Research Manager

Brightpoint invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for more than 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.

The Research Manager oversees high-quality, relevant, and impactful research and evaluation activities across the organization. Plans and supervises projects, provides technical support, designs and implements inclusive methodologies, and writes and disseminates findings. Represents the organization externally with research, academic, programmatic, community, and policy stakeholders. Prioritizes equity and inclusion in design, engagement, analysis, and dissemination. Collaborates with internal teams—policy, data, communications, and development—to inform and align policy efforts with research findings.

• Directs and coordinates research and evaluation projects related to the organization's programs and services; utilizes research findings to inform program design and implementation.
• Manages the design and implementation of research and evaluation procedures for Brightpoint initiatives; including the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data as it relates to research and evaluation projects and priorities.
• Works closely with the staff members of relevant departments across the organization to support the implementation of research projects including the initial planning and design, the execution of data collection and analysis, and translation of insights for internal and external audiences, and aligns research activities and priorities with the organization's program, policy and strategy priorities.
• Creates and manages the dissemination of research insights through translational materials such as reports, research briefs, evidence reviews, and interactive dashboards, to convey the findings of research activities conducted by Brightpoint.
• User gathers data to create data visualizations, executive summaries, and other deliverables that interpret and disseminate outcomes and key findings from research studies and initiatives.
• Conducts literature reviews and provides analysis and summary materials to document findings available internally.
• Reviews and provides summaries of the literature on key research topics and best practice indicators of success.
• Chairs the Independent Review Board, which reviews and monitors research studies conducted with Brightpoint participants.
• Develops and maintains partnerships with research and policy institutions, other community-based organizations and leaders, relevant associations and funders, and other external stakeholders.
• Collaborates with external partners in completing community-based and participatory research projects, including assisting in convening meetings, attending research planning meetings, developing research concept papers, assisting in specific research tasks, training and mentoring community members in research methods, and assisting in writing final reports.
• Presents research findings to internal and external audiences, including agency staff and leaders, communities, policymakers, academia, and the media. May present findings at local and national conferences. Produces written reports, papers, and articles of a publishable standard, and makes recommendations for scope and method of dissemination.
• Collaborates with program, policy and development staff to identify potential research funding from a variety of sources including academic, private and public sector funders and assists in writing the project narrative and evaluation plan components for the proposals.
• Maintains current and relevant knowledge of external research and policy papers, projects, and funding to inform internal program, policy, and funding efforts, and ensure alignment with internal research priorities.
• Advise on the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data as it relates to research projects and priorities.
• Collaborates with the Data…