Job Number:
HC-05131
Date Posted:
April 16, 2026
Position Title:
Associate Director of Early Childhood Education Research
Party:
N/A
Office Code:
Office/Company:
Children First PA
Reports To:
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Contact:
Salary:
$95,000 per year, and a generous benefits package, including health care insurance coverage for the employee and their children.
Primary Role
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Full Time
Description:
The Associate Director of Early Childhood Education Research will report to and work collaboratively with the ECE Policy Director on original research products designed to persuade and elevate the policy agenda of Children First, in service of supporting mobilization efforts.Support the ECE Policy Director in steering Children First’s ECE research agenda, including but not limited to brainstorming ideas for persuasive research projects and papers, monitoring trends, analyzing data, authoring and publishing a minimum of three research products a year, and using published research to mobilize Children First’s network of advocates and stakeholders.Deep understanding of the research process, including excellent writing skills, selection of analytic strategy, merging and transforming datasets, variable manipulation, and analysis with Excel, as well as understanding of advanced statistical software such as R, STATA, or SAS.
Responsibilities:
• Support the ECE Policy Director in steering Children First’s ECE research agenda
• Organize and execute research activities related to Children First’s ECE 5-year strategic plan
• Conceptualize and execute special ECE research projects and support grant proposals and reports
• Chair the Research, Data, and Policy (RDP) committee meeting of the Start Strong/Pre-K for PA coalition
• Represent, attend, and participate in ECE committee meetings, in addition to other community partner meetings
• Assist the ECE Policy Director in organizing and integrating data-driven research into events
Qualifications:
• Deep understanding of the research process
• Excellent writing skills
• Selection of analytic strategy
• Merging and transforming datasets
• Variable manipulation
• Analysis with Excel
Instructions:
Email a resume, cover letter, and short writing sample in one document to [email protected]
Other:
Equal opportunity employer. and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.
