Careers

Current Opportunities

Training & Development


Abt Associates offers staff many opportunities to develop rewarding careers here. Our projects are a major engine of staff development. Employees typically work on a few projects at a time. Each project presents unique challenges and opportunities to develop new skills, learn new perspectives, and take on new responsibilities.

We also offer non-project based professional development resources to meet the diverse needs of our staff, including:
 

Trainings
 

  • Internally developed curricula specific to day-to-day job responsibilities in areas such as business development, project management and  performance management
  • Best-in-class external courses in leadership, communications, and high-impact presentation skills
  • Over 120 instructor-led and online courses
  • Rosetta Stone licenses for 24 languages
  • Innovative workshops with Abt’s international thought leaders on topics such as Monitoring and Evaluation and Social Marketing and Behavior Change
  • Tuition advancement for accredited courses
     

Knowledge Sharing

 
  • An Abt library designed to support and encourage employee research
  • Periodic town halls where distinguished speakers present their ideas to all of Abt Associates
  • Seminars that highlight and share our colleagues’ work and innovation across the company
     

Thought Leadership

 
  • Development and Dissemination Grants that provide funding to publish work in peer-reviewed journals
  • Technical Dissemination Grants that provide funding to present work at professional conferences
  • The Abt Associates Method Centers consist of cross-divisional entities that support the training and development of methodologists; facilitate the awareness and utilization of methodologists and methodological expertise across the company; and position Abt Associates as a recognized leader in key methodological areas.

This rich set of resources is designed to help staff succeed at Abt Associates. Some of these resources are intended for everyone, while others target staff with certain backgrounds or roles or at particular points in their careers.
 
We encourage staff to work with their mentors, supervisors, and managers to identify and secure the resources needed to achieve their professional goals and deliver work of the highest quality.