Want to use your research, consultation, and capacity-building skills to impact social efforts nationwide? Join Us!

If this is you

You are motivated to use your knowledge and skills as part of a team that uses scientific knowledge and methods along with lived experience to change systems and communities to promote collective wellbeing.

You’re a self-motivated learner who is never satisfied with what you know and what you can do to make a difference. You embrace the complexity of social change and believe it is your place to work with government agencies, foundations, non-profits, corporations, and grassroots community organizations to make that change.

You also realize that change and professional success come from focus and commitment. Most of all, when you see a problem, you seek to address it using your knowledge and communication skills to help grassroots organizations, leaders, and practitioners.

Then you should meet us

Community Science continues its commitment to a singular focus on developing healthy and just communities. Because of this long-term and deep commitment, we are recognized leaders in promoting strategy development and improvement.

We work on large-scale community engagement systems that shift power to traditionally disenfranchised groups.

We’re internationally recognized for our evaluation of the kinds of initiatives that lead to increased impact on communities and systems. This recognition creates many new opportunities to work with leading national and local organizations.

We value teamwork, cooperation, innovation, problem-solving, and people passionate about this work.

What knowledge, skills, and experience do we need you to bring to Community Science?

Our positions have different requirements, which are reflected in each posting at the bottom of the page.

You should have the following qualifications:

  • Degree in a social science, urban planning, or public health.

  • Prior knowledge or research experience in at least one area of community change (e.g., health equity, housing and economic development, early childhood development, workforce development, systems change, or community capacity building). Evaluation capacity building experience is highly desirable.

  • Proficiency in both qualitative and quantitative analysis methods and software (mixed methods).

  • Direct experience or familiarity with working in a professional services firm.

  • Experience in the implementation of evaluations of community-based or systems change projects among diverse communities.

  • Strong communication (written and verbal) skills including publications in scientific or practitioner outlets.

  • Ability to thrive in a busy environment, where attention to detail and meeting deadlines are critical to success.

  • Prior experience and evaluation capacity building and other forms of knowledge and skill building.

  • Ability to travel.

  • Proficiency in foreign languages and cultures is an advantage.

Our commitment to our employee community includes:

  • Ethical and equitable practices in everything we do.

  • A focus on professional development and success.

  • Policies and practices that are responsive to a variety of family and other life circumstances.

  • Benefits that promote physical, mental, and financial well-being.

  • A caring community of peers.

  • A relentless pursuit of making a bigger difference.

Join us, and let’s do some good work together!

Our open positions include opportunities with our parent company, BCT Partners!