The Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality (GCPI) is a research center that generates policy solutions to improve the lives of people experiencing poverty in the United States. Collaborating with government and movement leaders, we provide timely, evidenced-based ideas to impact decision-making, increase economic well-being, and advance racial and gender equity.

We equip policymakers with research and analysis as they create and implement solutions to improve the lives of people experiencing poverty–or push back against harmful proposals. We collaborate directly with government administrators and policymakers on policy design ideas to find ways to make steady progress and move big ideas forward. These contributions lend credibility and specificity to movement efforts to support families experiencing poverty and hardship, particularly women of color, who are the most economically harmed and excluded in the U.S.

Our work ensures that policy actions are informed by the lived experiences of people experiencing poverty. Together, we’re building a future free from poverty, grounded in opportunity for all.

If you share our commitment to economic, racial, and gender equity, consider applying for one of our open positions.

Research Assistant

The Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality often has openings for part-time Research Assistants (RAs). We’re looking for Georgetown law and graduate students who share a commitment to our mission to develop and advance ideas that alleviate poverty and inequality, advance racial and gender equity, and expand economic inclusion for all in the United States.

RAs will:

• Conduct policy research on economic security issues and analyze pending legislation, existing laws and policies, and new policy ideas and proposals;
• Help draft reports, policy briefs, fact sheets, articles, blog posts, op-eds, talking points, public presentations, and other written materials; and
• Develop charts, infographics, and other visual representations of data.

GCPI RAs will make significant contributions to our current projects, which include research and policy development focused on broad-based economic security policy, postsecondary education, job creation, paid family medical leave, census, tax credits, universal family care, subsidized employment, human services, social determinants of health, and unemployment insurance, all with an intersectional focus on racial equity and gender justice.

RAs should have:

• Excellent research & writing skills; and

• Professional, academic and/or lived experience with issues related to poverty, economic justice, social inclusion, racial equity, and/or gender equity.

Interested candidates should send a resume, writing sample, and cover letter (which should include the number of hours you’d hope to work per week—between 10-20 is ideal), to povertyinequalitycenter@georgetown.edu.