Join Us: Opportunities with the Project on Workforce
- Project on Workforce Team
- Sep 10, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: 9 hours ago
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Future of Work Study Group
Applications are now open! Submit your application by the priority deadline of Sunday, January 11, 2026 (11:59 PM ET). Click here to watch our info session where we discuss The Project, study group structure, cohort expectations, and application logistics.
The Project on Workforce at Harvard hosts a cross-university study group for current Harvard graduate students that brings together a diverse group of students across different Harvard schools to discuss some of the key issues at the intersection of education, business, technology, and labor market policy.
The study group features interactive learning sessions as well as guests from business, public policy, government, technology, and education.
Study group members have the opportunity to meet students and Professors across different parts of Harvard who are thinking about the future of work and to collectively weigh some of the big questions facing society that inevitably cross sectors and disciplines.
Research Fellowship Opportunity: What Works in Healthcare Career and Technical Education
This is a full-time, one-year Research Fellow position focused on evaluating Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $250+ million investment in 12 healthcare-focused Career and Technical Education (CTE) high schools across the eastern United States. These schools are structured as partnerships among secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and healthcare systems, with the dual goal of preparing students to graduate job-ready for family-supporting healthcare careers while supporting healthcare employers in building sustainable talent pipelines.
The Research Fellow will work with the Project on Workforce team to conduct a mixed-methods, multi-site evaluation examining outcomes for both students and healthcare system partners. Responsibilities include coordinating data collection across all 12 sites, cleaning and analyzing aggregate and individual-level data, developing survey instruments, and producing publication-quality research outputs. The Fellow will also contribute to the development of return-on-investment models to assess impacts on healthcare employers and local communities. This role offers a unique opportunity to help build the evidentiary foundation for a large-scale, employer-embedded education and workforce initiative.
In order to be considered for this role, please submit a CV and a cover letter to projectonworkforce@hks.harvard.edu. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but should be submitted no later than January 20. More information on the role available here.
Research Assistantships
The Project on Workforce welcomes current Harvard students interested in Research Assistant opportunities to learn more about current projects and submit an application here.
These are paid opportunities. Pay will be consistent with the HKS Research Assistant scale, based on educational experience. Time commitment is typically 8 to 10 hours per week, but varies by position.
Research Assistant Opportunity: The New American Frontier — Training for Good Jobs in the Age of AI
There are two research assistant roles available. Applicants should indicate in their cover note which role they are applying for. The Research Assistants will work directly with Rachel Lipson, Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Resident Scholar at the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, co-founder of the Harvard Project on Workforce, and former Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce CHIPS Program Office. Rachel is completing a book with Harvard Education Press The New American Frontier: Educating for Real Jobs in a Modern Industrial Era and a corresponding policy project targeting state and federal policymakers and education and training leaders. Find more information on the roles and submit an application here.
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