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Program Coordinator
The Program Coordinator for the Center for Child and Family Policy manages key administrative and financial operations, assists with program and event coordination, and contributes to communications and content development. The Coordinator works closely with faculty, staff, and students to ensure smooth execution of Center initiatives and operational excellence. Bonus qualifications include experience with digital media, familiarity with Duke University or academic research environments, and demonstrated leadership and initiative in managing complex responsibilities and projects.
Project Planner II
We are currently hiring for a Project Planner II. This position leads complex, cross‑sector research, planning, and implementation efforts that translate evidence into practice and policy. Working closely with Duke faculty, state agency partners, community organizations, and internal teams, you will move critical work forward by applying human‑centered design, data‑informed strategy, and rigorous project management.
Research Scientist
The Center for Child and Family Policy seeks a Research Scientist to support two complementary, grant-funded research initiatives: the Critical In-Depth Reading and Wellbeing (CIDR) project (80% effort), led by Jennifer C. Mann, PhD, and the Building Bridges through Stories project (20% effort), led by Leslie Babinski, PhD.
CIDR is a school-based research and professional learning initiative designed to strengthen adolescent wellbeing and literacy engagement through culturally responsive, critical literacy–focused instruction in secondary ESL classrooms.
Building Bridges through Stories is an innovative digital storytelling initiative that centers multilingual families’ narratives as assets for literacy learning.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Center for Child and Family Policy is also hiring for a postdoctoral research associate to join the “Intervention Impacts on Child Wellbeing and Parenting across Generations” team.
The work requires working with large data sets related to parenting and child development across multiple sites in the United States, helping to prepare data and estimate models for a variety of research papers, and interacting with a team of researchers from several universities. Knowledge of advanced statistics and experience working with MPlus, SPSS, R, and other statistical packages is required. Experience using large data sets and strong analytical skills in psychology or other social science disciplines is necessary.