Child Trends
201 - 500 employees
Founded 1979
🤝 Non-profit
📚 Education
🌍 Social Impact
Non-profit • Education • Social Impact
Child Trends is a nonprofit research organization that studies and informs policy and practice to improve the well‑being of children and families. It conducts applied research, data analysis, and evaluation on topics including early childhood development, child welfare and foster care, family health, poverty, and education, and provides technical assistance, capacity building, and strategic communications to government agencies and other stakeholders.
Research Scholar – Senior Research Scholar, Education
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🕒 May 28
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Child Trends
201 - 500 employees
Founded 1979
🤝 Non-profit
📚 Education
🌍 Social Impact
Non-profit • Education • Social Impact
Child Trends is a nonprofit research organization that studies and informs policy and practice to improve the well‑being of children and families. It conducts applied research, data analysis, and evaluation on topics including early childhood development, child welfare and foster care, family health, poverty, and education, and provides technical assistance, capacity building, and strategic communications to government agencies and other stakeholders.
📋 Description
• Lead or co-lead education research and evaluation business development efforts • Serve in senior roles on awarded projects • Provide deep education expertise to strengthen research design and methodology, project management, product development, and funder and partner engagement • Build and maintain strong relationships with federal, state and philanthropic funders, research partners, state and local education agencies, and leaders in the education field • Mentor and support staff contributing to education projects and proposals • Help identify and pursue new opportunities aligned with Child Trends’ mission and education strategy • Contribute to thought leadership through presentations, publications, briefs, and other dissemination activities.
🎯 Requirements
• Deep expertise in education research and evaluation • At least 8 years of relevant experience in applied research, evaluation and program leadership • Demonstrated success leading competitive education research and evaluation funding • Strong track record contributing to competitive proposals through technical writing, capture strategy, partnership development, or related activities • Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Education, Public Policy, Economics, Sociology), or equivalent combination of education and substantial senior-level experience • Expertise in one or more of the following areas: school readiness, language & literacy, postsecondary success, AI in education, and the educator workforce • Excellent writing, presentation, and collaboration skills.
🏖️ Benefits
• Flexible remote; in most states • Outside employment and professional affiliations are expected and welcomed
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