Job Opportunities at Political Research Associates
Happy New Year! As 2012 begins, PRA has three new job opportunities on our research team: Director of Research, Lead Researcher for Gender Justice and Research Consultant for our International LGBT program. Please help us find talented new staff people by forwarding this announcement to your networks and colleagues!
Director of Research
PRA’s core research program is organized around racial justice and immigrant rights; gender justice, including reproductive and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) rights; civil liberties; and economic justice.
The Director of Research has lead responsibility for managing PRA’s research program and works closely with the Executive Director to develop, implement, and evaluate that program.
Primary areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:
Manage all aspects of PRA’s research program, including supervising program staff and freelance investigators, facilitating regular team meetings, and guiding all aspects of investigations and publications;
Continually support the skill and intellectual development of the research team;
Serve as a key member of PRA’s strategy team that shapes our research program, relationships with partner groups, and communications efforts for maximum impact;
Participate in fundraising efforts, including proposal writing;
Serve as media spokesperson and liaison with organizational partners;
Assume lead research and writing role for one or more core areas of our research program;
Generate high-quality research products for publication in various PRA vehicles, including our quarterly, The Public Eye, reports, and www.publiceye.org; and
Serve on editorial board of The Public Eye.
For more information, please visit our online job description.
Lead Researcher: Gender Justice Program
PRA produces research that 1) informs the strategy and tactics of key gender justice leaders, organizations, and networks and 2) influences public and opinion-leader perception regarding organized gender justice opponents, their ideologies, and their strategies.
The Lead Researcher: Gender Justice Program has the responsibility for completing research and writing assignments in areas related to the U. S. political Right’s opposition to women’s and sexual minorities’ activism. The Lead Researcher will work on site in our Somerville office.
Primary areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:
Conduct research as assigned though the identification reading of primary and secondary source materials and interviews;
Produce accessible and reliable written research materials in a timely fashion;
Author or co-author articles and reports;
Conduct presentations and media interviews;
Communicate regularly with supervisor and other staff.
For more information, please visit our online job description.
Research Consultant for International LGBT program
Countering organized assaults on gender justice, including homophobia, the Right’s “family values agenda,” and especially the Christian Right, has been an organizational priority since PRA’s founding.
The Research Consultant: International LGBT Program has the responsibility for collecting on-the-ground research related to our international LGBT program. Reporting to the Research Associate for Religion and Sexuality, the Consultant will be based in a Latin American country.
Primary areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:
Conduct research as assigned through the reading of primary and secondary source materials and in-person interviews;
Advise PRA on conservative groups and their current trends and strategies in several to-be-determined Latin American countries;
Communicate regularly with PRA through SKYPE or other formats as assigned;
Produce on-time periodic English language summaries of research and co-author articles and reports on research activities as assigned;
Present results in public forums and be available for media interviews.
For more information, please visit our online job description.
Political Research Associates (PRA) is an independent, nonprofit, progressive research center for activists defending democracy, building equality, and challenging bigotry and oppression promoted by sectors of the Political Right.
