanced coursework in research and evaluation, communications, and/or graphic design
Skills/Experience:
- 5+ years of work/academic experience
- Demonstrated excellence in communicating research findings both in writing and visually
- Distinctive impact/progression of increasing responsibility in previous work
- Strong knowledge of research and evaluation design, including both quantitative and qualitative methodologies
- Strong academic writing skills with the ability to critically read and synthesize academic research in education and related fields (e.g., economics, psychology, sociology, etc.)
- Expertise in graphic design platforms preferred (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, D3.js, etc.)
- Distinctive skill and knowledge in specific areas of educational research (e.g., education equity issues; measuring student outcomes, etc.)
- Demonstrated cultural competence, critical consciousness, and ability to work across lines of difference
- Working understanding of historical roots of education inequity and ideally experience connecting that understanding of history into your research
- Deep critical thinking and problem-solving skills, driven by clear, rigorous logic
- Strong motivation to achieve impact and ability to work independently and take initiative to achieve goals
- Strong ability to communicate research findings to non-experts, so that your work drives real changes in human behavior and actions
- Deeply invested in and inspired by Teach For America’s core values and understands that the work that we do has an extraordinary impact on teachers & children
Work demands
- Working with colleagues who are based all over the country – using remote technologies (e.g., Zoom)
- Able to travel about once per quarter
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
May 4 2019
Active Until:
Jun 4 2019
Hiring Organization:
Teach For America
industry:
Nonprofit