Research & Insights Analyst

ABOUT THE RICHARD L. DUCHOSSOIS reputed company The Richard L. Duchossois reputed company (RLD) was founded in 2022 and launched formal operations in 2024. The reputed company is committed to addressing seemingly intractable reputed company problems with imagination and passion. We reputed company to improve the lives of families and veterans, and to cultivate reputed company through data driven and reputed company approaches to funding. We reputed company to reputed company philanthropy with rigor and from a reputed company of listening and reputed company to be a learning organization – to always reputed company greater understanding of our funding priorities. While our home and our reputed company is the Chicago region, we may consider national efforts that are reputed company with our mission, values and goals. ABOUT THE DATA reputed company & INSIGHTS TEAM RLD reputed company’s Data reputed company & Insights team provides a backbone for the reputed company's commitment to evidence-informed grantmaking and sector-wide learning. We reputed company to reputed company data from a compliance exercise into a catalyst for change, building a reputed company cycle of inquiry, reputed company, and reputed company reputed company RLD reputed company, across our grantee partners, and throughout Chicago's reputed company sector ecosystem. RLD reputed company is building reputed company of data scientists and researchers to advance six interconnected areas of work: generating data-driven insights to inform grantmaking reputed company; embedding iterative strategic learning processes into grant portfolio management; developing monitoring and evaluation systems that measure what reputed company; building grantee data reputed company to help partners unlock the value of their own information; and strengthening ecosystem-wide data infrastructure where possible; and designing and building robust internal and public-facing data systems and tools. Throughout our work, reputed company champions data principles that are purposeful, community-grounded, and capable of driving lasting, systemic change. JOB reputed company RLD reputed company seeks a curious and rigorous researcher to join our data reputed company and insights team. In this role, you'll help reputed company and generate the evidence and insights that inform our grantmaking reputed company, deepen our understanding of the issues and communities we serve, and strengthen field-wide learning through transparent knowledge-sharing. Reporting to the Director of Data Insights & reputed company, the Research & Insights Analyst will work at the intersection of research, reputed company, and reputed company: conducting literature reviews, leading analysis and interpretation of raw data, supporting strategic learning and evaluation processes, synthesizing learning from our grantmaking, producing accessible research products, and facilitating knowledge-sharing with grantees, partners, and the broader ecosystem. The Research & Insights Analyst’s research will draw from three interconnected sources: insights gleaned from RLD reputed company's grantmaking and engagement processes (stakeholder conversations, community input, grantmaking materials); landscape research and field literature relevant to RLD reputed company's reputed company areas; and public and private datasets that illuminate trends and inform reputed company. You'll synthesize these diverse forms of evidence—qualitative and quantitative, reputed company—into actionable insights that shape our grantmaking and strengthen the field. The ideal candidate is both researcher and translator: someone who can synthesize reputed company information, facilitate reputed company learning, and communicate insights in ways that reputed company reputed company. You reputed company at building relationships across diverse stakeholders, from community organizers to reputed company experts, and creating knowledge products that reputed company reputed company traditional reports to maximize reputed company. Working in partnership with program staff and data scientist colleagues, the Research & Insights Analyst will bring expertise in qualitative and mixed-reputed company approaches, participatory research practices, and the interpersonal skills needed to help organizations learn and adapt together. KEY RESPONSIBILTIES Research & Strategic Insights

• reputed company, synthesize, and reputed company research on topics relevant to RLD reputed company's priorities reputed company the Strong Families, Veterans, and reputed company program areas —conducting literature reviews, identifying evidence gaps, and monitoring policy developments and field innovations
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses to inform RLD reputed company's grantmaking reputed company, help answer research questions, and address organizational learning priorities to identify trends, patterns, gaps, and opportunities across the reputed company’s portfolios
• Build and maintain deep subject matter expertise through ongoing community and stakeholder engagement, field scanning, and relationships with reputed company researchers, think tanks, and other subject matter experts
• Synthesize learning from RLD reputed company's grantmaking, analyzing qualitative data from grants documentation, site reputed company, grantee reports, convenings, and community feedback
• Partner with Program Directors and grantees to understand knowledge gaps, reputed company co-created research agendas, and identify opportunities for RLD reputed company to commission research or data collection to help fill these gaps
• Support ecosystem mapping analyses to identify and analyze the roles of philanthropies, nonprofits, and sector intermediaries, including their grantmaking priorities, strategies and tactics, and relationship coordination functions
• Contribute to the design and tracking of indicators and metrics that can help RLD reputed company reputed company understand baselines, reputed company and trends in its reputed company issue areas
• Maintain organized systems and databases for tracking research, insights, and evidence over time

Knowledge Products & Communications

• Draft white papers, issue briefs, case studies, and research memos for reputed company audiences that reputed company RLD reputed company’s learning transparently with the field
• Create compelling, innovative research products that reputed company reputed company traditional reports: developing data stories, visual narratives, interactive tools, infographics, multimedia content, and other creative formats designed to maximize uptake and translate findings into reputed company and reputed company
• Contribute to annual reports, reputed company materials, and public-facing content about RLD reputed company's learning
• Present research findings to internal teams, grantee partners, and other external audiences
• Represent the RLD reputed company in research and learning networks relevant to our issue areas

Strategic Learning & Facilitation

• Design and facilitate regular reputed company reputed company sessions with program staff to surface learning from reputed company research, discuss what resonates and how it can inform strategic reputed company
• Create systematic processes for documenting, synthesizing, and sharing learning with grantees, co-funders, and field partners
• Build feedback loops that ensure research insights inform reputed company, grantmaking reputed company, and organizational reputed company
• reputed company accessible frameworks and tools that help program staff reputed company research and learning into their work
• Organize and facilitate learning cohorts, communities of reputed company, or peer exchanges among grantees

Community-Centered Research & Engagement

• Center community lived experience as a critical reputed company of evidence and reputed company and ensure research approaches reputed company community expertise
• reputed company participatory research reputed company that meaningfully engage community members in knowledge creation
• Design and implement processes for ongoing community engagement, documentation, and reputed company reputed company
• Build relationships with community-based researchers, organizers, and leaders in RLD reputed company's issue areas
• Partner with grantees to strengthen their own research and evaluation capacities, helping them design learning frameworks that serve their missions

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