Senior Researcher, Employment and Economic Opportunity
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American Institutes for ResearchSocial Science Research
Work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of AIR’s U.S. office locations, all continental U.S. time zonesPart-TimeSenior
Salary60 - 74 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- PhD with 3+ years or Master’s degree with 7+ years
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementMicrosoft ExcelR
Requirements
- PhD in a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Firm understanding of implementation science.
- Ability to develop work plans and timelines from research concepts.
- Previous experience at a contract research and/or evaluation organization.
- Experience with data collection methodologies such as structured interviews, observations, and survey research.
- Proficiency with quantitative and/or qualitative analytic software packages (STATA, R, EXCEL, NViVO, Access).
- Experience managing project and/or task teams on research and evaluation projects.
- Experience building and maintaining client and partner relationships.
- Experience with business pursuit, grant writing, and proposal writing.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day project operations in roles such as principal investigator, project director, or task lead.
- Lead collaborative project teams by developing timelines, coordinating staff assignments, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard.
- Identify research problems and design studies to address key questions in applied research contexts.
- Apply subject-matter expertise to design and implement relevant, responsive, and impactful research projects.
- Develop study designs with aligned research questions, methodologies, and analytic plans.
- Lead and contribute to research proposals for federal, state, foundation, and other clients.
- Lead data collection and analysis efforts.
- Oversee the design and planning of qualitative and/or quantitative data collection tools.
- Supervise field-based data collection activities.
- Prepare reports, briefs, visualizations, and other materials to interpret research findings.
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