Research Analyst, HR Executive Board

At EAB, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, advancement, and the workplace.

Seramount, part of EAB, is a strategic business dedicated to providing employee-centric talent solutions and strategies that help forward-thinking organizations prepare for the workplace of tomorrow. We provide employers with integrated tools that provide a strategic and holistic map for setting new workplace culture standards. Over the past four decades we've built deep, data-powered intelligence on the employee experience, allowing us to address specific client workplace challenges. We excel in serving as our members' go-to partner in developing and progressing their strategies to unlock what's possible with a truly engaged workforce. Our business is in growth mode and offers the right person the opportunity to be a part of a dynamic, creative, and highly skilled team partnering with leading companies to advance more inclusive corporate cultures.

At EAB and Seramount, we serve not only our partner institutions and organizations but each other-that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.

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The Role in Brief:

Research Analyst, HR Executive Board

Research Analysts work on research products that drive partners' most financially and/or mission-consequential decisions. As an Analyst, you will support research projects, manage research processes, and create compelling partner-facing deliverables. This particular role will support Seramount's newest research product serving Chief Human Resource Officers. You will use excellent written and oral communication skills to communicate advice to partners through presentations, written and data-driven deliverables, and phone consultations.

This hire may be based in Washington, DC, or Richmond, VA; this position is also open to remote employment within the continental United States. This position may require occasional travel (10-20%) to partner organizations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Researcher

• Independently lead in-depth interviews and write succinct and organized interview notes to communicate key learnings
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses (lit reviews, interviews, data analysis, etc.), interpret findings for team members, and pull out meaningful conclusions to larger research questions
• Contribute to research studies that synthesize complex ideas into actionable advice for partners

Project Manager

• Manage research processes on time (e.g., identifying and scheduling interviews, completing data analysis, creating partner presentations, etc.)
• Meet deadlines to deliver high-quality internal and external project deliverables on time
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to manage processes related to partner-facing events, deliverable production, web publishing, etc.

Communication and Delivery

• Write and edit clear internal and external deliverables, including emails, blog posts, insight pieces, white papers, benchmarking reports, interview notes, lit reviews, and other research documents
• Independently storyboard partner-facing presentations to communicate research findings and use feedback from managers to improve final deliverables
• Communicate ideas clearly and logically using executive-focused language, tone, and channel through written deliverables, webinars, and presentations

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, with an excellent academic record
• 1-2+ years of experience or a Master's degree
• Experience with at least two of the following:




• Management or strategy consulting
• Corporate HR or DE&I experience
• Project or event management
• Long-term and/or primary and secondary research
• Creating partner-facing written and/or data-based deliverables

Ideal Qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree
• Experience working with Corporate HR in a consulting or research setting
• Experience working in a team environment and as an individual contributor
• Excellent prioritization and time management especially in a fast-paced environment
• Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB's mission, values, and aspiration

If you've reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other's unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.

Compensation:

The anticipated starting salary (base) range for this role is $46,500 to $64,500 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.

This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, such as individual and organizational performance.

Benefits:

This opening is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time; EAB will thus consider candidates who possess U.S. work authorization that does not require employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to "make education smarter and our communities stronger" we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.

To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.