Georgetown University's Center for Retirement Initiatives (CRI) needs a Senior Research Associate to contribute to its core research, education, and technical assistance activities aimed at strengthening the financial well-being and retirement readiness of American workers.
Requirements
- familiar with public policy and public finance, economics and retirement related programs and policy, such as Social Security and employer-sponsored retirement plans
- Excellent writing, communication, data analysis, and project management skills
- Experience with graphic design, data visualization, social media, podcasts, and other digital tools a plus
Responsibilities
- contributing to the center’s core research, education, and technical assistance activities
- contribute to the research, writing, editing, and publishing of CRI policy papers and issue briefs, blog posts, academic articles, and other media
- perform literature reviews
- collect and analyze data
- contribute to the creation of the Center’s website resources
- assist with the drafting materials for grant applications
- suggest and then execute new research, education, and communications initiatives
Other
- Defined by a passion for policy innovation, an interest public policy and public finance, and the legislative process
- demonstrate an ability to disaggregate projects into manageable workstreams and deliver projects on time
- demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and the ability to work as part of a team
- strongly detailed oriented
- manage multiple assignments at one time
- A graduate degree such as an MPA, MPP, JD, or MBA is preferred, although it can be substituted with 5 or more years of related work experience if bachelor’s degree only.
- Individuals with Ph.D.s or currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in a subject relevant program, such as government, economics, or public administration are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Strong interest in business, economics, and public policy (especially as it relates to financial well-being, household finances, income security, asset building, financial services, retirement security, aging and demographic trends).
- Demonstrated interest in writing and publishing public policy related work (e.g., through a previous internship, independent research project or job).
- Experience with grant writing is a plus, but not required.
- Senior Research Associates must sign a confidentiality agreement and properly handle all information acquired in the position.
