Role OverviewThe Associate Director of Research Operations will be part of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. The role is responsible for the administrative operations of CEPR's analytic team, including allocating research staff, ensuring project proposals have sufficient staffing, and managing data use agreements and submissions to the Institutional Review Board.
What You Will Do
The Associate Director will ensure that each project is appropriately resourced, coordinate across internal staff and external research partners, and develop workflows and systems to ensure compliance with data use agreements and human subjects' research protections.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have experience working in or in direct support of quantitative social science research, designing and managing operational systems, and experience with project management platforms and workflow tools.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 5 years of progressive experience in research operations, program operations, project management, or a closely related field
- Experience working in or in direct support of quantitative social science research
- Demonstrated success designing and managing operational systems
- Strong systems-thinking skills
- Experience with project management platforms and workflow tools
Benefits
- Generous paid time off including parental leave
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage starting on day one
- Retirement plans with university contributions
- Wellbeing and mental health resources
- Support for families and caregivers
- Professional development opportunities including tuition assistance and reimbursement
- Commuter benefits, discounts and campus perks
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