Title:      Policy Analysts
Division:     Research and Evaluation
Status:     ----------
Job Code:     RE-PA
Location:     Silver Spring, MD and Atlanta, GA
Description:     The MayaTech Corporation seeks Policy Analysts to analyze and conduct primary and complex education and/or legal policy research within our Health Policy and Legislative Analysis (HPLA) and Nano Systems Technologies Applications (NSTA) Centers.
Responsibilities:     The essential duties and responsibilities of these positions include:
• Conducting primary and complex education and/or legal policy research using electronic legal research databases, the Internet, law library research, and direct contact with public officials
• Functioning as task leader on multi-task projects by assigning work; providing guidance to staff regarding work completion; creating task plans; and communicating with the client on task-related activities
• Supporting Project Managers by providing technical and/or methodological coordination, project/task activities and deliverables, guidance, and mentoring to staff at the same level or below
• Developing, refining, and clarifying new/existing protocols
• Analyzing complex policies and sets of policies
• Providing training and instruction to staff at the same level or below on how to accurately analyze complex policies
• Conducting quality assurance reviews of work performed by staff at the same level or below
• Initiating, conceptualizing, and managing the development of products, papers, presentations, and reports, and other health policy documents for project or non-project related work
• Conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis of policy information
• Designing project frameworks/conceptual approaches, data collection strategies, and data analysis strategies, as appropriate
• Directing and/or conducting background research and literature reviews for project development and analytic activities
• Directing and/or conducting primary education policy research via archival and documentary records reviews, surveys, and field-based data collection strategies
• Supporting policy evaluation and impact studies
• Contributing to business development activities including serving as the lead for proposal section development
Requirements:     • 5+ years of experience and a Masters degree in education policy studies, political science, government, public policy, or a related field
• Has training in development and support of education curricula
• A working knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) requirements
• Excellent research skills and an interest in the application of science to public health policy, science education policy, and/or nanotechnology policy
• Subject areas of concentration include K-12 education, curriculum development, science and or mathematics , public and education policy, nanotechnology implications, pre-law, and/or political science
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to work effectively under deadlines
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite products

Principals only. No telephone calls, please. Due to the volume of submissions, The MayaTech Corporation will contact only candidates who are selected. Positions may be full time, part-time, on-call, consulting and/or temporary based on contract needs.

To apply, please submit a detailed resume and salary history/requirements. For consideration, applications must include the following job code: RE-PA