About J-PAL

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than a thousand affiliated researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty

The Senior HR Associate is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, and coordinates HR activities, including employee relations, rewards and recognition, onboarding, diversity and inclusion, recruitment, performance management, and compensation, at J-PAL.

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