Just the messenger: *DPC is Seeking its First Director of Research* Since 2009, when a groundbreaking report on disability health disparities by Dennis Heaphy laid the groundwork for One Care, research has been a core part of DPC's work. In the years since, we've worked with partners including Brandeis University, Academy Health, Mathematica, and the Rippel Foundation, on projects ranging from the future of health for people with disabilities to the impact of opiates and opiate policy on our community. Now, we're ready to take our research work to the next level, and we're looking for a full-time Director of Research to lead our efforts. This position will lead DPCs research division, including serving as principal investigator on a major national project, and will work with our Executive Director to launch new initiatives, hire up-and-coming researchers, and make DPC into a national hub for disability research. Our goal is for DPC to become a place where disabled researchers can flourish, and that can set a clear national standard that research *about *people with disabilities must be done *by *people with disabilities. Qualifications: · PhD in Public Health, Economics, Political Science/Public Policy, or a related field. · Experience conducting community-based research on disability-related issues. · Demonstrated passion for disability rights and social justice. *Responsibilities* As part of their role, the Director of Research will: · Serve as the Director of DPC’s Research Department (one of DPC's four divisions) and be a part of our Senior Management Team. · Be principal investigator on a study for a major foundation on the barriers to accessing Long Term Services and Supports for disabled people of color. · Supervise members of DPC's research team, and help to recruit junior researchers as the need arises. · Work with the Development Associate and Executive Director to identify and pursue additional research opportunities, including contributing to grant applications, developing workplans, and taking on leadership roles for future projects. Salary: $62,000-$65,000 Start: April 2022 This is a full-time role, but significant schedule flexibility is possible. Position will begin as remote, with the expectation of becoming hybrid in future. *Because of the nature of the critical research they will be leading, candidates who are both people with disabilities and people of color will be prioritized for this role.* If you are interested in applying for this position, or know someone who might be a good fit, please email kbradshaw@dpcma.org The mission of the Disability Policy Consortium (DPC) is to promote inclusion, independence, and empowerment of persons with disabilities through community organizing and advocacy. As a broad-based community organization run by and for people with physical, sensory, cognitive and psychiatric disabilities, we focus on organizing, activism and leadership development to promote civil rights, independent living, economic opportunity, and social equality. An estimated 22% of Massachusetts residents have some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or psychiatric disability. As a community, people with disabilities are among the most economically disadvantaged, least educated, and most unemployed of minority groups. We face barriers of prejudice and fear, lack of physical and communications access to healthcare, and other barriers leave people with disabilities and their families at the margins of society. The DPC organizes and advocates at all levels of community and state systems for an underserved population: people with disabilities. The DPC’s approach to community organizing and civic engagement encompasses all areas that the organization focuses on.