Required Skills & Experience
Must-Haves:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in public policy, public administration, research administration, business, social sciences, science, engineering, or similar field
- Research project coordination/management experience, ideally supporting multiple investigators, stakeholders, or simultaneous workstreams
- Hands-on experience conducting literature reviews, policy research, and data collection
- Experience with qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis
- Experience creating research reports, technical reports, analytical summaries, or similar research documentation
- Strong project management experience, specifically tracking schedules, milestones, deadlines, and deliverables
- Experience coordinating meetings, travel, site visits, and multiple stakeholders
- Able to travel as needed
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Plusses:
- Doctoral degree in a relevant discipline
- Experience supporting federally sponsored research, particularly involving defense, government acquisition, procurement, or technology policy
- Familiarity with government acquisition, maintenance, sustainment, or Right to Repair policy
- Applied research, systematic literature review, or policy analysis experience
- Experience preparing sponsor reports, policy briefs, technical deliverables, or research publications
- Experience with quantitative or qualitative research software and project management platforms
- PMP certification or equivalent project management training
- Experience coordinating travel or stakeholder engagements with federal agencies, military installations, government organizations, or industry partners with specialized access requirements
Job Description
Day-to-Day:
- Conduct literature reviews, policy research, and background analysis related to Right to Repair, government acquisition, maintenance, and sustainment
- Collect, organize, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research data
- Support research methodologies, data collection strategies, and analytical frameworks
- Coordinate multiple research workstreams, schedules, milestones, task assignments, and deliverable calendars
- Monitor project progress and proactively identify delays, operational challenges, and execution gaps
- Coordinate preparation, review, and submission of project deliverables
- Prepare project status updates highlighting accomplishments, deadlines, and emerging issues
- Coordinate project-related travel for leadership, faculty investigators, and research staff
- Organize stakeholder visits to government agencies, military installations, research facilities, and industry partners
- Manage transportation, lodging, itineraries, meeting logistics, access documentation, travel authorizations, and expense tracking
- Coordinate meetings and stakeholder engagements and prepare agendas, minutes, briefing materials, and action items
- Maintain project documentation, research records, sponsor materials, and document version control Support technical reports, policy briefs, presentations, sponsor briefings, and other research products