Ann O’Leary, Executive Director, of the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS) is seeking research assistants (RAs) to conduct research over the summer and in the fall 2009 semester.

RAs will engage in research on one of two projects related to Berkeley CHEFS’s portfolio on work-family policies:
(1) policy and legal research regarding the development of a national model paid family leave policy for a project Berkeley CHEFS is doing in collaboration with Georgetown Law School’s Workplace Flexibility 2010;
(2) policy and legal research on the role of government in supporting women as workers and caregivers and in the role of education in supporting women workers for a project Berkeley CHEFS is doing in collaboration with the Center for American Progress and First Lady Maria Shriver.

Applicants are encouraged to provide information about any relevant work experience, academic courses, or research. Please see below for more information on the mission and direction of Berkeley CHEFS.

RAs must be available to work at least 10 hours per week. RAs will be paid at the standard GSR rate or in lieu of pay, RAs may request credit for their independent research. When applying, please indicate if you are applying for a summer or fall position or both.

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and transcript (unofficial transcript is fine) to Ann O’Leary at aoleary@law.berkeley.edu

Please see our website for more information about Berkeley CHEFS at
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/chefs.htm

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