Frolic is seeking 1-2 graduate-level research fellows. As a research fellow, you will join our team and participate in various aspects of our work building cooperative housing ownership models.
We are a small team of pragmatic dreamers working to shift the existing real estate development paradigm towards community ownership. Building on the research of our founders from the MIT Center for Real Estate, we are creating pocket-communities of 6-20 homes owned collectively via the Frolic Community cooperative housing model - designed to make buying a home within reach for generational renters and first time home buyers. We build our projects in partnership with single family home owners that have greater development potential on their land and who want to age in place, house their communities, and shape the future of their neighborhoods. We have 6 projects in development and over 30 in our pipeline, and are looking for fellow dreamers with acumen to join our team.
Learn more about our work here: https://www.frolic.community/who-we-are
We are seeking 1-2 graduate-level research fellows from programs such as MCP, MSRED, M.Arch, MLA, and/or MBA for the remainder of 2024 with an opportunity to extend into 2025. As a research fellow, you will join our team and participate in various aspects of our work building cooperative housing ownership models.
We will be growing our team in the coming year, and all positions have the potential to become full-time post-graduation and/or continue into summer opportunities.
Roles that you take on during your fellowship will be crafted in partnership with us and tailored to your experience, your passion, and the areas you most want to grow.
As the organization continues to grow and evolve, duties may shift without impacting overall job description.
During the school year - This is a part-time position (10 - 20 hours/week) that can be a combination of remote and in-person work in our Seattle office. It is viable to have 3 pre-arranged weeks with fewer hours to accommodate midterms, finals, and big grad school project deadlines.
During the summer - This is a full-time position. Having this position in the office is preferable because it allows for better coordination, adaptability, and involvement in company needs. Given this, we are also open to remote work and are flexible to work-style needs.
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We’re looking for someone who enjoys working in a collaborative environment with the passion to make an impact and who has a strong sense of initiative. Ideal applicants will be self-driven, comfortable with ambiguity, and take the initiative to anticipate what needs to be done to move our work forward, combined with a desire for social change in housing and a willingness to engage in conversations around racial and socioeconomic equity. Applicants should be comfortable working in a startup environment.
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To apply, please submit a 1 page cover letter expressing why you want to work with us, what aspects of our work you are most interest in engaging with, and highlighting how your skills and experience align with what you see this role being. A resume/CV is optional.
If you come from a design background, please also include a portfolio of your work. If you don’t come from a design background, please share with us some examples of projects you have been involved with or work that you are proud of.
Frolic is deeply committed to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging both in our workplace and in the communities we serve. We believe social change happens when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with a common purpose. Frolic is built on the principles of equity, transparency and the power of human experience. Your work will improve the daily lives of real people and their future generations, and we need people with and without disabilities from diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and skill sets to live out our mission. We strongly encourage people who have felt the impacts of the nation’s housing crisis to apply. This includes but is not limited to people most impacted by racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, classism, and other forms of oppression.