American Institutes for Research

Consultant

• Develop training materials, implementation measures, and protocols for monitoring and supporting education initiatives across various topics.
• Deliver training, professional development, and coaching to support educators, administrators, and leaders in implementing new programs and/or engaging in continuous improvement processes.
• Develop and contribute to reports that describe and interpret findings for clients, partners, and other relevant audiences.
• Represent the organization in interactions with state, local, and site-based staff; potential clients; and partner organizations.
• Work on collaborative project teams, including supervision of research/TA assistants and associates as a task or functional lead.
• Contribute to team efforts to develop new business opportunities including strategic planning, identification and pursuit of opportunities, and proposal development.
• Lead discrete projects or major workstreams, including planning, execution, and client coordination.

TA Consultant, Continuous Improvement Coaching

Research Scientist

• Partner closely with a national intermediary to design and operationalize evaluation and learning frameworks aligned with their place-based partners’ strategy, capacity, and context.
• Lead the identification of metrics, data points, data sources, and data collection processes that balance rigor with feasibility.
• Develop evaluation work plans, including timelines and sequencing for data collection, data entry, analysis, reporting, and learning cycles.
• Translate evaluation needs into clear guidance for data systems, working with partner staff and technical administrators as needed.
• Support early execution of evaluation and learning activities, particularly during start‑up phases, while partners build internal capacity.
• Develop tools, templates, and protocols that enable partners to sustain evaluation and learning processes over time.
• Serve as a thought partner to practitioner staff—connecting data, evidence, and learning to real‑world decision‑making.
• Produce high‑quality deliverables such as evaluation frameworks and playbooks, data collection tools and protocols, reporting templates, learning briefs, and synthesis memos.

Senior Researcher, Place-Based Evaluation & Learning

Director

• Set and oversee the strategic direction of CALDER as a leading voice in using data to drive K12 education policy decisions
• Lead efforts to develop new business, including grant proposals and relationship-building with funders
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with clients and potential clients who serve as policymakers at the national and state levels
• Build eminence for the work of CALDER and AIR, by maintaining visibility of the work in the media
• Design and carry out large research projects, including managing large teams to carry out those projects
• Mentor and provide feedback to staff to support growth in their ability to design and lead research projects
• Oversee the quality and technical rigor of deliverables and products
• Represent portfolio of work to internal and external audiences
• Collaborate with other AIR and LS leaders to ensure consistency in quality of work, identify and pursue cross-disciplinary opportunities, and expand organizational impact

Managing Director

• Manage day-to-day project operations in roles such as principal investigator, project director, or task lead.
• Lead collaborative project teams by developing timelines, coordinating staff assignments, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard.
• Identify research problems and design studies to address key questions in applied research contexts.
• Apply subject-matter expertise to design and implement relevant, responsive, and impactful research projects.
• Develop study designs with aligned research questions, methodologies, and analytic plans.
• Lead and contribute to research proposals for federal, state, foundation, and other clients.
• Devise and implement innovative solutions to practical challenges in applied research.
• Lead data collection and analysis efforts.
• Oversee the design and planning of qualitative and/or quantitative data collection tools, such as interview protocols, focus group guides, and surveys.
• Supervise field-based data collection activities, including interviews, observations, focus groups, and document reviews.
• Conduct or oversee data analysis using appropriate tools and techniques for various data types.
• Communicate study progress and findings clearly and effectively.
• Prepare reports, briefs, visualizations, and other materials that interpret and present research findings for clients and stakeholders.
• Represent the organization professionally in all client interactions.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients, partners, and stakeholders.
• Foster and maintain positive, collaborative working relationships.
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships with professionalism and awareness of the broader policy and practice landscape.
• Contribute thoughtfully and creatively to project teams.

Senior Researcher, Employment and Economic Opportunity – Part-Time

• Lead the design and execution of rigorous applied research or evidence-driven technical assistance projects and support project leadership across work of increased scope and complexity.
• Assume primary responsibility for writing reports and presentations that describe and interpret evidence for practitioners and policymakers.
• Design and apply appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative methods to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret data, maintaining AIR’s quality standards.
• Translate complex findings into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for client reports, technical memos, and presentations.
• Manage projects or major workstreams of increased scope and complexity, including planning timelines, overseeing deliverables, and managing project-level client relationships.
• Engage with stakeholders and partners through meetings, briefings, and dissemination activities.
• Contribute to a collaborative, inclusive work environment by providing guidance and feedback to team members and supporting high-quality project outcomes.

Senior Researcher, Education Systems and Policy – Part-Time

Compliance

• Contribute to development of monitoring and compliance designs, plans, and protocols.
• Review participant agreement documents, spending plans, and other documents related to model eligibility and participation requirements.
• Collaborate with data and analytic teams to connect monitoring indicators to underlying data sources.
• Guide development of data protocols, dashboard requirements, and reporting structures for monitoring deliverables.
• Contribute to proposal development involving monitoring, implementation, and operational oversight.
• Coach, mentor, and support junior staff, setting developmental goals.
• Collaborate with colleagues across teams to ensure integrated, high quality products.

Monitoring and Compliance Researcher, Healthcare Innovations

• Collaborate with clients to assess needs and co-design tailored technical assistance plans and strategies
• Design, develop, and deliver TA and training in various formats (virtual, in-person, hybrid)
• Create TA materials such as toolkits, guides, fact sheets, and web-based resources
• Facilitate meetings, communities of practice, and stakeholder engagement sessions
• Lead projects and teams, including supervising and mentoring junior staff
• Support the development of proposals and business development efforts
• Use data to inform TA strategies and evaluate impact
• Build and maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders across sectors

Senior TA Consultant, Youth Safety and Justice

Artificial Intelligence

• Lead the development and execution of key strategic initiatives, including sector-specific evidence generation networks, expert engagement programs, and eminence-building efforts.
• Contribute to the ongoing refinement of AIR’s AI strategy, operating model, and value proposition, working closely with the Managing Director of AI and Growth Office leadership.
• Monitor and interpret AI-related developments across policy, technology, and practice, synthesizing insights into strategic recommendations for AIR’s leadership and external partners.
• Author or co-author high-quality external thought leadership, including white papers, research briefs, blog posts, and conference presentations that advances AIR’s visibility and credibility on AI topics.
• Represent AIR at high-visibility conferences, convenings, and stakeholder engagements related to AI and human development.
• Build and sustain strategic partnerships with senior leaders in government, philanthropy, academia, and the private sector aligned with AIR’s AI priorities, including advancing relationships from initial engagement towards sustained collaboration.
• Lead outreach and cultivation for high-value relationships, including sector experts, advisory board members, and cross-sector collaborators.
• Develop and deliver materials for senior-level external meetings, including concept notes, briefings, and strategic proposals that clearly articulate AIR’s value proposition and pathway to collaboration.
• Utilize conferences and convenings to make strategic connections, document insights, and advance mission-aligned partnership opportunities.
• Contribute to the development of tailored engagement strategies across multiple sectors and domains.

Senior AI Strategist

• Support relationship building with external partners and sector experts.
• Prepare materials for external meetings including briefings and follow-up documentation.
• Draft and edit external-facing materials including concept notes and blog posts.
• Monitor AI policy, technology, and market developments and translate findings into briefing materials.

Junior AI Strategist

• Build and maintain relationships with practitioners, researchers, funders, government agencies, and technology organizations aligned with AIR’s AI priorities.
• Lead or co-lead outreach to potential partners, collaborators, and sector experts across multiple domains with the goal of advancing relationships toward defined collaboration or funding opportunities.
• Develop and deliver materials for partnership meetings and external engagements that reflect partner needs, market context, and potential pathways to collaboration or funding, including concept notes, briefings, and proposals.
• Represent AIR at conferences, convenings, and other external engagements related to AI, human development, and public systems to build relationships, gather market intelligence, and identify follow-on opportunities.
• Contribute to the development and execution of sector-tailored outreach and engagement strategies.
• Draft and develop high-quality external communications, including white papers, blog posts, research briefs, and presentations tied to AIR’s AI work.
• Support AIR’s AI communications plan, including conference preparation, publications pipeline, and social media engagement.
• Contribute to early-stage concept design and proposal shaping, helping position AIR for mission-aligned funding opportunities based on partner needs, market signals, and competitive context.
• Monitor the AI landscape across social sectors, and translate insights into strategic recommendations that inform AIR’s external positioning and engagement priorities.
• Identify emerging opportunities, risks, and market signals, including opportunities for partnership development, funding, and strategic collaboration.
• Conduct partner profiling and competitive intelligence to inform AIR’s approach to sector engagement and positioning and support opportunity prioritization and capture planning.
• Contribute to the launch and ongoing operation of sector-specific AI evidence generation networks, including coordinating expert convenings, communities of practice, and cross-network learning activities.
• Support operational systems that enable the team to track partners, manage business development opportunities, and maintain proposal materials.
• Help identify and track AI-related business development opportunities, including supporting opportunity qualification, prioritization, and coordination of inputs for proposal development.

AI Strategist

• Identify and pursue new funding opportunities across federal, non-federal, and commercial markets, including U.S. federal agencies, foundations, multilateral organizations, utilities, and other public- and private-sector funders.
• Lead key components of the business development cycle, including opportunity identification, funder engagement, opportunity qualification, teaming and partnership strategy, proposal development, and advising on negotiation and project execution.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of AIR's value proposition in the energy space, emphasizing evidence-based policy, rigorous evaluation, applied research, and learning partnerships.
• Represent AIR externally through participation in energy and climate convenings, funder meetings, and policy forums in support of relationship development and portfolio growth goals.
• Lead and develop a team of researchers, technical specialists, and project managers to pursue and execute energy work.
• Mentor staff and support their professional growth through coaching, feedback, and development of technical and leadership skills.
• Foster an entrepreneurial and creative team culture that is high-performing, collaborative, opportunity-focused, and energized by mission-driven work.
• Provide technical and analytic expertise on evidence needs in the energy sector, including evaluation of energy programs and policies, applied analytics, implementation research, and learning agendas.
• Lead and contribute to publications, presentations, and policy-relevant products that demonstrate AIR’s technical strengths in energy and energy-related work.

Director, Energy

Cloud Engineer

• Design, configure, and administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Copilot, and related security/compliance features.
• Administer and harden Entra ID (Azure AD), including conditional access, identity protection, app registrations, and role‑based access control.
• Own Exchange Online configuration: mail flow, transport rules, connectors, policies, hybrid connectivity (if applicable), and advanced troubleshooting of mail delivery issues.
• Use Kusto Query Language (KQL) in tools such as Microsoft 365 Defender, Purview, and Log Analytics to investigate incidents, identify patterns, and develop detection queries and reports.
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to implement and maintain security baselines, DLP, retention, eDiscovery, and auditing across the M365 environment.
• Develop and maintain automation, scripts, and integrations using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API to streamline administration, reporting, and provisioning.
• Contribute to CI/CD and infrastructure‑as‑code practices (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub) for Microsoft 365 configuration and related workloads.
• Work with containerized and cloud workloads (e.g., Kubernetes) where they integrate with M365/Entra for identity, security, or application access.
• Lead complex incident response and root‑cause analysis for M365 and identity‑related outages or security events.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, standards, runbooks, and architectural diagrams for Microsoft 365 and Entra services.
• Mentor junior administrators and provide guidance on best practices, governance, and operational excellence.

Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Researcher, Youth Development

Research Analyst

• Assist project teams in compiling and synthesizing information (e.g., conducting literature reviews and policy scans).
• Prepare and assist with primary source data collection through interviews, focus groups, and surveys; organize materials; and contribute to content development.
• Participate in the collection and review of research and evaluation data.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative research data and contribute to the reporting and interpretation of findings.
• Prepare documents, portions of reports, briefs, charts, and graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
• Support proposal writing and business development activities.
• Support project management tasks, including developing project timelines, coordinating meetings, and tracking project progress.

Research Associate, Healthcare Innovations

Data Scientist

• Lead or contribute to the design and execution of rigorous quantitative research and evaluation projects across multiple Learning Supports initiatives.
• Apply appropriate quantitative methods to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret data, including leading inferential analyses for both causal and non‑causal research questions.
• Develop, maintain, and document reproducible and collaborative analytic workflows, including data management processes and quality control procedures.
• Review, quality‑check, and strengthen analytic code and outputs produced by junior staff; provide guidance and mentorship to promote best practices in analysis and documentation.
• Translate complex analytic findings into clear, actionable insights for client reports, technical memos, presentations, and briefings.
• Manage discrete project tasks or analytic components, including planning timelines, tracking deliverables, and coordinating with project leadership and clients.
• Support proposal development by contributing to technical and analytic sections and helping shape study design and analytic approaches.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders through meetings and dissemination activities, contributing to a collaborative and inclusive team environment.