{"id":6394,"date":"2018-08-20T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/?post_type=job&p=6394"},"modified":"2018-09-03T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:20:40","slug":"research-operations-manager","status":"publish","type":"job","link":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/job\/research-operations-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Research operations manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Membership Puzzle Project<\/a> is a collaboration between the Dutch journalism platform De Correspondent and New York University.<\/p>\n

Its aim is to gather knowledge about the most important question for the future of high quality, public-service journalism: How do we build a sustainable news organisation that restores trust in journalism and moves readers to become paying members of an online community?<\/p>\n

The role<\/h2>\n

We\u2019re eager to grow our team with an excellent operations-oriented person who can help us grow the actionability of our work well beyond the US.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re detail-obsessed and highly collaborative–and can also speak publicly about our research questions and findings–the research operations manager role could be a good fit for you. This will be a full-time, grant-funded role for a person who will work from our office at NYU journalism school from October 2018 to April 2020. Regular domestic and international travel to newsrooms and journalism conferences is required.<\/p>\n

Our operations manager will study and advise news organisations that are pursuing interactive forms of audience engagement, with The Correspondent as our primary newsroom partner. If you\u2019re a star with budget management who knows how to research organisations and make recommendations to teammates, please read on.<\/p>\n

Key roles and responsibilities<\/h2>\n
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  • Research operations and project management \u2014 On behalf of the project\u2019s work in the public interest. This will include detailed research into how news sites operate in different countries and contexts.<\/li>\n
  • Collaborating \u2014 With teams from news sites around the world, including our partner newsroom De Correspondent and its new English-language site The Correspondent<\/li>\n
  • Presenting \u2014 Sharing our research inquiries and insights publicly<\/li>\n
  • Grants financial management \u2014 Communicating with partners and NYU administrators and overseeing grant-related bills and expenses<\/li>\n
  • Scheduling \u2014 Advising on how our research team should best spend its time, including schedule management and travel planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Experience and skills<\/h2>\n

    The person who will undertake this role:<\/p>\n

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    • Understands the difference between subscription and membership as we describe them and is highly interested in business models for news (not just intellectually, but because the industry is in dire need of new approaches). You see the unique advantages of news sites that look to their members, not just advertisers, to help them thrive.<\/li>\n
    • Has a deep understanding of the fundamental shortcomings of the digital news industry and bold ideas on how to fix them.<\/li>\n
    • Supports efforts to improve cultural and ethnic diversity in journalism.<\/li>\n
    • Understands what is meant by the phrase, doing journalism with, rather than about, people.<\/li>\n
    • Believes strongly that audience members (including MPP\u2019s) have invaluable expertise and values their contributions as an indispensable part of journalism.<\/li>\n
    • Strongly believes that interaction between journalists and readers is crucial in restoring lost trust in journalism, and understands why the relationship with an audience should be personal rather than institutional.<\/li>\n
    • Advocates for constructive, solution-oriented journalism, helping readers to be better citizens and providing them with ways of acting on their ideals.<\/li>\n
    • Subscribes to a style of management that is bottom up, personal, accessible, transparent, and democratic. Cares deeply about how we treat our research team, colleagues at NYU, project partners, and hosts at gatherings around the world.<\/li>\n
    • Is an experienced public speaker and an interesting person to interview.<\/li>\n
    • Knows how to write in clear and accessible language.<\/li>\n
    • Is highly adept at working with budgets and detailed administrative processes.<\/li>\n
    • Loves experimenting; thinks big and acts quickly.<\/li>\n
    • Has meaningful professional experience in project management, accounting and budgeting, and in collaborating with people outside the United States.<\/li>\n
    • Meets the educational requirement of a Bachelor\u2019s degree or higher.<\/li>\n
    • Has permission to work in the US. (Note that we frequently hire contract researchers working abroad and are open to proposals for research around the priorities mentioned above.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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