Projected Hours: Full Time, 5 days per week, Hybrid position

NYS/tri-state area location: Travel required throughout New York State for school visits. (living location can be anywhere in tri-state if willing to travel)

Projected Start Date: Immediate hire 2026

Project Background:

Bridges to Academic Success (Bridges) is a project The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) that provides educational services and advocates for newcomer students who enter U.S. schools with limited academic skills, including low levels of literacy in their home languages. Bridges supports schools, teachers, and students by helping to accelerate language, literacy, and content area learning through special school programming, curricula, and professional development for educators.

Bridges is part of two centers at The Graduate Center. These include theCenter for Advanced Study in Education (CASE), a group of researchers and practitioners who conduct basic and applied research concerned with improving and upgrading the quality of education in urban areas. In addition, we work and collaborate with linguistic researchers from the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS).

General Description: Under the supervision of the Senior Project Director/PI, the Research Manager will lead project management of tasks across the research team, supervision of the Research Assistant, facilitation of qualitative and quantitative data collection, interfacing with lab site teachers and administrative staff, conducting interviews and focus groups, observing teacher professional development meetings, and observing classes in Project schools. They will also engage in data analysis and create impact flyers for the project based on data collected.

Travel Commitment: Approximately 2 days per month in NYS schools, sometimes more as needed. Occasional overnight trips to schools or conferences may be required.

Duties include:

Strategic Planning & Research

Work with the PI/Project Director to identify research-related project goals, priorities, and needs; and identify new projects and priorities for team;
Focus on research needs and planning in content meetings, kick-off meetings, and staff meetings
- Lead project planning and basecamp organization regarding data needs
- Create and maintain timelines and project plans to support planning process
- Set up Basecamp projects, templates, and finalize systems RE research according to project needs
- Prepare IRB documentation and submit research protocols
- Brainstorm around new development opportunities

Supervise Research Assistant (RA)

Train on relevant protocols and data collection processes
Work with RA on prioritizing workload and moving projects along
Ensure that basecamp tasks are reflective of priorities and are updated and monitoring on a regular basis
Flag any issues, concerns, workload matters etc. for project director
Help RA prepare for content meeting presentations; review work that is completed
Conduct team meetings and performance reviews as needed

Meet with team coaches around data collection

Organize data collection process and systems with coaches and RAs
Conduct project management around data collection and assessment
Supervise relationship between RAs and coaches
Support cross-team collaboration

Project Management

Project manage all research and evaluation related deliverables on time and on budget

Field work

Conduct fieldwork on site at specific schools approximately twice per month;
Coordinate fieldwork with RAs

Report and Journal Writing

Edit and co-write reports and journal articles
Assist and delegate with writing up any data-related activities for mid-year and final report.
Create graphics to represent data
Create and update research flyers
Review grant materials as requested
Review proposals and provide feedback

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