Research Assistant, ESCI and Talbott Center (Job ID: 2025-3714)

About the position Responsibilities • Provides professional, directed research support for scholars in the Energy Security and Climate Initiative (ESCI) and the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology. • Supports assigned scholars in all aspects of policy research, including national security and U.S. defense policy. • Collects data for scholar research projects from a range of sources, including government sources, public opinion surveys, books, journal articles, newspapers, and personal contacts. • Reads primary and secondary sources for relevance to research themes; prepares notes on meetings and conferences; creates and maintains spreadsheets and databases. • Writes summary reports, briefing memos, bibliographies, and chronologies for internal use, as well as drafts narrative reports to funders. • Provides fact-checking, citation support, copy-editing, and proofreading of publications. • Assists scholars in drafting publications and presentations, including the development and formatting of PowerPoint slides. • Maintains and updates scholar pages on the Brookings website, and routinely updates impact tracker. • Coordinates closely with Foreign Policy and Brookings central Communications staff to ensure compliance with FP and Brookings standards and practices for all publications and outreach efforts. • Works with ESCI, Talbott Center, and Communications staff to support events, including room reservations, catering, arrangements for virtual meetings, and general logistics. • Coordinates development of event invitations, announcements, and guest lists; liaises with event speakers and their staffs. • Proactively monitors event-day implementation of plans and resolves problems. • Helps manage Talbott Center intern(s) and intern selection process in cooperation with other staff. • Assists assigned scholars with travel arrangements as needed, including reservations, expense tracking, and facilitating travel expense reports. • Provides administrative, communications, and logistical support to assigned scholars; schedules appointments and makes travel arrangements; prepares and edits correspondence and memos from verbal instruction. • Assists in preparing financial reports, coding expenses and invoices, and reimbursement requests. • Maintains electronic files, saving final versions of all documents on respective team SharePoint site as appropriate. • Provides general assistance for ESCI and Talbott Center as needed. Requirements • A bachelor's degree is required; a degree in political science, history, or a related field is preferred. • Coursework on - and strong interest in - international relations, security policy, and quantitative analysis is required. • Relevant experience, including experience in research support, event coordination and planning, and project management, is required. • Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. • Strong knowledge of data analysis, international relations, security policy, and the policymaking process. • Basic familiarity with research methodologies and techniques, competence in basic data analysis methods, and proficiency in at least one statistical package. • Outstanding written and oral communication skills. • Excellent organizational skills with high level of attention to detail. Nice-to-haves • Some focus on energy, environmental systems, and defense and international security issues is preferred. • Experience may be gained through internships, school research projects, and/or study abroad. Benefits • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits. • Generous time off. • Workplace flexibility. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job