Research Assistant (Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies)

The Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is recruiting a Reischauer Policy Research Assistant who will assist the Director of the Reischauer Center with projects related to the Center’s mission of supporting the study of transpacific and intra-Asian relations. Recent topics include but are not limited to the transformation of the Japanese political economy since 1965; policy best practices in U.S.-Japan relations such as infrastructure, public diplomacy, and public health; the functioning of Washington’s “idea industry” and government-business relations; and global energy security policy.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Run routine and ad hoc reports, including summary translations of Japanese-language political-economic literature.
• Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
• Help organize conferences and workshops dealing with US-Japan relations
• Conduct literature searches and draft summaries, in both English and Japanese, to support faculty in research efforts.
• May periodically present research in seminars and conferences.
• May design and format papers/publications.
• May assist PIs in writing summaries of papers for release as policy briefs or other channels.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Research Assistant
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant (Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies)
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 – $30.30 HRLY ($28.85 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Limited
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Hybrid/District of Columbia
Department name: Japan Studies
Personnel area: SAIS