Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Research Manager, Urban Sustainability

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cambridge • Arizona, Massachusetts, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $95,000 - $110,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Co-develop and execute research to ensure programmatic objective alignment and policy relevant findings that translate into strategic actions
  • Manage discrete research and related projects
  • Author publications, develop curricula, and teach Institute-affiliated training
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and regulatory standards.
  • Participate in the development, enrichment, and execution of medium-term team strategies.
  • Guide creative and/or technical project development through measurement, evaluation, and delivery of anticipated results, pivoting as needed.
  • Develop partnerships with other organizations.
  • Identify external funding opportunities and develop funding proposals.
  • Guide project teams and partner with internal stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
  • Foster and maintain stakeholder relationships and external partnerships to advance key initiatives
  • Ensure clarity and alignment of work through active communication
  • All other duties as determined

Requirements

  • 6 or more years of relevant experience designing, conducting, and translating evidence-driven research to real-world applications.
  • Undergraduate degree in a relevant field.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and conduct complex projects to fruition.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop successful competitive fundraising proposals.
  • Strong sense of curiosity and willingness to learn.
  • Effective communication and leadership skills.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment and discretion.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other cloud-based work tools.
Benefits
  • 3x employer contribution towards retirement matching your employee contribution up to 15%
  • health insurance
  • dental insurance
  • vision insurance
  • 100% reimbursement of the health care deductible through a health reimbursement account
  • short-term disability coverage
  • long term disability coverage
  • paid parental leave
  • voluntary insurances such as accident insurance
  • health care flexible spending
  • dependent care flexible spending
  • paid time off for holidays, vacation, personal, sick, bereavement, and jury duty
  • office closure between December 24 – Jan 1 each calendar year
  • flexible schedule and option for a compressed 4 day workweek
  • tuition and staff development reimbursement
  • pet insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
evidence-driven researchproject managementfundraising proposalscurriculum developmenttraining development
Soft skills
communicationleadershiporganizational skillstime managementproblem-solvingcuriosityjudgmentdiscretion