Research and Policy Portfolio Manager
Job Description
The UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab is seeking multiple Portfolio Managers to manage large-scale social policy experiments designed to understand how to better support students transitioning to postsecondary educational experiences, students enrolled in the City Colleges of Chicago, and students in temporary living situations. This individual will work on a portfolio of projects conducted in close partnership with city agencies and non-profits, leading social policy researchers at the University of Chicago, families and students with lived experiences, as well as a team of administrative staff, other project managers, research analysts, and student research assistants. The Portfolio Manager will help implement a research agenda to increase the evidence base of how to support young people realize economic opportunitites.
First generation college students and those with lived experience in communities experiencing poverty and disinvestment are encouraged to apply.