Bilingual Design Researcher for Civic AI Co-Design

Hard Problems; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Hard Problems seeks a grant-funded role to lead workshop design and curriculum development for a bilingual (English/Spanish) community co-design project in New York. The role involves coordinating with multiple organizations, delivering 8+ multilingual sessions, and guiding participant engagement across 150 individuals from Oct 2026 to Mar 2027.

The position runs 30+ hours per week, is benefits eligible, and salary is pro-rated for the engagement through March 2027.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and facilitating community-based events such as workshops, focus groups, or seminars.
• Ability to develop learning content and curricula for broad audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Spanish; outreach in both languages.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead 8+ community co-design sessions and workshops.
• Design surveys and manage data collection for the project.
• Onboard and engage partnership organizations throughout the project.
• Engage communities to reach 150+ participants.
• Synthesize learnings and develop outputs including a Civic Feedback Framework.

Skills

Workshop design

Curriculum development

Community engagement

Bilingual EN/ES

Data collection

Research synthesis

Public outreach

Job description

Hard Problems seeks a grant-funded role to lead workshop design and curriculum development for a bilingual (English/Spanish) community co-design project in New York. The role involves coordinating with multiple organizations, delivering 8+ multilingual sessions, and guiding participant engagement across 150 individuals from Oct 2026 to Mar 2027.

The position runs 30+ hours per week, is benefits eligible, and salary is pro-rated for the engagement through March 2027.