Postdoctoral Fellow — Skills and Workforce

Job overview

The Postdoctoral Fellow — Skills and Workforce role is onsite in Princeton, NJ, and pays $72,000–$85,000 per year. ETS is an education and talent solutions organization focused on measurement science and lifelong learning; this one-year fellowship contributes to research on human competencies in the AI era. The fellow designs and conducts research on human-AI collaboration, skills assessment, readiness, and workforce pathways. The work develops evidence and measurement approaches that can inform education-to-work transitions, employment opportunities, and upward mobility.

What you'll do

• Design and execute research on human competencies, human-AI collaboration, readiness, and workforce pathways
• develop competency definitions, taxonomies, evidence models, and validity arguments
• study how people use AI in education and work tasks
• analyze frameworks, labor-market sources, surveys, interviews, assessment tasks, and other data
• contribute to research tools and resources
• collaborate with interdisciplinary researchers and partners.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

postdoctoral fellow

skills assessment

workforce pathways

human-ai collaboration

educational measurement

readiness research

competency frameworks

ets

princeton nj

one-year appointment

$72k–$85k

ph.d.

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Business Resource Groups
• potential eligibility for up to eight additional hours of PTO for volunteer work.

Why this role

The fellowship is a one-year appointment, with renewal possible contingent on funding. A Ph.D. in a related field must have been completed within the past three years or be expected before the start date.

About the employer

Educational Testing Service (ETS) is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Sector: 54.