Job Title: Research Assistant (Human Capital Practice Area)
Organization: Education Resource Strategies
Education Resource Strategies is a fast-growing, nationally recognized non-profit firm, doing leading edge work in education. ERS applies strategic consulting skills and concepts to the challenge of fixing urban education. We are a small group of high energy, committed professionals dedicated to helping public schools manage their resources more effectively. We do this by conducting and disseminating research on urban districts in cities such as New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Rochester, NY and Los Angeles to analyze and understand their current use of resources and to compare the current use of resources to more strategic, research based practice.
Our work is customized to meet the specific needs of partnering school districts, in five primary practice areas : School Funding and Staffing Systems, Strategic School Design, Human Capital, School Planning, Support and Supervision and Strategic School System Design. More information about ERS is available at our website: www.educationresourcestrategies.org.
Job Description: Research Assistant (Human Capital Practice Area)
We are looking for a Research Assistant to join the ERS team. The ideal Research Assistant has knowledge and experience in the education sector and is interested in the area of hiring, developing and retaining excellent teachers and school leaders in urban public school systems.. Ideally we’d like to have a Research Assistant that can commit to working about 20 hours a month and stay with ERS for at least 1 year.
Responsibilities include:
• Conduct monthly research summaries that highlight findings from all recent articles & reports in the field of education, relevant to the ERS Human Capital practice area.
• Conduct other research and literature reviews, which will support the development of the practice area as well as presentations, articles & briefs.
• Support the development of best practice artifact database.
• Support client engagements through research and review of background documents.
• Assist in writing of articles, management briefs and other documents as appropriate. .
Much of the required work can be done from home or a remote location. Arrangements can be made to work at the ERS office and some in person meetings may be required. ERS is located in Watertown Square, easily accessible by bus from Harvard Square. Hours are flexible, however, client or written deadlines may require some more concentrated work periods.
Requirements:
• Minimum of master degree or in the process of earning a master’s degree in education policy, management or teaching or in public policy
• Knowledge of and interest in the area of teaching quality in urban school systems
• Knowledge of excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
ERS is a small but growing firm, doing leading edge work in education. We are looking for someone to join our team who is creative, passionate about education, able to work independently and committed to making our work and our organization the best that they can be.
Hourly Rate: To be determined
Contact: Julie Derderian
