Research analyst job opening at staffing firm in Mountain View

01-Apr-11

My friend Jon is looking for someone to hire as a research analyst. He works for a staffing industry research firm in Mountain View. Jon’s a good guy–smart, hard working, and reasonable. I think he’d be a good person to work with. Here’s some detail about the position below. Pay will vary quite a bit depending on experience and skillset. You can learn more at the LinkedIn job posting.

 

The Research Analyst will report to our VP, Research and will be accountable for executing research projects, performing analyses, writing reports and providing analytic support to customers.  Compensation will be competitive.  Responsibilities include:

 

  • Developing unsurpassed expertise in assigned areas of the staffing industry and producing periodic comprehensive reports that communicate key business intelligence and analysis in clear and precise language supported by relevant charts, graphs and tables as well as originating and verifying supporting data from primary and secondary sources.
  • Researching and writing frequent thought-provoking analyses on current staffing industry events and trends.  This includes conducting financial analysis of staffing industry company results, collecting and analyzing government data as well as conducting internet-based research to produce unique content of practical value to our customers.
  • Participating in data collection via surveys and manipulation of publicly available data, in support of group projects. 
  • Developing additional technical expertise as required, possibly including mastery of software and/or staffing industry business practices, quickly and with a minimum of assistance.
  • Working closely with coworkers to develop extensions of current research product offerings as well as assisting in the development and planning for new research related offerings.  Providing thought leadership on the use of research and analysis for current and future products to deliver to Staffing Industry Analysts’ customers.
  • Building general expertise in staffing and contingent work through monitoring of relevant news, research studies and industry developments.
  • Attending and participating in conferences as a member of Staffing Industry Analysts research team and assisting as needed with any or all conference planning activities, including speaker recruitment and support work related to the development and construction of speaker presentations. 
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TSI Job Opening: Director Of Development

20-Jul-09

The Seasteading Institute is hiring. See below for details.
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TSI Job Opening: Director Of Development

The Seasteading Institute (TSI), headquarted in Palo Alto, CA, is a non-profit organization with the mission of furthering the establishment of permanent, autonomous ocean communities. In opening a new frontier, we will improve the human condition worldwide by enabling innovation with new political and social systems. We were recently covered in Wired and The Sunday Times, and in 2008 we received $500,000 of initial funding from Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early investor in companies such as LinkedIn and Facebook. More information is available at our website, seasteading.org.

TSI’s development director will be primarily responsible for growing membership and obtaining funding for TSI through a combination of grant-writing, outreach, PR, fundraisers, and donor development. They will work in conjunction with the Executive Director, Director of Operations, and the Board of Directors. This is a paid, full-time role (3/4 time is available if needed for work/life balance). We offer a quality PPO health insurance plan in addition to other standard California state benefits.

Requirements:

* Work experience in a non-profit.
* Willingness to commute to our downtown Palo Alto office 3 days/week.
* Social, outgoing, networking type of personality
* Largely self-managing – work with other staff to define priorities and brainstorm strategy, but able to work independently.
* Passionate about our mission, understands that we are a non-profit and part of their compensation is in the “coolness factor” and getting to work on an ambitious project to benefit humanity.

The ideal candidate will also have:

* Experience and a track record of success in a non-profit fundraising role (doesn’t need to be a senior one).
* Event management experience.
* A network of contacts and potential donors in a similar enough area to be relevant to TSI.

Specific responsibilities include:

* Board recruitment and expansion.
* Identify and develop major donors with help of Executive Director and Board.
* Defining and maintaining membership program, growing membership.
* Define and maintain project-specific fundraising.
* Schedule and plan public and member events (social, conferences, fundraisers) with the DirOps to drive interest in TSI.
* Identifying grant opportunities, grant-writing.
* Public outreach online and in print media, respond to press inquiries.
* Attend conferences and events to network and advertise the organization.
* Maintain online presence for TSI on various social networking sites.
* Coordinate the writing and distribution of monthly newsletters and the Annual Report.

[email protected].

Note that we offer a $1,000 referral bonus for this position, if you refer a candidate who later gets hired.

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13-Feb-08

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