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CEA Senior Policy Associate
  • Job Number: 24420
  • Functional Area: Research - Other
  • Department: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
  • School Area: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
  • Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:


Posting Description

SENIOR POLICY ASSOCIATE, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), to join a global
research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.
Will write publications that translate economic research into lessons for policymakers around the
world; support senior staff to create materials for policy outreach, including publications, evaluation
summaries, presentations, grant proposals, policy memos, blogs, social media content, and
newsletters and website content among other sector-specific work; support and manage the
administration of a sector-specific, ongoing competitive research fund; develop in-depth knowledge
of one of J-PAL’s sectors; and provide evidence support to policymakers; may support J-PAL’s overall mission in other ways including knowledge management, work in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion, serving as a liaison between J-PAL
Global and J-PAL’s regional offices or assisting with other J-PAL projects.

Full job description available here.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: bachelor’s degree; minimum four years of relevant work experience; training in
economics, including intermediate-level economics and econometrics. PREFERRED: master’s
degree; demonstrated interest in and experience with one or more of J-PAL’s sectors. Job #24420

Applicants must apply through this MIT HR portal and complete this Google Form to be
considered.

9/17/2024