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The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) is a nonpartisan research center. We believe inequities are hard-wired into our public education system in both obvious and subtle ways.
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Research Project Manager
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) is a nonpartisan research center founded in 1993, located in Seattle, Washington, and led by investigators and collaborators at Arizona State University.
CRPE is seeking a dynamic professional to become our next Research Project Manager. The Research Project Manager will play a vital role in ensuring that the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s (CRPE) wide-ranging research continues to make a difference in the field of K-12 education policy.
Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Project Manager manages project planning, workflow, and timelines for complex research projects across the center. This role has the opportunity to support research design and strategy in partnership with the Principal Investigator.
Essential Duties
Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Project Manager manages project planning, workflow, and timelines for complex research projects across the center. This role has the opportunity to support research design and strategy in partnership with the Principal Investigator.
Specific responsibilities include:
Lead day-to-day project planning and management across research project(s) by creating project plans, developing and following up on timelines, anticipating and navigating around roadblocks and tracking progress against project deliverables and impact goals.
Proactively convene project teams and serve as conduit to CRPE’s communications team and external stakeholders, such as funders and research partners, to achieve research goals.
Provide relevant information to key CRPE staff to prepare all post-project reports, budget allocations and summaries/filings to ensure timely dissemination of information to internal and external partners.
Partner with the Director of Strategic Operations on center-wide projects, including talent strategy-related to projects.
Work closely with Principal Investigators to coordinate across a portfolio of projects and identify cross-cutting research themes that should be elevated for commentary or future proposals.
Contribute extensively to project operations and workflows as needed, e.g., drafting outreach, preparing meeting materials, managing data collection processes, researching external impact opportunities.
Partner with Principal Investigators to coordinate contributions from research project collaborators, e.g., contractors, student interns, and partner organizations.
Manage and facilitate virtual and in-person sessions for internal and external audiences.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 5 years related experience; 1 of which are in project management, or any equivalent combination of experience and /or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.
Desired Qualifications
Ability to communicate clearly, directly and empathetically in all interactions, to include verbal and written communications, one-on-one conversations, and in group settings.
Working knowledge of, and intellectual curiosity about, key issues in public education.
Three (3) years of previous experience that demonstrates the ability to effectively manage complex projects, including breaking a broad vision into measurable components and balancing interdependent work streams.
Ability to creatively problem solve in a dynamic environment, such as anticipating project needs and roadblocks, weighing trade-offs when making decisions, synthesizing the most important information, and providing proposed solutions.
Is comfortable with “managing up” to lead project structure, approaches, and components of work in partnership with the Principal Investigator.
Experience with project management software and google suite. CRPE is a Mac environment that primarily uses AirTable, Slack, and Zoom for collaboration as we are a mostly remote organization.
Familiarity with IRB-governed research projects and data management for confidential information.
CRPE provides a competitive benefits package through Arizona State University. We offer medical, dental, and vision coverage options; Life, AD&D, and Disability insurance; various retirement plan options; and Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, childcare, and other expenses. We also offer org-wide holidays, paid time off, annual retreats, and the option for fully remote work.
Salary and Benefits
USD $70,000 - USD $85,400 / year
CRPE provides a competitive benefits package through Arizona State University. We offer medical, dental, and vision coverage options; Life, AD&D, and Disability insurance; various retirement plan options; and Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, childcare, and other expenses. We also offer org-wide holidays, paid time off, annual retreats, and the option for fully remote work.