JOB OPPORTUNITY - Research Director, Jobs for the Future's Center for Justice & Economic Advancement

Jobs for the Future recently launched a search for a Director, Research. This NEW role will join a dynamic Research, Evaluation & Analytics team and be fully integrated into the Center for Justice & Economic Advancement. The inaugural Director will bring research expertise related to the criminal legal system, reentry, and economic advancement for people with a history of arrest, conviction, or incarceration. In collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, the Director will lead the development of the Center's research agenda and aligned activities including evaluating our impact/initiatives, conducting original research, and engaging field-building research opportunities across our talent development, employer change and policy & systems change impact areas.

Here is the link to the job description on JFF’s website and below are a few details of the ideal candidate profile:

• Experience with the criminal legal system and/or professional experience leading research and evaluation efforts related to economic advancement for people with records, through both qualitative and quantitative methods 
• An analytical researcher, skilled at developing, piloting, recruiting for, and fielding surveys and interview protocols for research and evaluation 
• A strategic leader, eager to collaborate with colleagues and help build pathways through research fellowships and other partnership opportunities to amplify the perspectives of people with a history of a record, conviction, or incarceration