Director, Civic Research & Impact (Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence)

Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence (GovEx) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Government and Policy (SGP) seeks a Director, Civic Research and Impact. The Director designs, advances and elevates GovEx’s academic-oriented programs and activities, working in close collaboration with center leadership and staff and faculty and staff from across SGP and JHU. Reporting to the GovEx Senior Director for Academic Affairs, the incumbent also coordinates closely with other areas of the center’s academic affairs functions including student-facing programs and monitoring and evaluation. Working at GovEx means joining a dynamic team committed to improving the lives of people living in cities around the world through data-driven, innovative solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with cities at the forefront of public sector innovation and be part of transformative projects that improve government performance and outcomes.

Requirements

• PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Public Policy, Public Administration, Data Science, Urban Studies, Political Science).
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in a university, on-profit, or government setting, including significant experience in research leadership, staff supervision, and curriculum development.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition, development, and management of GovEx’s applied research and academic initiatives agenda and strategy leading to impactful academic and practitioner led research and publications that impact the field of public sector performance management, data science and AI and that provide canonical reference points for the development and design of GovEx programming.
• Coordinate opportunities for and center funding investments supporting research and scholarship including case studies to immediately inform the body of knowledge around applied AI, data analytics and AI and data governance focused on city governments.
• Build collaborations with faculty and their teams, supervise center research staff and contractors, graduate fellows, post-docs, and others to ensure effective design and execution of research initiatives and high-quality products and outputs.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of the center’s major knowledge products, including the development, curation and editing of canonical texts, research reports, and other publications that contribute towards GovEx's thought leadership and dissemination of impactful information and findings to broad audiences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees