Research Project Manager

Brown University’s Annenberg Institute seeks a Research Project Manager to support research and evaluation projects focused on teacher professional learning and growth. The role coordinates research activities, manages external research and education-agency partnerships, conducts quantitative analyses, and advances projects aimed at improving teacher practice and student experiences.

Responsibilities:

• The Research Project Manager supports the overall direction and execution of the team’s evaluation and research projects. In addition to the Annenberg team, this position establishes and stewards relationships with external research partners as well as district and state-level education agency stakeholders. Responsibilities include helping to design implementation and research plans, collecting data, coordinating the research team’s work, communicating with stakeholders, conducting quantitative analyses, managing timelines, organizing meetings, moving the project forward, and managing other research associates as needed

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 5 years relevant experience
• A strong quantitative background
• Experience managing large-scale projects with multiple workstreams
• Experience with software to analyze quantitative data
• Experience with any combination of: State level education policy and practice, Measurement, Teacher Professional learning
• Demonstrates an aptitude for digging into systems and data by learning and working through complex processes and systems in order to improve efficiency
• Demonstrates ability to quickly become fluent in multiple contexts, analyzes situations to see beyond the surface of challenges, and effectively customizes general practices to fit stakeholders' individualized needs
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Excellent organizational skills
• Experience working with complex data sets
• Training and experience with quantitative research methods
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent judgment and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated experience with Google suite apps, i.e. Gmail, Google drive, Google sheets, etc. or comparable Microsoft products
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• Master's Degree in Education, Public Policy or other social science field preferred