Research & Program Development Specialist

The Research and Development department is responsible for creating complete programs to meet mandated safety and regulatory compliance requirements for the PublicSchoolWorks (PSW ) product offering. The Research and Program Development Specialist will build and use a comprehensive research base of federal, state, and district level requirements all related to employee and student health and safety, employee professional development, and student behavior, thereby creating web-based compliance solutions that work within the Raptor and PSW software frameworks and support K-12 and collegiate educators and administrators. Responsibilities include Research, review, and annotate laws from a variety of sources, including, state agencies, state board of educations, etc. Break down laws or safety best practices into individual steps/pieces/tasks and configure these pieces to work within and be delivered through in-house software frameworks. Create program summaries (using in-house formats), based on safety best practices and federal and state laws to provide guidance and instructional materials to client facing departments. Manage multiple, simultaneous projects, including but not limited to new research, research updates, and day-to-day requests from other departments and clients. Create and maintain organized documentation of laws (including federal, state, and other regulations), and guidance from external sources. Utilize effective needs analysis, project management and evaluation skills to ensure timely issues are identified and resolved. Conduct quality review of all research deliverables ensuring that all information is accurate, consistent, easy to understand, flows well and is well organized, and that all statutes and regulations are correctly cited and adhered to. Other duties as required and/or requested by management.