Dist. Columbia, United States (Hybrid) · Posted 28 days ago

About this role

This national security and defense-focused position offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced librarian to provide expert research and reference services to RAND's geographically diverse world-class research and administrative staff. The primary focus of this position is national security, defense policy, and government research, though the role contributes to general reference services across RAND's broader research portfolio. As a member of the Classified Research Services (CRS) team, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in providing high-level information services in a defense, government, or research library setting and thrives in a collaborative and collegial environment. The position reports to the Manager, Classified Research Services, and is based in the Washington D.C. office. At RAND this role is called a Research Informationist.

RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.

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Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide advanced, complex consulting and research services to RAND research and administrative staff; partner with research staff on short- and long-term projects, providing an array of research and consulting services
  • Perform literature searches and compile bibliographies and other outputs using electronic resources and commercial databases; prepare associated literature reviews
  • Assist researchers with proposal development across national security, defense policy, and government research domains
  • Develop and deploy customized information and current awareness plans for national security and defense-focused research divisions
  • Identify and search defense, government, and policy information sources including DTIC, and other government research and oversight reports
  • Monitor defense, national security, and policy publications and trends to inform client services
  • Evaluate and explore emerging technologies, including AI-assisted tools, to enhance support for research workflows 
  • Cultivate client relationships and collaborate with colleagues to ensure resources and services meet demonstrated need
  • Participate in cross-functional teams to develop and implement effective and innovative outreach activities and service enhancements
  • Participate in projects to develop relevant collections of electronic resources; evaluate new and existing resources; analyze collection metrics
  • Provide support, consultations, and training on relevant databases, resources, and research tools
  • Other duties as assigned

Key Requirements

  • Skills and Abilities
  • Strong knowledge of defense, national security, and government information sources and databases (e.g., DTIC, CRS reports, GAO reports)
  • Ability to conduct comprehensive literature searches across policy and defense-related databases using advanced search techniques
Job ID: 86349564

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