Research Administrator

• Why do we still treat economic growth as synonymous with progress, even as its costs overwhelm its benefits?
• What if the real challenge of automation is not job loss, but our inability to imagine a good life beyond traditional employment?

Key Responsibilities

• Procuring, organizing, and archiving useful resources for research projects.
• Keeping track of various think tank projects, and providing regular updates to leadership.
• Building our list of potential contacts and collaborators, like-minded organizations, and relevant conferences.
• Exploring potential funding opportunities and presenting findings to leadership staff. 
• Coordinating weekly team calls and ad hoc meetings and retreats. 
• Maintaining the team’s budget and processing expenses.
• Potential additional projects such as helping to create and curate a monthly publication or managing an intern program. 
• Working with other departments and teams in The Public Interest Network as needed to provide organizational support. 

Qualifications

• You’re interested in solving big problems. You have a strong affinity for our vision of a new politics that faces today’s challenges head on.
• You’re proactive. When you see a problem to solve or something to be done, you do it.
• You’re smart, detail-oriented, and organized. You can manage multiple projects and you thrive when under a deadline.
• You’re open-minded. You can get your head around complex issues, are willing to have open dialogue about problems, and are okay working with people whose viewpoints may differ.
• You’re accountable. You respect goals and deadlines.
• You're ready to put in the hard work to start from scratch with just an idea and help turn it into a lasting institution.

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