Policy Researcher

Organization: Education Commission of the States

Location: Denver, CO

Job-Type: Full-Time

Salary: Based on Experience

Benefits: ECS offers competitive compensation and benefits, including health, dental, life, long term disability, and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, a health reimbursement account, and a yearly contribution to your 403b retirement plan.

Deadline: August 11th 2016

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Respond to requests for information from constituents on a wide range of education issues.
2. Read and interpret legislation, statutes, and administrative code accurately, and with minimal supervision.
3. Populate 50-state summaries and policy databases.
4. Write and edit policy reports for publication and Web distribution.
5. Read education-related academic studies and accurately synthesize key findings and policy recommendations for a non-academic audience.
6. Contribute project concept ideas individually and as a member of teams. Assist in linking projects between departments and with other organizations.
7. Assist with meeting planning, including determining meeting objectives, speaker identification, preparation of background materials and synthesis of conference proceedings.
8. Participate in internal and external meetings as needed.
9. Contribute to blogs, newsletters and other written products.
10. Perform other ECS duties as required.

To Apply: To be considered for this position, please send a resume, cover letter/e-mail to Matt Padilla/mpadilla@ecs.org. The subject line in your e-mail should read “Policy Researcher.”

For More Information: http://www.ecs.org/about-us/employment/