Role Description Child Trends is seeking a senior educational research leader to help grow and lead our portfolio of federal, state and philanthropic work in K12 and postsecondary education. We are looking for someone with deep expertise and a strong track record leading large scale applied research and evaluation projects and who will be compelling to funders and partners. This role is especially well suited for a senior leader who is excited by the opportunity to help build a new portfolio of work in collaboration with other senior staff at Child Trends. Initially, this is an hourly position, with workload tied to proposal activity and project needs. This role is structured as a fellowship to allow senior leaders who are affiliated with other institutions or organizations to formally partner with Child Trends. Outside employment and professional affiliations are expected and welcomed. We envision this role transitioning to a full-time position as new work is secured, with the expectation that the individual in this role will play a central role in shaping, winning, and leading those efforts. The person in this role will help shape what Child Trends pursues, how we partner, and how we deliver high-quality work in education research. The ideal candidate brings both strong subject-matter expertise and senior leadership experience. They understand the education field deeply, know how to lead in competitive funding environments, and are excited to help expand Child Trends’ impact. Typical Duties and Responsibilities - Lead or co-lead education research and evaluation business development efforts, including opportunity shaping, technical approach development, partner strategy, and proposal writing for NSF, IES, and state and philanthropic funders. - Serve in senior roles on awarded projects, such as principal investigator, project director, senior advisor, or subject matter expert. - Provide deep education expertise to strengthen research design and methodology, project management, product development, and funder and partner engagement. - Build and maintain strong relationships with federal, state and philanthropic funders, research partners, state and local education agencies, and leaders in the education field. - Mentor and support staff contributing to education projects and proposals. - Help identify and pursue new opportunities aligned with Child Trends’ mission and education strategy. - Contribute to thought leadership through presentations, publications, briefs, and other dissemination activities. Qualifications - Deep expertise in education research and evaluation, with at least 8 years of relevant experience in applied research, evaluation and program leadership. - Demonstrated success leading competitive education research and evaluation funding, including as PI or Task Lead on awards from NSF, IES, and/or state and philanthropic partners. - Strong track record contributing to competitive proposals through technical writing, capture strategy, partnership development, or related activities. - Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Education, Public Policy, Economics, Sociology), or equivalent combination of education and substantial senior-level experience. - Expertise in one or more of the following areas: school readiness, language & literacy, postsecondary success, AI in education, and the educator workforce. - Excellent writing, presentation, and collaboration skills. Requirements - Experience as a Principal Investigator on an IES or NSF-funded research project. - What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) certification in Group Design. - Experience working collaboratively with state and local policymakers and educators. - Experience mentoring multidisciplinary research teams. Benefits - Flexible remote work arrangement; in most states. - Initial schedule is not expected to exceed 10-15 hours a week. - Opportunities to take on a sustained increased workload as work is awarded. - Potential transition to a full-time position contingent on successful project wins and organizational need. How to Apply Please follow the “apply” link to submit your application. Please upload your resume/CV and cover letter as well as a brief writing sample, and three professional references. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

• Conduct investigative research requiring the application and analysis of standard tests and procedures as defined by the project. • Supervise a field crew of 4-8 people • Coordinate with graduate students on the project • Travel to sites associated with project to collect data/specimens. • Aid in hiring and training new field technicians • Oversee monthly reports to funding agency and VINE Team • Oversee equipment maintenance • Help organize monthly outreach • Communicate with field technicians, graduate students, and PIs on the project in an efficient and respectful manner.

Role Description Spring11 is seeking highly motivated, investigative research assistant to join our growing Borrower Credit Team. This role is responsible for aiding a lead researcher in creating detailed investigative reports to be used in commercial real estate loan transactions to ensure that financial, regulatory, and reputational risks are mitigated. - Using a variety of open public records sources and proprietary data. - Assisting in completing full investigative due diligence reports. - Working on multiple transactions with hard deadlines while creating their own schedule. Qualifications - Highly motivated and investigative mindset. Requirements - Ability to work on multiple transactions with hard deadlines. - Capability to create a flexible schedule. Benefits - Project-based role with each project estimated at approximately 20 hours. Company Description Spring11, an affiliate of Newmark, provides a full suite of commercial real estate services to a wide range of clients including some of the world’s largest banks, debt and equity funds, REITs, life insurance companies, brokerages, and investors throughout the United States and Europe. - Team consists of over 600 people based in New York, Atlanta, Houston, Kansas City, Boca Raton, and Chennai, India.

• Build and refine keyword-based search queries to scrape large volumes of social media posts, captions, comments, and transcripts relevant to specific issue areas • Work closely with our data team to provide clear instructions on the type of analysis that works best for a given client or problem: sentiment scoring, topic modeling, analyzing engagement metrics, etc. • Use AI tools to tag, classify, and code content at scale, categorizing posts by theme, tone, stance, or other relevant dimensions that would be impractical to label manually • Translate findings into visualizations and written deliverables that make data-driven insights accessible to non-technical audiences • Blend quantitative outputs with qualitative interpretation to develop findings that are both rigorous and narratively compelling • Synthesize qualitative findings into clear, compelling deliverables such as memos, briefs, and presentations that translate online discourse into actionable insights for non-technical audiences