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This position is funded for 1 year(s); continuation past 1 year(s) will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.

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POSITION SPECIFICS​

Position Summary

The Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Community Outreach, Research, and Evaluation (CORE) at Penn State Behrend is seeking a Research Project Manager to support and advance the Center’s growing portfolio of applied research, program evaluation, community-engaged scholarship, and grant-funded initiatives. This position will play a central role in managing research and evaluation projects that support youth development, education, health, and community initiatives throughout the Erie region and beyond.

The Research Project Manager will ensure effective planning, implementation, coordination, compliance, and reporting across a diverse portfolio of community-based and externally funded programs. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with CORE leadership, research staff, faculty partners, community organizations, school districts, government agencies, and Behrend students.

This position requires a highly organized and collaborative professional with strong project management skills, experience coordinating research and evaluation activities, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the capacity to compassionately mentor students and staff.

About Susan Hirt Hagen CORE

CORE’s mission is to cultivate a holistic, intentional, and interdisciplinary approach to positive youth development by promoting resiliency and prosocial behavior across the entire ecosystem in which surrounds a child. Through its Community Outreach and Research and Evaluation divisions, CORE develops evidence-based programming, conducts applied research, supports grant-funded initiatives, and provides evaluation services that strengthen communities and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families.

CORE recently moved into a new 12,000-square-foot facility on the Behrend campus designed to support collaboration, innovation, and community engagement. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful research and evaluation initiatives that directly impact youth, families, schools, and communities while working within a collaborative interdisciplinary team at a nationally recognized university.

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