Careers Job Description
General Description
The New York City Labor Market Information Service (LMIS), housed at the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, seeks a full-time Senior Research Fellow to lead a team of researchers and consultants focused on the best ways that workforce development organizations and educational institutions can promote upward mobility. At LMIS, we help mission-driven organizations and educational institutions by harnessing the power of data and research to inform best-practice interventions with and engagement of their client communities. This work is predicated on a sophisticated understanding of labor market dynamics in this setting, particularly with respect to those who have been historically excluded or find themselves on the bottom half of the income distribution. We are dedicated to developing actionable insights that will enable workforce development organizations and educational institutions to connect these individuals and their communities to opportunity and success.
LMIS is seeking an established researcher to lead our research team. The Fellow will work collaboratively with researchers of all levels on a variety of projects. Some projects will be client-facing and support the work of mission-driven organizations and educational institutions, others will contribute to a deeper understanding of how workforce-development and education policies impact labor market outcomes.
The Fellow will play a leadership role in conceptualizing, designing, and executing research projects, as well as communicating their results. The successful candidate will have an established track record of being able to:
- Frame and operationalize a compelling agenda of policy-relevant research,
- Design and conduct empirical studies that incorporate both qualitative and quantitative methods,
- Effectively manage a team of researchers,
- Relate research findings to public policy and practice, and
- Communicate effectively with non-technical audiences.
Other Duties
In addition to a strong background in research methodology, design, and data analysis, the ideal candidate will also bring content matter expertise in workforce development, labor market data sources, and/or urban education, particularly as it applies to under-served or historically at-risk and excluded communities. The person in this role should expect to continue to grow their scholarly reputation through publication of their own scholarship in peer-reviewed academic journals.
Responsibilities:
- Conceptualize, develop, and lead research and evaluation studies related to workforce development, urban education, the labor market, and how these intersect,
- Provide intellectual leadership in research project and proposal development,
- Support effective project management, including assigning roles and responsibilities, developing timelines, and monitoring project progress to ensure timely completion of work,
- Mentor and supervise research staff,
- Author research reports, briefs, and presentations for external audiences,
- Present research in a clear and compelling way to clients, stakeholders, policymakers, public audiences, funders, and the press,
- Contribute to the growth and management of institutional knowledge, and
- Stay abreast of scholarship in the workforce development, labor market analysis, and urban education fields, and contribute this information to the intellectual life and work of LMIS.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will:
- Possess a PhD in political science, public policy, sociology, demography, labor economics, educational leadership, human development, or a related social science field,
- Have a record of authoring publications and making presentations tailored to a variety of audiences,
- Have strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills and be well-versed in the use of analytic software (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R, NVivo, Dedoose etc…)
- Possess substantive knowledge of workforce development, the sources and analysis of labor market data, and/or the labor markets effects of approaches to urban education,
- Display the strong project and people management skills necessary to successfully guide collaborative consulting relationships and projects, and
- Exhibit high-level oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, clients, policy experts, fellow researchers, the media, and other leaders the field.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
NYCLMIS in the Center for Urban Research
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Jul 30, 2019 (Or Until Filled)