Senior Design Researcher- Contractor (Part-Time, Hybrid, Chicago)

About: New America Chicago is a nonpartisan policy innovation lab and local hub of New America. Based at The Chicago Community Trust, we tackle challenges facing Illinois communities and partner with New America’s DC teams to shape federal and regional policy recommendations grounded in lived experience. Through our CivicSpace initiative we engage community members most impacted by policies in designing better solutions for low- to moderate-income communities.

We seek an experienced design researcher to help support a five-month sprint from June to November, with opportunities for other projects in the future.

CivicSpace, in partnership with the Law Center for Better Housing (LCBH), the Future of Land and Housing (FLH) at New America proposes to co-design a community-informed pre-eviction system that identifies and assists vulnerable tenants before an eviction is filed. Rather than waiting for court filings, this project will engage residents in neighborhoods with the...