Lead Research Scientist, Poverty Policy & Strategy

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University School of Social Work is seeking a Research Director to lead the research agenda and supervise analysts, with funding oversight to advance poverty-focused policy research in New York City and nationwide.

The role requires a PhD in public policy or social sciences, extensive experience with Stata and microsimulation, and strong leadership and communications to translate research for policy audiences.

Qualifications

• PhD in public policy or social sciences; minimum six years of research experience preferred.
• Extensive experience with Stata and/or other statistical programming software.
• Experience with policy analyses and/or microsimulation modeling.
• Econometric and causal inference methods for poverty and social policy research.
• Familiarity with ACS, CPS, longitudinal datasets, and poverty measurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the center's research agenda across national, state, and local policy issues.
• Supervise research analysts, coordinate projects, and ensure quality of outputs.
• Engage funders, prepare materials for meetings and grant reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Policy research

Grant writing

Team supervision

Communication

Education

PhD in public policy or social sciences

Tools

Stata

Microsimulation

Econometric software

Job description

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University School of Social Work is seeking a Research Director to lead the research agenda and supervise analysts, with funding oversight to advance poverty-focused policy research in New York City and nationwide.

The role requires a PhD in public policy or social sciences, extensive experience with Stata and microsimulation, and strong leadership and communications to translate research for policy audiences.