Research Specialist - Open Society Research Services
Competitive salary + excellent benefits
New York
The Strategy Unit helps Open Society staff
create, implement, and assess “living strategies” that can be used to signal
plans, share new ideas, align actions, delegate authority, budget resources,
and hold themselves accountable. We add value by bridging various perspectives
throughout the strategy and budget cycle, soliciting staff input and serving as
their advocates while advancing the goals of Open Society leadership. In all
our efforts, we try to embody values that Open Society strives for in its
internal culture: transparency, collaboration, responsibility, inclusion, and
informed risk-taking. These characteristics are enabling conditions for living
strategy at Open Society.
Research Services, housed within the Strategy Unit, is an evolving
knowledge management resource connecting staff to pertinent internal and
externally generated information to strengthen the empirical basis of Open
Society's strategic planning and assessment practices. By tracking, curating,
facilitating access to, and preserving authoritative resources, Research
Services assists staff in staying current in their fields and making informed
decisions, which in turn better positions them to improve upon the development,
implementation, and assessment of their programmatic strategies.
The Research Specialist is a full-time
role, working with the Head of Research Services to provide innovative and
responsive information services across the global Open Society network. The
Research Specialist is a service-oriented role that promotes a rigorous and
thoughtful approach to strategy across the network through proactive and
thorough asset stewardship, analysis, and research support across Open Society
projects, departments, staff, and Fellows. You will demonstrate a capacity for
and commitment to dynamic knowledge management and professional engagement.
You will prepare
reports on pricing, usage, resource inquiries, and other metrics to support
collection development and assessment, budget processes, decision making,
impact measurement, and reporting requirements for Research Services.
A minimum of 3
years’ research support experience is required for this role, ideally in an
academic environment or research institution. You must be able to demonstrate
knowledge of research methodologies and major information providers and
resources along with the ability to work effectively in a dynamic team-based
environment and independently, as required.
A full job description and candidate profile can be
found on our website.
To Apply:
Closing date: 13 August 2019.
We are strengthened by the diversity of our colleagues
across the Open Society Foundations. We welcome applications from people of all
cultures, backgrounds, and experiences, and are committed to providing
reasonable adjustments so that colleagues with disabilities are able to fulfil
the essential functions of the job.
