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The Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University seeks a senior leader to connect city government needs with emerging talent, creating opportunities for Harvard students to gain exposure to city government and meaningful, hands-on work with cities during their time at Harvard, and supporting more of those students to go on to careers in city government after.
The Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University seeks an exceptional Executive Director to lead the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, which strengthens the capabilities of mayors and senior city leaders to build more effective city governments, solve pressing problems, and improve outcomes for residents. This is an opportunity for a strategic and collaborative leader to help advance the next era of the Initiative’s programming and impact.
The Project Manager manages planning, operations, and administrative support for various student engagement activities in the Bloomberg Center for Cities. The role plays a critical coordinating function across recruitment, selection, placements, and program operations, most prominently for the Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellowship, and supports the continued growth of student-facing initiatives across Harvard.
The Senior Research Associate will take a leading role in co-designing and executing studies aligned with this research agenda, building a field of study at the intersection of organizational behavior, public management, and urban studies, and producing research that generates actionable insights for practitioners and high-impact academic publications.
This position is ideal for highly motivated professionals with prior research experience who are equally committed to rigorous research and socially impactful work. Research Associate Fellows at The People Lab work on multiple fast-paced projects, contributing to the design and implementation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in collaboration with public sector partners, designing and analyzing survey experiments, conducting administrative data analyses, and supporting the publication of academic papers, policy briefs, and more.
