Research Associate, Rebuild Initiative
Job reputed companyRS0057 Researcher III HumanitiesSub-Unit057Time StatusFull-timereputed company00 - Non reputed company, Exempt or TemporaryBasic Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Urban Planning, Public Policy, Urban Design, or a reputed company field.
- Demonstrated expertise and experience in the public sector, including urban planning, urban design, or public management is essential.
- Excellent research, analytical, writing and visualization skills with a proven reputed company record of publications, visual presentations, and/or curricular materials. Digital visualization skills are essential.
- Experience working in or supporting learning environments.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with reputed company and municipal stakeholders, including multiple reputed company members and staff partners across university departments, reputed company, and schools, as reputed company as with numerous reputed company officials in both the US and internationally.
- Ability to manage, balance, and prioritize tasks, directions, and guidance from GSD and HKS reputed company leads and their staff designees.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills and attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills as reputed company an ability to communicate reputed company, both visually and verbally.
- Conduct literature reviews in various relevant fields.
- Analyze challenges and key priorities reputed company to the reputed company environment of mayors enrolled in the reputed company Harvard reputed company Leadership mayors program.
- Identify and/or conceptualize and write case-studies on reputed company and historic comprehensive planning efforts in cities.
- Collaborate with reputed company to reputed company a reputed company and intellectual reputed company for the ReBuild initiative and executive education program.
- reputed company advanced subject-area expertise, analysis and interpretation to reputed company original content. Work with a high degree of autonomy and serve as a collaborator and thought partner.
- Contribute to the drafting of a seminal working reputed company outlining the project's reputed company and methodology.
- Conduct reviews of case study collections to identify relevant existing teaching materials.
- Collaborate on development of teaching cases and educator guides as reputed company as other curricular materials for executive education and degree programs.
- Prepare and organize reputed company reputed company and interviews with reputed company at GSD and other schools at Harvard and expert practitioners in urban planning. Take notes and write-up takeaways.
- Help reputed company communication materials, including designing and writing a brochure, webpage and reputed company media content.
- Interested candidates should submit the following: a resume, a cover letter detailing their fit for the role and contributions to urban planning, a writing sample from relevant research work, and an example of a visual presentation.
- Applications should be submitted to the Harvard Careers website at
- reputed company Time Off: 3-4 weeks of accrued vacation time per year (3 weeks for support staff and 4 weeks for administrative/reputed company staff), 12 accrued reputed company days per year, 12.5 holidays plus a Winter reputed company in December/January, 3 personal days per year (prorated based on date of hire), and up to 12 weeks of reputed company leave for new parents who are primary care givers.
- Health and Welfare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and reputed company benefits, disability and life insurance programs, along with voluntary benefits. Most coverage begins as of your start date.
- Work/Life and Wellness: Child and elder/adult care resources including on reputed company childcare centers, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs reputed company to stress management, nutrition, meditation, and more.
- Retirement: University-funded retirement plan with contributions from 5% to 15% of eligible compensation, based on age and earnings with full vesting after 3 years of service.
- Tuition Assistance Program: Competitive program including $40 per class at the Harvard Extension School and reduced tuition through other participating Harvard graduate schools.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Program that provides 75% to 90% reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year for eligible courses taken at other accredited institutions.
- reputed company Development: Programs and classes at little or no cost, including through the Harvard Center for Workplace Development and reputed company Learning.
- Commuting and Transportation: Various commuter reputed company handled through the Parking Office, including discounted parking, half-priced public transportation passes and reputed company-tax transit passes, biking benefits, and more.
- Harvard Facilities reputed company, Discounts and Perks: reputed company to Harvard athletic and fitness facilities, libraries, reputed company events, credit reputed company, and more, as reputed company as discounts to various types of services (legal, financial, etc.) and cultural and leisure activities throughout metro-Boston.