Manager, Policy, Research and Analysis

The Pew Charitable Trusts • Washington, DC

3d • $137,800 - $154,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Government Performance Portfolio within Program at The Pew Charitable Trusts focuses on providing nonpartisan research, solutions, and momentum to decisionmakers to improve the health and economic mobility of people in the United States. The team addresses a wide range of policy-focused projects, from state financial preparedness to mental health care access and attainable housing. Pew's Government Performance team aims to foresee and mitigate systemic challenges, fill information gaps with data and research, hold leaders accountable, and minimize missed opportunities. The Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative (SUPTI) specifically works to develop and support policies that increase the initiation of medications for opioid use disorder. SUPTI provides technical assistance to states, conducts advocacy in Washington D.C., and publishes research on evidence-based practices. The team comprises individuals with diverse backgrounds in policy, advocacy, and research.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Generally, a minimum of eight years of applicable research and policy work in public health or behavioral health fields.
• Prior experience directly supervising staff, including managing performance, conducting evaluations, and providing coaching, guidance and career development advice support.
• Prior to commencing employment with Pew, candidates for this position who were registered to lobby in any jurisdiction must certify termination of previous registration(s) and provide copies of termination notices with said jurisdiction(s) to Pew.
• Effectively focuses on the key aspect of an issue, as well as to identify, understand, and synthesize different policy perspectives.
• Demonstrated time-management skills, including the experience thinking strategically, juggling multiple priorities, adjusting to changing circumstances, resolving problems creatively and logically, organizing time efficiently, and remaining attentive to details.
• Develops and manages productive relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and partners.
• Works professionally and collegially within a creative, fast-paced corporate culture that emphasizes excellence and teamwork.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing and presenting complex information, including experience writing clearly and cogently for internal audiences, policymakers, the media, and the public is required.
• Demonstrated experience conducting health policy research and analysis, including using qualitative and quantitative methods and software such as NVivo, R, SAS is required.
• Demonstrated experience developing and writing research and policy products that synthesize large amounts of information with identified themes is required.
• Communicates effectively with diverse audiences, including stakeholders, policymakers, legislators, and people with lived experience.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country for which they are seeking employment without visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in public health, public policy, social work, economics, law or similar fields are preferred.
• Expertise in behavioral health research and policy.

Responsibilities

• Foster a work environment that inspires excellence, values impact, encourages transparency, builds mutual trust and respect, embraces and values diversity, and is collaborative, caring and compassionate.
• Manage the day-to-day execution of SUPTI’s research objectives and milestones.
• Develop a research strategy to advance state policy objectives for medications for opioid use disorder in collaboration with the state team’s senior manager and managers.
• Manage and oversee the daily operations of a team responsible for policy research and analysis (PRA), and project coordination, including PRA meetings and budget.
• Collaborate with the project director and senior manager to develop and track project metrics.
• Collaborate with external partners on research and policy initiatives, including developing and overseeing contracts, while building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across the substance use research and policy community.
• Advise the project director and behavioral health director in achieving the project’s strategic direction and campaign strategy and future behavioral health initiatives at Pew.
• Manage the development of background research and analysis and other written products, including supervising staff, reviewing and editing documents, and ensuring alignment with project strategy.
• Serve as the primary reviewer on the project’s research publications, collaborating with Pew’s communication department to increase dissemination of completed publications, including to state and federal policymakers.
• Liaise with internal partners, including communications and research quality and support to ensure publications follow established procedures and adhere to rigorous quality standards, and to identify efficiencies.
• Serve as the team subject matter expert on research process and ensure compliance with the organization’s research standards.
• Maintain a broad knowledge of substance use policy and keep abreast of evolving research on methadone, opioid treatment, and harm reduction interventions; develop deep expertise and serve as a resource to project staff on priority topics, including the project’s measurement-related goals.
• Present on project research topics to internal and external audiences. Attend and represent the initiative at conferences, convenings and serve as spokesperson to media.
• Lead special assignments, including convening meetings and stakeholder communications, as needed, and contribute to and participate in tasks of the project and department as assigned, as well as broader Pew-wide projects and committees as needed.

Benefits

• comprehensive, affordable health care through medical, dental, and vision coverage
• financial security with life and disability insurance
• opportunities to save using health savings and flexible spending accounts
• retirement benefits to help prepare for the future
• work/life benefits to maintain a good balance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager