Overview
The Equity Research Cooperative (EqRC) seeks a Senior Associate Researcher to manage our mixed-method research project lifecycles and produce high-quality deliverables that communicate findings to diverse audiences. EqRC is a rapidly growing organization seeking to establish and sustain a social justice research agenda, a praxis for redistribution, and an inclusive working environment. We recognize the unique experiences and perspectives that women of color bring, and they are invaluable to our team’s success, so we strongly encourage them to apply. We hope you’ll join us as we work to bring this dream to life.
EqRC is a fully remote organization without the option to work in person. This is a salaried position. The Senior Associate Researcher is expected to work 35 hours a week. The successful applicant will be detail-oriented, have excellent communication skills, embody social justice research and a praxis approach, and value working in an organization with a flat leadership structure in a sociocracy setting. At the same time, we have intentional hierarchical dynamics within projects and processes to uplift expertise, seniority, and effectiveness. To succeed in our cooperative setting, an applicant must be open to learning and unlearning approaches to navigating emotional, value-driven, and interpersonal collaborations.
EqRC is committed to supporting the Senior Associate Researcher role in a manner that sustains and fulfills personal and professional objectives. This position will work collaboratively with the Director of Research in our Research Circle, which consists of three full-time employees, project consultants, and graduate and undergraduate fellows. In addition to this position, EqRC is hiring another Senior Associate Researcher, and the total full-time staff in Research Circle will be five researchers. Please note that EqRC is a small, growing organization, and all roles may have other duties assigned when unexpected situations and opportunities arise.
About the Organization
Mission
The Equity Research Cooperative (EqRC) is a non-profit research collective that advances the social, economic, educational, and political emancipation of communities of color through community-engaged research, advocacy, and the praxis of redistribution. As a People of Color interdisciplinary research cooperative, we strategically redistribute our financial resources, academic capital, and operational support to social justice initiatives, organizations, and movements that redress structural oppression.
Vision
We are guided by a deep and abiding freedom dream: one day Black and Brown communities will receive and experience dynamic reparative justice, and the depth and breadth of white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and capitalism will be addressed. On this day, Black and Brown communities will stand in the power of their sovereignty. We embrace this vision as a rich inheritance of social justice movements before us and the radical love we share with one another. This is our dream.
Structure
We have four circles (teams) that oversee our research, advocacy, grassroots redistribution, operations, and grant development. Organizational Circle leads EqRC’s operational, HR, and financial processes. Strategy Circle drives our grant-securing strategy, financial and technical assistance redistribution to grassroots partners, and special projects for the organization. Research Circle manages several projects from medium to large size that include mixed-method data collection and analysis, relationship management with external partners, management of project consultants, and the reporting of deliverables (e.g., reports and presentations). Central Circle has a rotating representative from each of the above circles, and together, they develop, propose, and approve policies and processes that govern EqRC and its personnel. Please note that EqRC is a small growing organization, and all roles may have other duties as assigned when unexpected situations and opportunities arise.
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