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🕒 May 22

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Workforce and Community Education

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1971

📚 Education

Education • Training

Workforce and Community Education is a division that offers a wide range of degree and certification programs, including in areas such as teaching, business, healthcare, social sciences, engineering, and arts. It focuses on training and education, providing opportunities for personal and professional development through online and in-person courses. The programs cater to a diverse population, including military veterans and their families, aiming to enhance skills and career opportunities in various fields.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a research agenda for Full-Service Community Schools implementation centered on efficacy, outcomes, and children/family growth • Partner with National University faculty/staff to create structures for staff and graduate and undergraduate students to participate in research activities • Research and evaluate the development and delivery of programs utilizing quantitative and mixed-methods research designs • Produce research briefs, white papers, and tools to enhance user experience; and engage with other units within National University (e.g., Cause Research Institute) to enhance research efforts. • Collaborate with researchers, graduate students, and post-docs at NU Cause Research Institute, Sanford College of Education, JFK School of Psychology and Social Sciences, and School of Health Professions to co-develop a robust research agenda supporting ENLACES. • Engage in research-practice partnerships with partner districts and strategic partners to better understand ways in which innovative solutions from ENLACES are implemented. • Manage research projects with a research team (graduate students and RAs), as well as weigh variety of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring research projects stay on track and within budget. • Participate in training, coaching, and supporting graduate and undergraduate students in engaging in research projects. • Collect, assemble, and maintain datasets related services provided to children, families, and teachers through ENLACES. • Analyze data to generate evidence that can influence policy and practice • Write research reports, briefing memos, summaries of journal articles, books, blogs and news articles individually and in collaboration with other researchers and scholars (internal and external). • Present results of empirical analysis in interesting and easy to understand table and graphical formats. • Contribute to writing grants to support continuation of grant funding that supports community school initiatives. • Support the content development of RFPs • Partner with external clients and consultants to support research and evaluation. • Review content, products, and materials to ensure they align with evidence-based practices • Attend conferences and seminars as needed. • Other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Doctoral degree in education, psychology, research methodology or related field with a minimum of three years of related experience required. • Five (5) years’ experience leading research projects (project director, task leads) required. • Project management and continuous improvement experience highly preferred. • Experience with data collection or evaluation in community- and school-based settings preferred. • Experience with mixed-methods research preferred. • Experience building and maintaining partner relationships preferred. • Experience with grant writing preferred. • Experience designing analyses with practice implications preferred. • Schedule flexibility is required for late afternoon, evening, and weekend events when they occur.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family